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altarflame) wrote2006-07-27 05:13 pm
altarflame) wrote2006-07-27 05:13 pm
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I am so touched out.
Two nights in a row, Jake has refused to sleep all night long. This is weird for him. We co-sleep, so this means that for two straight nights, he's crawling on our heads, drooling on our faces, scratching at us, standing on us, etc, whenever we aren't taking turns passing him back and forth for patting/nursing. I keep telling him he is THISCLOSE to getting put in a separate bed, it's only his previous 9 months of stellar cosleeping behavior that are keeping him safe.
All week Aaron has been feeling sick and clingy from his illness. If I'm sitting here, he's in my lap with his arms and legs around me or standing next to me with his head leaned on my arm. If I sit on the floor he gets down on all fours and comes to nuzzle me like a kitten. He's there, petting me in the kitchen as I try to cook, saying "I need a lot of love." I never turn him away, I think it would permanently wound him if I did. It's crazy how sensitive he is, and this overly affectionate stuff is part of his SID. I do force him to BACK UP, when he comes to ask me if he can have something by putting it against my nose, or stands by me as I crochet with his lips like an inch from my forearm so that I can feel his breath on my skin (that drives me NUTS).
Isaac is having some sort of resurgence in interest in nursing. 2-3 times a day is now EXTEMELY insufficient and he's throwing major screaming tantrums about it when I'm busy with something else and tell him to wait. Like, after trying to reason with him for 5-10 minutes today in my room where we all were, I finally made good on my threat and put him out in the hallway "until he could calm down". But that made him go WILD - it was The Tantrum of the Year. He was kicking and beating the door with all four limbs and screaming like a wild, guttural animal for about 2 minutes before I opened the door and asked him if he was finished and would like to come in...at which point he magically silenced, sniffled, and asked for a hug? *shrug*
And at the end of the day Ananda is always asking if I'll please, please lay with her for a little while, just her and me. I usually end up loving that time, especially if we're watching a show or just talking and sometimes if I'm reading to her as well, but the initial motivation to do it is sometimes lacking.
Two words, kids:
SPACE.
BUBBLE.
Two nights in a row, Jake has refused to sleep all night long. This is weird for him. We co-sleep, so this means that for two straight nights, he's crawling on our heads, drooling on our faces, scratching at us, standing on us, etc, whenever we aren't taking turns passing him back and forth for patting/nursing. I keep telling him he is THISCLOSE to getting put in a separate bed, it's only his previous 9 months of stellar cosleeping behavior that are keeping him safe.
All week Aaron has been feeling sick and clingy from his illness. If I'm sitting here, he's in my lap with his arms and legs around me or standing next to me with his head leaned on my arm. If I sit on the floor he gets down on all fours and comes to nuzzle me like a kitten. He's there, petting me in the kitchen as I try to cook, saying "I need a lot of love." I never turn him away, I think it would permanently wound him if I did. It's crazy how sensitive he is, and this overly affectionate stuff is part of his SID. I do force him to BACK UP, when he comes to ask me if he can have something by putting it against my nose, or stands by me as I crochet with his lips like an inch from my forearm so that I can feel his breath on my skin (that drives me NUTS).
Isaac is having some sort of resurgence in interest in nursing. 2-3 times a day is now EXTEMELY insufficient and he's throwing major screaming tantrums about it when I'm busy with something else and tell him to wait. Like, after trying to reason with him for 5-10 minutes today in my room where we all were, I finally made good on my threat and put him out in the hallway "until he could calm down". But that made him go WILD - it was The Tantrum of the Year. He was kicking and beating the door with all four limbs and screaming like a wild, guttural animal for about 2 minutes before I opened the door and asked him if he was finished and would like to come in...at which point he magically silenced, sniffled, and asked for a hug? *shrug*
And at the end of the day Ananda is always asking if I'll please, please lay with her for a little while, just her and me. I usually end up loving that time, especially if we're watching a show or just talking and sometimes if I'm reading to her as well, but the initial motivation to do it is sometimes lacking.
Two words, kids:
SPACE.
BUBBLE.
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I can't even crack the door open to peak on her without her waking right up.
Maybe Isaacs resurgence is due to Aaron being more needy.