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I need a vacation
Dec. 11th, 2007 08:33 amSamuel has become... difficult, lately. Yes, that's it. Difficult. I think maybe Isabella has sent her No-Sleep Juju down to our house :-( Whereas he used to whimper and whine himself to sleep - or just play quietly until he dropped off to Lala Land, now he screams. He screws himself up and screams through a nearly closed throat so instead of the high-pitched sounds we're used to, we get this pained and desperate, angry sound.
And this only happens when it's bedtime.
Bedtime used to come later, between 8 and 9, but then I read some definitive tome on infant sleep which directed me to bed baby down between 6 and 8. So, we begin the routine at 6 and he's in bed by 7. That worked like a charm for a few weeks, but now it's all gone to crap and I don't know why.
So we're exhausted and frustrated and whereas we're trying our damnedest to ignore him, one of us always gives in. Or make the mistake of thinking he's sound asleep when he's not, or make the further mistake of thinking the other one woke him up so it's ok to interact with him... oh my god. And he's not doing well with our morning routine, either, making much of my home time with him just a blur of desperate and exhausted, rushed hours.
And then I come to work, where my promotion seems to have kicked in before the pay raise. There's a new company - Technologies instead of Laboratories - and it's going to "contract" me out or some such confusing thing, and in spite of what our VP told me, it looks like I'm going to be working for someone instead of with them. Or, rather, the VP is right but this other person hasn't read the memo.
At any rate, new relationships are still being figured out, new responsibilities are still being delegated, and it looks as though I'll be sitting through many, many more meetings. Because meetings are where things get done. Right.
Don't mind me, I shouldn't be complaining about a promotion. I just need a vacation.
And for my kid to remember how to sleep.
And this only happens when it's bedtime.
Bedtime used to come later, between 8 and 9, but then I read some definitive tome on infant sleep which directed me to bed baby down between 6 and 8. So, we begin the routine at 6 and he's in bed by 7. That worked like a charm for a few weeks, but now it's all gone to crap and I don't know why.
So we're exhausted and frustrated and whereas we're trying our damnedest to ignore him, one of us always gives in. Or make the mistake of thinking he's sound asleep when he's not, or make the further mistake of thinking the other one woke him up so it's ok to interact with him... oh my god. And he's not doing well with our morning routine, either, making much of my home time with him just a blur of desperate and exhausted, rushed hours.
And then I come to work, where my promotion seems to have kicked in before the pay raise. There's a new company - Technologies instead of Laboratories - and it's going to "contract" me out or some such confusing thing, and in spite of what our VP told me, it looks like I'm going to be working for someone instead of with them. Or, rather, the VP is right but this other person hasn't read the memo.
At any rate, new relationships are still being figured out, new responsibilities are still being delegated, and it looks as though I'll be sitting through many, many more meetings. Because meetings are where things get done. Right.
Don't mind me, I shouldn't be complaining about a promotion. I just need a vacation.
And for my kid to remember how to sleep.
