Grandma’s gone back to Washington. Daddy (Dave) is at school. It’s just Paige and me. How was our day? If you really care to know, I’ll tell the truth. I was very tired and so I planned on taking a nap at noon. The nap finally happened at 3:30. What happened in between? Here, let me tell you:
Paige needs to be fed, so a quick diaper change before she eats. OK, diaper off… oops! Guess she wasn’t done. Good thing I caught it all in her old diaper – oh, lot’s of pee pee, too? Way to go Paige, it’s all over your tummy and back now. So much for that onesie. Looks like we’ll have a bath before nap time. She still needs to eat. No big deal, I’m still in my underwear from my shower (yes, I did get a shower! Hair is not dry though) and why put her in a clean diaper before a bath? So we’ll just both stay naked and sit in the tub until she finishes eating then I’ll clean her after and I can clean up myself if I need to. Ha, easier said than done. Did I mention that I can’t sit without enduring excruciating pain? As a matter of fact, that goes for standing and lying down as well. If you’ve ever gone through labor and had to push really hard you may know to what I’m referring. If you haven’t and you don’t, good. I’m not going to embarrass myself anymore by telling you, but I hope you never have them. Anyway, I’m in so much pain I can’t stay still, but every movement makes me want to scream. So what do I do? I try to rush the feeding. Paige did fine in the bath before, but today she decides to freak out. Oh well, better finish cleaning her. I do. Then I wrap her up in her darling clean baby towel and prepare to feed her again when – squirt. Liquid poop galore.
No diaper. The towel is drenched. I grab an extra hand towel before the oozing sensation can soak through onto the floor (I already feel it on my arm.) So now I need to clean her again, get her into a fresh diaper, clean the towel, and my arm. I’m standing in the hall, naked, and dripping wet. Paige is of course screaming by this point wanting the rest of her lunch. The phone is ringing. I’m exhausted and just want to sleep, my butt hurts like the dickens, and as I look down I notice what I had thought to be water dripping down my stomach and onto the floor is in fact my leaking breast… great.
Nap time came at 3:30 – not noon.
11 comments:
Oh Abby...I can sympathise with your story 100% minus the bath thing, cuz I don't do baths. I know all too well what you are referring to, and I am battling those demons myself. I wish i could be in anothers body. it's so hard to enjoy your new baby, when you can't move.
Oh Abby I promise it will get better, and easier! Sometimes there will be days that you won't get a shower or get a much needed nap. Hang in there! Call me if I can help.
I am sorry! The beginning is rough, it really does get better and easier! Seriously, I live down the road call me and let me know if I can do anything-even if you just need a sympathetic ear.
I understand. It seems like everything can happen at the same time. I bet the next time something like that happens, you won't even think twice about it. I bet your a great little mother.
Welcome to motherhood. It sucks sometimes. Call to vent anytime. I will understand.
Come visit and I can help!
P.S. I think paige looks like you.
Wow well any kind of excitment I WAS feeling about having children is not gone.... so i should say thank you.
Ahhh, welcome to the glamorous world of motherhood. Thanks for the reminder that maybe I should cherish the last days of pregnancy instead of itching to deliver and have my body back to myself...
I know it probably wasn't funny at the time, but I totally laughed. Those days are still fresh in my brain. It gets better and better and better. Love her well. :)
I am with Stephanie . . .I laughed too, but I can relate. I too remember those days. Hang in there. It will get better and when you have another baby (the last thing on your mind right now) it is so much easier to recover . . .soooo much easier!
Abby I am sorry your butt hurts. My back still gives me such excruciating pain and I have no idea why. Hopefully it won't go on for 6 months. If you need anything let me know.
So fun! I love how everything happens at the same time.
All the pictures of her are adorable. And I hope your pain goes away soon, that part's not fun at all.
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