but it has been a difficult week. In brief:
--Rachel caught some kind of virus at daycare last week. I had to leave early on Thursday to relieve Drew, who picked her up from St. James's but had to finish a hot story he's working on about bank failures. I worked a very early shift Friday and stayed with her in the afternoon, just long enough for Drew to get 4 hours' worth of work done.
--Her illness and subsequent teething caused Rachel to wake up every two hours or so. On Saturday, the third day of this, Drew was wiped out and we snapped at each other before I headed to an all-day coaching session with my chorus. Although the virus and fever are gone (we never did figure out what was ailing her), Rachel is still waking up at least once a night, hungry, so we're giving her a bottle and attempting to get her right back to sleep. It's as if she's regressed to infant-hood; very discouraging. We are temporarily dealing with the situation by sleeping in separate areas of the house so at least one of us gets sleep. Which is not a very happy situation, and compounded by the fact that I'll be on my own with her tonight and tomorrow. Good thing I have a three-day sleep resevoir; I'll need it.
--My pay has been cut 10 percent, I have to take four days of unpaid leave sometime between May and September, and my pension will be frozen at its current low level. These changes were announced yesterday and I am still reeling from the shock at having to live on 10 percent less of my salary. I am extremely thankful to have a job, but still never thought it would come to this.
--I'm trying to keep focused on the fact that I live in a great part of the country, I am employed in a career I love, and I have a healthy, beautiful baby daughter who although frustrating is the light of her mom and dad's life.
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Ugh, ugh, ugh and ugh Lisa, I'm sorry to hear about the stresses going on right now. As far as Rachel goes, that is frustrating that she is waking up one or more times/night. I honestly can't recall exactly when Jack started sleeping more consistently through the night. It seems like it was by the time he was Rachel's age but I do know that they go through stages and things can be rolling along and you finally start to think that you are able to sleep through the night and enjoy some much needed rest and then something happens, growth spurt, working on a new developmental milestone, etc and suddenly you no longer have those blissful full nights of rest. But they will come back, even if it's just for a while, until the next new thing that comes along to keep them from sleeping soundly through the night. Hang in there! ~Linda
ReplyDeleteThanks, Linda! It's so great to know someone who has gone through it before but is still young enough to remember what it was like.
ReplyDeleteShe slept through last night, so hopefully that will be the pattern until the next interruption.
Sigh.
Oh, Lisa, I am so sorry. Did you read that post by Clay Shirky, some Web theorist, that has been making the rounds? It made me realize that we are living through a time of upheaval similar to what happened after the invention of the printing press.
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yeah, I read the post. It was fascinating and depressing at the same time.
ReplyDeleteRachel is STILL not sleeping through the night; day care theorizes it's her ears. Will we never get our sweet baby back??