I need some earplugs
Ugggh! Ben is actually asleep right now. You'd think that would make my day, right? We are babysitting for my friend Kelly's three kids tonight and he was way cranky this afternoon, so I told him that if he napped he could stay up with them and play instead of having to go to bed 45 minutes after they got here. He agreed (and was really tired) and that was an hour ago. I was thrilled to be able to clean the house without him underfoot ... except that Miss Bitchypants has been SCREAMING THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not crying, mind you. I believe with all my heart that crying needs to be tended to, it means there's something wrong. No. That isn't it. She's is screaming. Like vocalizing/talking type sounds, "aaaaaah, and uuuuuhhhhhh," except at a volume so loud that her voice is getting hoarse.
WHY?
I tried tending to her, believe me. I changed her diaper. I put her on the potty. She had some gas. She peed. Still loud. I nursed her. She ate. She layed down and sucked her thumb for like a minute. Then she started up again. So I wore her in the mei tai while I cleaned. Nope, that didn't help. That just put the noise closer to my ears! The racket basically continued no matter what I was doing. So I finally put her in bed, and started vacuuming anyway. I thought maybe the sound of the vacuum would put her to sleep. Nope. Turned it off, hrrmm, she's still at it. I checked on her, gave her a new toy, made some tea and am taking an lj break before hitting round two of cleaning: the table!
(I wonder how long I can let Ben sleep without it coming back to bite me at 2 a.m.)
Not crying, mind you. I believe with all my heart that crying needs to be tended to, it means there's something wrong. No. That isn't it. She's is screaming. Like vocalizing/talking type sounds, "aaaaaah, and uuuuuhhhhhh," except at a volume so loud that her voice is getting hoarse.
WHY?
I tried tending to her, believe me. I changed her diaper. I put her on the potty. She had some gas. She peed. Still loud. I nursed her. She ate. She layed down and sucked her thumb for like a minute. Then she started up again. So I wore her in the mei tai while I cleaned. Nope, that didn't help. That just put the noise closer to my ears! The racket basically continued no matter what I was doing. So I finally put her in bed, and started vacuuming anyway. I thought maybe the sound of the vacuum would put her to sleep. Nope. Turned it off, hrrmm, she's still at it. I checked on her, gave her a new toy, made some tea and am taking an lj break before hitting round two of cleaning: the table!
(I wonder how long I can let Ben sleep without it coming back to bite me at 2 a.m.)