Time Flies
Karalyn is 7 weeks and one day old today. Each day there's something new with her - she can focus, or she makes a new sound, or she's gained weight. Newborns fast forward through life so quickly!
It's been a tough 7 weeks though, and that's the real scoop. Sleep deprivation is no joke when it's you getting up in the middle of the night to soothe or feed a cranky baby. Karalyn is a cry baby, probably colicky, and highly sensitive to stimuli. Even farting makes her cry. Every sensation is so new she is taken by surprise all the time. Very often the only thing that will calm is being swaddled so tightly in a receiving blanket that I'm surprised she has the breath to continue crying.
Other than that, she is a bundle of joy! So cute. So very, very precious. She has a little brown button face with a nub for a nose. When she smiles in her sleep Karl and I just melt. As well as sigh with relief, hehehe. Karl is wrapped around her tiny fingers which she gets from him.
I am busy all day. For those of you who don't have kids and wonder what SAHM do all day, well, it's care for the kids. I'm shocked at how much time it takes to cater to the needs of a newborn 24/7. It never stops. Karalyn is on a schedule where she feeds every 3 hours but it takes at least an hour to feed her, burp her and keep her upright while she wiggles constantly. Then it's some sort of playtime. Then I try to put her down for a nap. Only when she's asleep can I do anything else and it's not guaranteed that she'll sleep for very long.
I have new respect for mothers and motherhood. This ain't no 9 to 5 job. But it's cool, it's way cool. I have joined a not-so-secret motherhood society and club. Externally life is the same and yet inside it is completely, utterly, irrevocably different.
It's been a tough 7 weeks though, and that's the real scoop. Sleep deprivation is no joke when it's you getting up in the middle of the night to soothe or feed a cranky baby. Karalyn is a cry baby, probably colicky, and highly sensitive to stimuli. Even farting makes her cry. Every sensation is so new she is taken by surprise all the time. Very often the only thing that will calm is being swaddled so tightly in a receiving blanket that I'm surprised she has the breath to continue crying.
Other than that, she is a bundle of joy! So cute. So very, very precious. She has a little brown button face with a nub for a nose. When she smiles in her sleep Karl and I just melt. As well as sigh with relief, hehehe. Karl is wrapped around her tiny fingers which she gets from him.
I am busy all day. For those of you who don't have kids and wonder what SAHM do all day, well, it's care for the kids. I'm shocked at how much time it takes to cater to the needs of a newborn 24/7. It never stops. Karalyn is on a schedule where she feeds every 3 hours but it takes at least an hour to feed her, burp her and keep her upright while she wiggles constantly. Then it's some sort of playtime. Then I try to put her down for a nap. Only when she's asleep can I do anything else and it's not guaranteed that she'll sleep for very long.
I have new respect for mothers and motherhood. This ain't no 9 to 5 job. But it's cool, it's way cool. I have joined a not-so-secret motherhood society and club. Externally life is the same and yet inside it is completely, utterly, irrevocably different.
posted by Lynette at 6/26/2006 07:35:00 PM
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