Alright, I've hit my breaking point. So far I've been able to juggle our new North Dakota life, but this is week 7 of Gunnar not sleeping well through the night and I'm past the point of exhaustion. It would be one thing if my only responsibility was Gunnar so I could sleep when he's sleeping, but I've also got Ava to think about, not to mention the 8 daycare kids who also need my attention.
Kris was ever so brave to suggest that perhaps I'm a little more irritable than normal.... can you believe that?! haha! Yes, I've been cranky, some may even use the "B word" to describe me, but life's been a little stressful lately! Before Gunnar, I was able to keep up with household chores, care for Ava, and successfully run my business with dinner on the table before Kris even walked through the door. Now I'm lucky if I even have the dishes from lunch done by 6!
The best part of our relationship is that Kris and I have always had good communication. So yesterday I broke down almost in tears and told him I need more help from him around the house. I was expecting the "this was the agreement in order for you to stay home with the kids..." but he just said,"fine, if you need help you just have to ask because I can't read your mind."
I gave him the choice of either staying up all night with Gunnar, or cleaning the house today including laundry and the floors and of course he went with staying up with the baby. Last night was a little harder than he thought... Gunnar performed his usually show at midnight, two and four and now Kris is sleeping like a rock.
Hopefully this will give Kris a little better understanding of what I've been going through so when dinner isn't on the table or his jeans are still sitting next to the washer 3 days later he'll know that I'm not just slacker. Besides, this is just a phase and a year from now we'll be able to look back and say, "Thank God he's sleeping through the night!"
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