A Rough Moment. Or Two.

I slept from about 10:30pm to almost 2:30am last night, which is actually a really big chunk of sleep for me.  I fell asleep half sitting up on a living room chair.  I went into bed and Ellie was waking up.  So I fed her in bed, hoping she'd go to sleep.  Nope.  She was WIDE AWAKE.  So we went out into the living room.

After a day of little food and a sick stomach that kept me running to the bathroom, my food supply was limited and she had no interest in the bottle, so I knew she wasn't starving.  She finally fell asleep in my arms around 5am and I went into our room at 5:45am and put her in her bouncy seat to sleep, since she does better there.  And I laid down.  And she was up.  I laid her on her belly and rubbed her back, helping her get gas out.  She seemed to settle and fall asleep, so I put her in her bed.  Nope.  This went on until almost 7:30 and just as I had her asleep in my arms, Adam let Abbey out of her room and they both burst into mine, yelling and getting onto the bed with me.  And Ellie burst into tears.

I got them out, laid Ellie in her bed and went to deal with them. Abbey was in the kitchen playing with the wine opener, which is exactly why she has a doorknob lock.  I was done.

I scolded Adam for letting Abbey out and gave them banana bread and apple and fruit snacks to eat and laid on the couch, something I never do.  I just couldn't sit up anymore.  So tired and sick to my stomach.  For the first time since I had kids, I really felt like I couldn't do it.  I considered calling Todd to come get at least one or ask Bobby to come babysit.

The kids finished eating and saw I was "sleeping".  Adam got me a pillow to cover my head and a blanket.  He got his, too.  Abbey climbed on me.  Fine.  But I wasn't getting up.  Ellie had stopped crying and finally went to sleep, which she needed.  So I decided for the first time ever, I didn't care what they got into.  I was staying right there.  Adam ended up laying on my feet playing video games and Abbey just played with toys, coming to jump on me occasionally.  I feel asleep for a few minutes a couple times, enough to take the edge off I guess.  At 9:15, my sick stomach made me get up and it was OK.  I survived a rough moment or two.