The Journey of Being a Momma
Welcome to the Mom Life section of my DeliciouslyEverAfter.! From baby smiles and giggles filling your heart with joy to crying from exhaustion and overwhelming situations I have experienced it all in the past 7.5 months. Hopefully I will be able to connect with you all in some aspect and we can relate to eachother and remember we are not alone in this crazy, beautiful journey of being a momma.
New Milestones
Baby is now 8 months old.!
We have been rolling for awhile and we just started sitting up unassisted for very long periods of time.!! We can put him in the cart these days. Now that he can sit he prefers sitting always. He no longer wants to lay on his kicking mat.=/ Now reaching for stuff and sometimes people. He sees food and wants it. He stares at it and sometimes even cries over us not giving it to him. Recently he cried because he couldn't have his grandma Honey's pizza and soda. Lol. We are strictly purèes for now.
He has always been very loud and used his voice but we are trying to help him form some words. He definitely can say Dada but he doesnt say it quick enough to be clearly and meant to be Dada. Its usually da....pause........da repeated. Still no mama. Waahwaahh.
Mom Struggles
Why is it soo hard to put your baby in the seat of their jumper.?! Almost 20 pounds of baby who won't work with me!! Let's just say whoever came up with that way of needing to put baby in the seat....I am sorry for what I said when I was frustrated.
Omg 360 diapers are the WORST. Yes, putting pants on my child is quite literally like wrestling an alligator...please give me diapers that I have to put on the same way....If you see my baby out and about without pants on and just a blankie...mind your business..lol. 7.5 months old is the toughest changing stage yet.
At 10 months old my baby still has yet to crawl. He definitely gets himself from point A to point B, just not the typical way of doing it. Why does no one tell you have frustrating it is when your baby is soo close but doesnt just do it! He needs to trust himself a little more and have more confidence. He is soo close to crawling. He stands up on us and at this rate everyone thinks he will wanna walk before he even crawls.
Nighttime Scaries Are Back!
My baby spent the first 3 weeks of his life either sleeping on us or in his rocker. Ever since then though he has been in a crib. Well we walked into the 4 month sleep regression and never came out.! It is one thing after another. First he was just not wanting to sleep alone then he got sick, then vaccines and he was super congested, then got better but the 6 month regression hit harder and now he is teething and super clingy again.
My 10 month old regressed in his nighttime sleep and now basically only sleeps if he is on me or beside us on the couch. I love his snuggles but it is not safe for him to keep sleeping on me especially if I am sleeping too and it is starting to take a toll on me. He will be sound asleep on me and as soon as we put him in his crib he either immediately wakes up or sleeps for 2 hours or less and then wakes up crying. He is not even eating everytime he wakes up. He just wakes up crying and is asleep again right away once picked up. He only gets one bottle during the night if that. Usually he doesn't need one at all.
Any tips are welcome. We are getting desperate. I am working on daytime crib naps and I just got magnesium lotion for his feet. Please tell me I am not alone.!!
You are the best mom
Even "at your worst" you are your baby's best. You are doing the best you can and your baby just wants to be with you. Remember this empowering message. You are enough, and your love is all your baby needs.
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