Being Momma G: Day 18

3 years ago today, some random guy walked up to me at the Hoey Crowie (aka the Crows Nest Hotel) and with a big goofy smile on his face, struck up a conversation with me. I'm so glad he did. I love you, my darling Jonathan, and your goofy smile, more and more each day. ♥♥♥

There are so many reasons why I love my darling man. Sean refused to settle down after the 10.40pm feed, and over an hour later, he was still crying and refusing to sleep. I fed him again at 12.30am, but that didn't do anything. I was at wits' end by 1am, exhausted, frustrated, and ready to put the baby in the car capsule, put the capsule out in the backyard and just leave him to cry himself to sleep. Jonathan was already in bed, as he needed to get up at 5.30am to get to work, and I desperately wanted him to sleep. Alas, after nearly 3 hours of trying to settle a stubborn baby who insisted on crying and crying and crying, I needed Jonathan's help.

Jonathan didn't hesitate to jump out of bed to try and settle Sean. I laid down in the bed to try and relax a bit, so that I could take over again after a while. My body on the other hand had other ideas, and I fell asleep almost immediately. Jonathan later told me that it took him around 10 minutes to settle Sean - he said I'd done most of the hard work and Sean was tired; just not tired enough when I was still trying to put him to bed.

I felt Jonathan get out of bed at 5.30am, and heard him empty the dishwasher and take the garbage out. I only knew he was leaving when he came to give me a kiss and wished me a good day with Sean.

Sean stayed asleep until 7am, which was awesome. This meant I got a little bit more of a sleep in before we got up for a feed. Sean was a bit unsettled afterwards, and I was still quite tired, so we returned to the bed where I gave him a few cuddles. Before I knew it, we had both fallen asleep. I felt quite sheepish when I woke up 5 minutes later, and put Sean straight back in his bassinet. Both of us got a bit more shut eye before Sean was hungry again.

It was a lot easier to settle Sean today. After each feed, Sean was able to go back to sleep almost straight away. I was conscious of the "I'm tired" signals, and made sure that the second I spotted those, I'd wrap Sean and put him down for a nap. I was able to get through lunch without any dramas today.

I was going to have to break confinement again today with a visit to the lovely Dr Marcel Lee to get my bad tooth fixed. My tooth had been giving me grief for about a week, and it was time to go and see Dr Marcel for more treatment. I'd planned to wake Sean at 2pm to feed him before setting off to the city to collect Jonathan from his office, and drive back together to Chatswood for my 4pm appointment. Sean was fine to start with, but as we got to Lane Cove, he started crying, and cried all the way into the city, and then all the way to Chatswood. What a big set of lungs he has!

Dr Marcel worked his magic on my tooth while Jonathan looked after Sean, who fell asleep about 10 minutes after we got to Chatswood. Dr Marcel was really quite clucky during my visit, asking all sorts of questions about Sean, and even saying that he wanted to have a photo with Sean. When Jonathan came up to the surgery, everyone cooed over our little man, who was fast asleep in the Mini Monkey sling.

45 minutes and a few hundred dollars later, we left Dr Marcel with a scheduled appointment to return in 3 weeks time for a further check up. As we were in Chatswood, and I needed to get some antibiotics for my teeth and gum infection, we decided to drop in to St Leonards to check for mail at our apartment and to get the medication from the pharmacy in the plaza.

As we pulled up out the front of the building, we saw Emma coming home from work. Emma got to meet Sean, albeit through the boot of the car. Caitlin saw us out the front, and came out to have a look at the sleeping baby too. I quickly ducked into the pharmacy to get the drugs, and also paid a flying visit to Coles Express to pick up some vegetables for dinner. On my way out, I ran into Kerrie who had heard I was in St Leonards with Jonathan and Sean and had been walking around the plaza looking for me! It was so lovely to see the ladies - I'd missed them all so much since we moved to Denistone.

The visit was all too brief, and we had to get home as quickly as we could to fit in with Sean's next feed. Sean was again quite good at settling so Jonathan and I were able to enjoy dinner without any interruptions.

Sean woke again around 8.30pm, and Jonathan gave him a bath before we fed him again. As I type this, it is nearly 11pm, and the little man is still awake and refusing to sleep. I have no idea how the rest of the night is going to go, but here's hoping that he'll fall asleep soon. Jonathan is dead on his feet and I'm not much better!