We’ve had the same pediatrician for 12 years. More than once, as I’ve taken my 12 month old (whoever that happened to be at the time) in for their checkup, he’d say, “Ah, the honeymoon phase ends at 12 months.” I’d let it go, ’cause I never really understood what he meant.
‘Til Max.
Oh, my, word. He’s driving me nuts. Still not sleeping through the night, he no longer wants to be put back in the crib after nighttime feedings. Instead, he screams.
He screams when I try to put him in his highchair now, despite the fact that he really wants to eat.
He ALWAYS wants to eat.
He screams when we need to go in the car.
He screams whenever I put him down. If by some miracle, he’s content playing on the floor for a bit, I can’t make eye contact with him or walk past him or he’ll suddenly realize that he’s on the floor (heaven forbid), and he not only screams, but chases me down while he’s doing it.
This has resulted in my new habit of quietly locating him when I need to go to the other side of the house and picking a route that takes me as far away from him as possible.
When I am holding him (which as you’ve probably deduced is most of the time), he’s not a big fan of me sitting down.
Neither is he a fan of being held by someone other than me.
He wakes up about 3 hours earlier in the morning than any of my other kids did. Do you know how distressing it is to hear your baby stirring in the morning and finding yourself saying, “Dangit. He’s awake.” I HATE thinking that about my baby. But as I said, he’s driving me nuts.
I have a sister-in-law who once said in a blog post that when she looks at a certain child of hers, she feels tired.
Right there with ya’, sister.
October 20th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I’m sorry you guys are having such a hard time.
October 20th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hang in there, Sweetie – Our mantra in those moments when we feel we can’t stand it is, “They won’t be a baby forever. They won’t be a baby forever.” And they won’t… which somehow gives me a little more patience.
October 20th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Classic. And if it makes you feel even the tiniest bit better, Reillee is crying right now and yanking my hand away from the keyboard…Hang in there!
October 20th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Oh your poor guys having to deal with that. Max isnt lactose intolerant is he because he sounds a lot like my daughter at that age and she was never diagnosed until 8 mths old. She was a lot better after the diagnosis! I hope it improves for you all. You didnt mention you had a sister who blogged, is she the knitter too.
October 20th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Oh, my… so sorry to hear you are having a tough time. I’ve been “reading” you for a while now and always thought you’ve been blessed with such good kids. I have a “screamer” who for a long time did the “angry barf” when he was upset with me. He is my only one, but I can relate to what you said. He is 4 and has gotten better once he started school. So hopefully that will happen with your little one. When mine is hanging on to my leg while I cook, or pounding on my hip, or turning my head in his direction, I just remind myself this little one love me so much he doesn’t want to share. Kind of a nice thought. 🙂
October 20th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
La- I’m so sorry. I couldve written an identical post 2 months ago and now Sadie’s easing out of it so hopefully Max will too. If you ever can and want to break away, call me and we can break away for a bit and get some space. I find it helps when I start to feel baby-induced claustrophobia.