Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Mommy pains

I have what's called a perma-headache. It's from lack of sleep. And today my eyes aren't focusing. Corey tells me to take a nap, but I don't know how to do that. I will lay down with my eyes closed for an hour and not sleep. I've never been able to sleep during the day.



Last night was interesting. Elise slept for 6 hours before waking up a 4am. You would think that this was great and that this should allow me to sleep, but my head hurt so bad last night that I couldn't sleep and I just laid there staring at the ceiling. I always feel like I've just dozed off by the time she wakes up. Also, when she sleeps for that long, I wake up engorged looking at her like "HELP!".



But of course there are the good things. Elise is smiling more and focusing her eyes on things more often. Even at 4am when I'm dead tired after a feeding, she will smile at me and it makes it all ok. I'm still trying to get a good smiley picture. But this one is pretty cute too.


6 comments:

Emily said...

Oh, she is sooo cute!! I love her hair...it almost looks red in that picture. I'm so sorry to hear you can't sleep. It's understandable to not get enough sleep at night but if you can't take a nap during the day how are you supposed to survive! You should ask your doctor if there is something safe for you to take since you are nursing that would help. Have you had family there to help? Just drink some camomile tea, make Corey take care of the cutie, go in a really dark room and breathe deep till you relax. :)
Yes, we are expecting #4...we're crazy right. :) We miss you guys here!

Naomi said...

Seriously, she is absolutley adorable! Look at all that hair! Hope you get some sleep soon. I remember those days and walking around like a zombie. My aunt told me to rub lilac oil under my nose and that would relax me into a deep sleep. I tried it but who knows if it worked or not. We were driving around in your old neighborhood the other day and thinking of you guys. We sure miss you!

Naomi said...

ooops, i meant to say lavender oil, not lilac. :)

GINGER said...

She is so so cute!! We had to track down your blog on our own, TJ said Corey wouldn't give him the link. I love it, your doing a great job. Beautiful family!!

TJ, Ginger, Will and Finn

Christina said...

Beautiful, beautiful, so much like mom and dad. Good work, and hang in there!

Lulu said...

She is so stinkin cute! Is her hair really that red? It's beautiful, and she has so much of it.
You did a great job! And tell Corey he did ok too. lol