Another one bites the duct
2 June 2006, 21:38
To cap off an already stunning week, I managed to get another blocked duct, thanks to her royal highness treating nipple like nice soft chewable toy. Brilliant.
I shouldn’t carry on – things are looking up (sort of). Scout has started waking up in the early morning sniffing for the milk, but has been really good to get to sleep at night. And today she was really settled for naps (still catnapping, can’t seem to shatter that bone) in spite of getting her 4 month jabs…
Quite strangely, she decided that the first jab in her tender thigh was really funny and she started to laugh (#$%^&*!!!!). Thankfully (or not) her response to the other two was reassuringly appropriate – a nice ear-shattering scream.
And I have put my finger into a few Sleep School pies – the O’Connell Family Centre in Canterbury, Tweddle in Foot-a-scray and North Park Private in Bundoora (all residentials so I can get a break) and an afternoon sleep and settling clinic at the Royal Childrens. Even North Park Private, which (being private) has a shorter waiting list, will still be close to one month by the time I get to the top of the queue. Guess it’s proof that a shit load of parents out there are in the same boat as moi. And I sure don’t have it as tough as some. Little Scout is absolutely beautiful and so good-natured. When she gets a decent sleep.
And my family doctor has AGREED with me that I shouldn’t take the anti-depressants as he didn’t think I was depressed, rather sleep-deprived so practically broke the pen in his zeal to write the Sleep School referrals. It’s actually really hard living in a city where you don’t have any extended family. I mean, I have absolutely fantastic, wonderful, supportive friends, but most of them have kids of their own or live too far away to call on in times of desperation (and trust me, I’ve been desperate). And like it or not, you can’t take your friends (or neighbours, and we have freakin’ tops neighbours) for granted as much as you can family.
Did I say that?
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