I know it's wrong to kill your children (though one could make the "I-brought-you-into-this-world-I-can-take-you-out" argument), but DANG last night sucked.
My wife went to bed around 10 last night, but I stayed up till midnight finishing some work and watching Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indiana Jones never gets old. So around 3:45, baby started screaming and I turned on the white noise. He's sleeping in a Pack-n-Play in our room since my brother is in his room. He'd quiet down a little bit, and then if either of us moved in bed, even the slightest, he'd freak out.
At 5:00 he was still crying and my iPod broke. It just stopped playing the noise. The kid's incessant crying outlasted Steve Jobs. From 5 to 5:30 the silence of the night was often interrupted by baby's wailing. At 5:30, the wife decided that the 6 am rule could be broken, and she brought him to bed and fed him.
A few hours later, I am up and working. Not a great night for sleep.
Reflections of a former stay-at-home dad recently relocated from Provo, UT to New York City
Showing posts with label Infanticide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Infanticide. Show all posts
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Infanticide - Blood
So as I've mentioned, baby hasn't been sleeping well lately, which means that no one has been sleeping well. Doctor tells us just to let him cry and he'll learn, but that's hard to do in an apartment complex with thin walls.
So last night after waking up with him (and putting him back down) three times, I was pretty annoyed when he started crying a few hours later. I got him and brought him out to the family room, thinking maybe I could get him to fall asleep on the couch.
As we're sitting on the couch, he starts playing with my face. He sticks his finger up my nose and with his razor-sharp fingernail he pierces the lining of my nostril and my nose starts gushing blood. True story - This kid is crazy. I stick some tissues up my nose, and get him to fall asleep until 6 AM when I can take him to mother for breakfast.
Now I get to pick dried bloody boogers all day.
So last night after waking up with him (and putting him back down) three times, I was pretty annoyed when he started crying a few hours later. I got him and brought him out to the family room, thinking maybe I could get him to fall asleep on the couch.
As we're sitting on the couch, he starts playing with my face. He sticks his finger up my nose and with his razor-sharp fingernail he pierces the lining of my nostril and my nose starts gushing blood. True story - This kid is crazy. I stick some tissues up my nose, and get him to fall asleep until 6 AM when I can take him to mother for breakfast.
Now I get to pick dried bloody boogers all day.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Confessions of a Bad Dad - Pillow Fight / Infanticide
Forgive me Blogger, for I have sinned. It's been 1 day since my last confession.
We've been staying at wife's parents' house for the last few days and the place has been crazy busy with people. Last night we had 13 adults and 11 kids sleeping here. Wife and I slept on a random mattress in the family room with baby in the Pack 'n Play next to us.
Well, baby has been absolutely horrible at night lately. He'll wake up screaming at 3:30-4 AM and won't stop for anything. I try to comfort him; wife tries to comfort him, but nothing works, short of putting him in the bed between us. Needless to say, I am not very happy during these little episodes, and I often find myself being less than patient with baby. This has been going on for the last week or so, and last night was no exception.
So last night baby woke up screaming at 3:30, and I got up to calm him. I tucked him in, talked to him, and put his pacifier in. He got quiet for a few minutes, and then freaked out again. I became more annoyed. So I repeated my previous behavior, and he calmed down for a few minutes. So I got back on the mattress, hoping to get back to sleep. Well I think I may have dozed off, because the next thing I knew, the baby was wailing at full volume, and I was off the mattress, kneeling next to the Pack 'n Play repeatedly hitting it hard with my pillow. Wife woke up and stopped me and yelled "what are you doing?"
"Trying to make the noise stop."
We've been staying at wife's parents' house for the last few days and the place has been crazy busy with people. Last night we had 13 adults and 11 kids sleeping here. Wife and I slept on a random mattress in the family room with baby in the Pack 'n Play next to us.
Well, baby has been absolutely horrible at night lately. He'll wake up screaming at 3:30-4 AM and won't stop for anything. I try to comfort him; wife tries to comfort him, but nothing works, short of putting him in the bed between us. Needless to say, I am not very happy during these little episodes, and I often find myself being less than patient with baby. This has been going on for the last week or so, and last night was no exception.
So last night baby woke up screaming at 3:30, and I got up to calm him. I tucked him in, talked to him, and put his pacifier in. He got quiet for a few minutes, and then freaked out again. I became more annoyed. So I repeated my previous behavior, and he calmed down for a few minutes. So I got back on the mattress, hoping to get back to sleep. Well I think I may have dozed off, because the next thing I knew, the baby was wailing at full volume, and I was off the mattress, kneeling next to the Pack 'n Play repeatedly hitting it hard with my pillow. Wife woke up and stopped me and yelled "what are you doing?"
"Trying to make the noise stop."
Friday, February 4, 2011
Infanticide
1:08 AM - Baby wakes up crying. My initial thought: infanticide. Second thought: turn off the monitor and go back to bed.
Doctor has told us not to go in and comfort him until he's been crying for at least 20 minutes. We live in an apartment though - there are people in the room next to him trying to sleep (I'd assume). So I give it 5 minutes and go put the pacifier in, tuck him in, and leave. He's asleep a few minutes later. Relatively painless tonight.
I can't wait until we live in a house. When baby wakes up, I will do NOTHING. I'll reach over and turn off the monitor and smile a creepy Tim Curry in Home Alone 2 smile, and I'll go back to sleep.
Also - this morning baby and I were playing in the bed after wife left for work. I am on my back and baby is on his stomach on my stomach playing with my goatee. He's smiling and cute and it's one of those moments that make you glad to be a dad. Then he spit up partially digested breast milk all over my face. Some got in my mouth.
Infanticide.
Doctor has told us not to go in and comfort him until he's been crying for at least 20 minutes. We live in an apartment though - there are people in the room next to him trying to sleep (I'd assume). So I give it 5 minutes and go put the pacifier in, tuck him in, and leave. He's asleep a few minutes later. Relatively painless tonight.
I can't wait until we live in a house. When baby wakes up, I will do NOTHING. I'll reach over and turn off the monitor and smile a creepy Tim Curry in Home Alone 2 smile, and I'll go back to sleep.
Also - this morning baby and I were playing in the bed after wife left for work. I am on my back and baby is on his stomach on my stomach playing with my goatee. He's smiling and cute and it's one of those moments that make you glad to be a dad. Then he spit up partially digested breast milk all over my face. Some got in my mouth.
Infanticide.
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