My Mojo is a No – Go
Posted in parenting and tagged with mojo, sleep deprivation on 11/17/2008 06:41 pm by Jerseygirl89I spent my entire pregnancy hoping for an easygoing child. Lovebug and Ironflower are so passionate and strong-willed that I was hoping for a bit of break this time. Unfortunately, I seem to still have some karma to pay back for being such a spoiled princess in high school because Chunkymonkey (that’s what the nurses called him at the hospital and I think it will do until his personality really develops) him waking up. His siblings can run, scream and jump all around him without him waking up. He can be passed from person to person to swing to couch without waking up. I can change his outfit without waking him up. But come 3am he’s wide awake. Not grouchy, but awake. And that whole strategy of waking him periodically during the day isn’t exactly working, since the child can apparently sleep through anything.
So I got nothing. I’ve been reading the same book since I got home from the hospital (that’s forever for me). The most complex TV show I can follow is Desperate Housewives. I can’t think of anything interesting to comment on people’s blogs – in fact, I can barely write Facebook updates. And let’s just forget about trying to answer emails. I have to check the calendar every day to figure out which kid has school. I can’t manage to sleep when the baby sleeps, what with the other children and all. I’m clean, the children are clean and the laundry is clean. So it’s not that I’ve lost it completely.
But I’ve got NO creative juices flowing. They’re not even dripping. At least I’ve stopped watching Bringing Home Baby – now that I’ve discovered all sorts of Law and Order episodes I missed. And Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsey, which totally deserves a post that I’m not capable of writing right now.
So this is probably the longest post I’ve ever written about absolutely nothing. Wahoo.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
My darling Benjamin had his days and his nights mixed up. For 2 months, he did the same thing until I let him cry it out. I figured it was that or suicide. And I chose the lesser of two evils.
On the plus side, Ben is the BEST sleeper on the planet. A bomb couldn’t wake that child up. So here’s to hoping for a quick reversal for you!
November 17th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
You’ll get back to yourself very soon. If you get time, check out my giveaways this week. Today’s is up your alley.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
It will get better. Your mojo will come back.
Oh, and Kitchen Nightmares is one of my favorite shows. I’m sort of in love with Gordon.
November 18th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Don’t you worry about being creative. Maybe it’s not creative in the same way as writing your blog, but figuring out a new baby while managing to keep up with your other kids, not to mention trying to have somewhat intelligent conversation with your husband–all with a few hours of disjointed sleep is creativity at its extreme. I’m in awe. myself.
…and when your mojo comes back, you will rock!
November 18th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I could leave a comment but I too got nothing.
November 18th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
LOL! Yes, but you manage to be funny. So as long as you have your sense of humor…
November 20th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Sweetie, if you’ve managed to keep yourself, the kids, AND your laundry clean… you’ve got me beat…
The first few months after littlest guy was born, I cracked jokes about how long I had to go between showers… not one of the things I miss about new motherhood… and don’t get me started on the state of my laundry pile.
Your mojo will be just fine. Give it time.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am
hey, clean self, clean kids AND clean laundry…you are doing GREAT!!
I used to joke about losing brain cells w/ every child we birth…or at least having given them away to said child!
hang in there, sounds like you are doing great, even if you feel like you are spinning circles.
November 21st, 2008 at 11:17 am
Becky – The crying it out will come, I’m sure of it. He’s getting better, though.
AFF – I’m sorry I’ve been missing all the excitement!
Leslie – Have you watched Tabatha’s Salon Takeover? It’s kinda the same idea. But Tabatha’s not very crushworthy.
Miss J – It’s sort of like certain days back at Banneker, except I do remember the night before!
Travis – I’m stealing that comment idea.
Jess – Just to warn you, there’s no way to survive number 3 without humor!
Merry – Well, we may be clean but the rest of the house is a pit, don’t worry.
Silken – Thank you – the spinning seems to be slowing.