Life under a Pepper Tree

We continue to struggle with getting Tristan to sleep during the day, but have had a couple of reasonable naps on some days this past week.  Its just such a relief when he does sleep, but it's just too infrequent for my liking. We had the in-laws over for lunch yesterday.  I'm sure they've heard all about the lack of sleeping going on from hubby, but they got to see it first hand and they were a bit shocked.  He just springs wide awake once in his room and will cry until you pick him up.  It went on all afternoon and no amount of feeding, patting, or coaxing would convince him to settle and sleep.  Makes it very difficult and frustrating when we are trying to entertain.  Although maybe choosing to entertain with a non sleeping baby wasn't such a great idea in the first place! During the week we progressed from attending the newborn Mothers group at the local Baby Health Clinic, and on to the 2 - 4 month old group.  Hearing from some of the mums with slightly older b

This week has been beyond horrible.  Nothing has seemed to work to get little Tristan to sleep during the day.  Occasionally we'll get short naps in the baby carrier, or the rocker chair, or in my arms, but just not in his cot and not for long.  He must be beyond exhausted, poor little man.  The screaming just drives me mad some days, and it completely shatters my tolerance level for dealing with Dylan and his tantrums.  Some days I just need to sit outside in the garden for a few minutes and let him cry until I can regain some mojo to make another attempt at assisting him to sleep. Tomorrow little Tristan turns 2 months old.  Where has that time gone?  He's packing on weight, growing taller by the day, and loving the attention from his big brother.  My tiny little baby is going to get so big, just so fast, so I'm resolving myself to try to enjoy this time with him, regardless of the lack of sleep.  I thought about this week's photo as just another way to document how

Thankfully we've had a quieter week this past week.  With Tristan's needles last week, and then his first raised temperature, came the need for some calm and sleepy days at home.  His good run of night sleeps has continued, but his day sleeps are still a bit hit and miss.  Some days we'll get a decent stretch of sleep out of him, anywhere but in his cot, including his little rocker seat, my arms, the pram, even in the baby carrier while I get jobs done around the house. I was also determined to get a few other jobs done in the week.  Firstly I desperately needed to sort out Tristan's clothes.  With the last of the 0000 not fitting my growing bub, I had to make way for the 000's and get the piles organised rather than all just thrown in together.  So many sweet outfits I remember Dylan wearing are now ready for a new lease of life with Tristan.  One of my favourites got worn during the week where we attended the new mothers group at the local Baby Health Clinic.  E

I *think* we've had some progress with the non-sleeping baby this week.  We've definitely had some more days where the sleeping is better, and at least our good night sleeps seem to be continuing.  This past week hubby went back to work full time.  Yeah I know some guys only get a week or 2 at home with their babies, and I've had nearly 6 weeks and I should be thankful.  But it's still hard adjusting to not having that extra set of hands around, and someone else to take over when the crying starts to take it's toll and you just need to walk away from it for 5 mins.  Or take a shower.  Or do some sort of household chore! With hubby back at work I've had to do my first daycare drop off of Dylan.  We managed to get out of the house at a reasonable time, even with the baby waking right in the middle of all the breakfast/dressing/teeth cleaning etc chaos.  I popped Tristan into the baby carrier so I was handsfree and took him inside the centre.  It was the first ti

Officially losing my mind. Non sleeping newborns are not my favourite things. Put your hand up if you refuse to sleep... A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2016 Dinosaurs roam through the jungle of curls and messy hair. A portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2016 Joining in with Jodi and Project 52 . Bel