Strange Day

It's been a strange day...

I had insomnia from about 4.00 am, and had just got back to sleep when BallFiend woke at about 6.45 am. Lucky for me, DeepSpice got up to get BallFiend breakfast and, even luckier, Thumper stayed asleep. By 8.30 am, BallFiend had decided he was tired and got into bed with me. DeepSpice took the opportunity to collapse back into bed as well, so the three of us were snuggled in bed until Thumper woke at about 9.00 am.

I brought Thumper into bed with me for her morning breastfeed -- my favourite one of the day, because we breastfeed lying down -- however, it was very challenging with BallFiend squirming around next to us and pushing his toys/balls in my and Thumper's face. We have a double bed, nothing so roomy as a queen or king, so with four of us in the bed, it was rather crowded.

After she finished feeding, the quiet snuggle-time was quickly replaced with playing, as BallFiend performed increasingly silly antics in an effort to make Thumper laugh. Unfortunately it all ended in tears when BallFiend launched himself backwards and collided with DeepSpice's nose. I heard a horrible cracking noise and DeepSpice bellowed in pain. After getting DeepSpice an ice-pack, I took the kids out of the bedroom to play elsewhere, while DeepSpice lay in bed for another hour or so recovering.

Thumper chose this time to revert to her pre-six-months-old behaviour of spewing all over the house. By 11.00 am she had spewed about seven times and we'd changed her clothes twice. Very weird, given she has had no signs of reflux for nearly 4 months now.

Later on, I went and did the grocery shopping - without kids! It was the first time I'd made it to the supermarket for a 'big shop' in about a month, so there was a lot to stock up on, and as luck would have it, about half the things on my list were on special. I shoved my heavy trolley around the supermarket, enjoying the schadenfreude of watching other people who were accompanied by their kids

BallFiend had a massive tantrum in the middle of dinner... oh wait, that's not really unusual...

We put the kids to bed in the same room (third night running). The previous two nights, we have put BallFiend to bed first and then waited till he was asleep before bringing Thumper in. But tonight I put Thumper in her cot at 7.30 pm, whilst DeepSpice read BallFiend a story in the lounge room. I was hoping that she would be asleep before BallFiend came to bed. But this is when my luck ran out. So BallFiend came to bed anyway, and Thumper listened as DeepSpice went through the usual goodnight ritual with BallFiend (which includes a 'talking story'). Then DeepSpice left the room, with both kids quiet but awake. BallFiend was out like a light - asleep in no time, but not Thumper... As I have been typing this post, I have been in to resettle her twice and DeepSpice once (last time was at about 8.30 pm). It is now 9.00 pm and she has been mostly quiet, so... fingers crossed!
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