My husband...

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He was such a huge help to me last night. It was a rough one, but we made it through.

Kathryn just isn't sleeping well at night at all. I don't understand it. My only guess is a growth spurt. She did this around 8 weeks too.

I was having a particularly rough time around midnight because I'm running on two nights of hardly any sleep. When K came upstairs, I practically shoved the baby at him, "I need you to take her!" I whisper-yelled. Then I went to the living room, crouched next to the chair and bawled like a baby. 

He got her to sleep though!!
He also helped me after dinner by rocking her. I posted a pic of that.

His help was so appreciated.

This morning, even after a rough night, he had me cracking up. I love that man. I know I complained yesterday and I think I had the right to, but I also have to ASK FOR HELP when needed. He's a lot of amazing things, but he's not a mind reader.

This morning he said, "Kiss me, woman."I did, then he said, "Last night you were so tired you didn't even kiss me good night. That or you hated me for making you pregnant."

I busted out laughing and replied, "That's hilarious, because to be honest, in a second of muddled thought, I asked, 'why did he do this to me?!'" I couldn't stop laughing. He was surprised. Hey, I promised to be honest and it was the sleep deprivation talking...I love this baby. Can't imagine life without her. Well, I CAN, but I like life better with her.

Oh, here's something they will never tell you about life with a baby...the colosal spit-up. The night before last, or ast night (?) I have no idea, I was about to lay Kathryn on the changing table when she spit up. I was naked, because that's how I sleep, and this was an insanely large amount of spit, so it went down my back, butt, and leg, all the way to my heel. It was interesting trying to hold her with one hand so she didn't roll off the table, while contorting my other arm in various pretzels-like positions to wipe it off. Ugh. A shower would have been nice, but I was too damned tired to consider that.

She spit up again in bed and it made a nice stream down my pillow. The extra pillow cases are in the basement. My tired ass was NOT going down there in the wee hours of morning to find one, so I did what most moms of infants do and...yep, you guessed it. I flipped my pillow over!

So disgusting.
So not even in the realm of "sexy." It's hard to be sexy with a 2 1/2 month old.

I think I should make burp cloths that match my clothes. I wear A lot of black and that doesn't bode well with milk spit up. I need black burp cloths that can be snapped to my shirt. I hate when you THINK it is in the right place, them she spits around it. I've been using receiving blankets because she spits so much. I need a burping shawl or cape.

No, I got it!
I should just wear a burping jacket! It would be like a raincoat! All parts would be covered and I could put on burping gollashes and jump into the various spit up puddles on my carpet.
Ugh...that's so disgusting. It's not that bad, but the coat idea might come in handy. ;-)