I never thought us mothers are discouraging fathers from parenting…but…
I guess it’s because men aren’t as good at caring for babies/kids. They, at least mine, have too much on their mind (ie. hockey game, hockey stick, skates, hockey fights, Sportsnet, TSN, etc. and oh yah, Jersey Shore) to focus on the task at hand.
It bugs me when things aren’t done a specific way… because Dads doing things the dad-way just means the past 14 months I spent figuring what the good, better and best ways are of doing these things is not time well spent!
Christian’s been waking up a few times throughout the night…again…for the past week, and yes, it’s teething again. According to some website, his canines are not supposed to break-through until 18 months. But having peeped into his mouth yesterday, it seems there are a couple “double-dates” going on inside: top jaw, both first molars and canines are breaking through; bottom jaw first molars are out, canines are now breaking through, too.
So, we’re 10 going on 16…I wonder when this teething thing is going to stop bothering him so he/we can sleep through the night again…
Jason thought that now would be a good time to start Baby Project #2, though I’d love to wait until after our Hong Kong trip in December (the idea of being pregnant plus dealing with an ants-in-pants toddler on a 13-hour cross-ocean flight is not exactly how I envisioned a perfect Christmas vacation would be, anyhow…)
We did a lot of reading and we’ve heard stories from a lot of people, and our conclusion is, we have to do it during the 4-day window if we want a boy. For a girl, the window gets a bit bigger, +/- 2 days (and I do want a girl, but we’ll see how that goes…)
Oh well, keep posted for our progress…
Finally, after almost 14 months of sleep deprivation, this mama has fallen sick… not bad at all compared to before I’d be sick after just 3 days/nights of this craziness. Actually, things been going not bad up until 2 weeks ago – Christian out of nowhere started waking up a few times during the night, at 1:30, 3:30 and 5am… I’ve tried giving him more food during the day so that he’s not waking up due to hunger. But, nothing seems to work…
Last night was a bit better, he slept from 2am to 7am…unfortunately, I stayed up until 4:30am working on VMO stuff.
So, anyways, I’d so love to just pop a couple Nyquils and call it a night. But… what if he wakes up in the middle of the night? Can Jason handle him…or better yet, will he?
Now I hope the Dayquils work…
Oh the sacrifices of motherhood!
a nice morning… took Christian out to the park, just for a walk and a quick stop at the park (there was a lineup for the swings by the time we got there, but a sweet little girl let us play first)