Humour is still the best medicine

One day we will look back and laugh, right?!

These days, Edith is tired easily, but she will not sleep. I can get her to a state of calmness, eyes almost closed but cannot for the life of me get her to sleep.

Mommy, I'd rather play with the mobile. Hi monkey!
Mommy, I'd rather talk to the ceiling. It's white!
Oh mommy c'mon, look at this really interesting bed sheet. It's white too!

ok Edie, how about some food? You haven't eaten in hours.

NO!!! No eating!! I'd rather cry and scream and chock on tears than eat your poison!

Now, is there some way to get back the two hours that I just spent lulling this kid to sleep? She only slept for 20min. I want my two hours back! What about stopping the poo that happens at the most untimely moments, like JUST as she's about to fall asleep? And why does opening the fridge door wake her up?!

I cried out of happiness when she finally took a nap and when she went to sleep again in the evening I ran to pray with thankfulness.

So what is the good in all this? Well I was really stressed out yesterday but it felt so good to make my mom laugh when I told her some of the crazy stories. Some day I'll laugh my head off about this. Until then, fighting!!!


I ain't tired, no way!

New Start

With so many things that can and do go wrong in a day, I'm going to start documenting all the things that are going right. On the days when nothing is, I will look back and give thanks for the good times.

Today Edith went for her 2 month check up. Doc says she's growing well and everything's perfect. Little baby got three shots in a row. When the nurse said: "you're probably gonna cry, mom", and I laughed. Me? No way. I held back tears on the second shot and I think dad did too, haha. Edie cried so hard it looked like her head was going to pop off, but as soon as the needles were done she stopped and just looked dazed. My little baby is almost 10 lbs. This morning when I picked her up she said "hiiiiii" and smiled. haha ok so it was just a sound that sounded like hi, but it sure was a sweet tune to my ears!

Breastfeeding is going soooo much better. My body has decided to settle down the craziness and stop producing milk for triplets. So now Edie rarely chokes and I don't get woken up by rocks on my chest. Funny thing is Edie used to prefer the slower flowing side, but now she favours the faster side. Maybe she likes the challenge or just doesn't have to work as hard. Whatever the case, I'm just glad we don't have to do battle at every feed.

Edie is fast asleep in her crib and not being woken up by her little fingers (haha did the Tylenol have anything to do with it?). The discovery of her fingers is a great self soothing tool, but not when she'd rather keep playing with her fist than get some shuteye.

I'm sitting down like a sane person and typing an entire blog entry. Not that long ago, I found it hard to find time to get ready in the morning, run to the washroom and eat some food during the day.

Today I may look exhausted and scatterbrain, but I feel fresh and bright. I'm ready for a new start!


  My mom's caption for this photo: "Power to the People!" LOL.

Happy 2 Months!

My daughter (hehe, my daughter!) has a pretty extreme personality. She will go from super calm and widely happy to top of her lungs cranky in a matter of seconds. She is curious, loves to suck, not interested to eat, and loves sleep, even if she's not so good at falling asleep and waking up, yet. Sometimes I wonder why she doesn't behave like the typical baby, but I'm learning to read her more and read the books and the Internet less.

Edith turned 2 months yesterday. 60 days of bliss, chaos and wonder, all rolled together as if it was one long day. As the saying aptly goes, "the days are long but the months are short". (Thanks for sharing, super E!)

My honest thoughts so far.