Oh Boy oh boy

Oh boy is all I can say. Jakob has been fussy. I'm not quite ready to say "colic," but just imagine the word and what it signifies, and that is enough to paint the picture of how it has been here in the evenings.

But, there is a God after all. It is now almost 10 pm and tonight Jakob has been quiet. Anna hasn't eaten any dairy, onions, garlic, cruciferous veggies, or had coffee for 2 whole days. We also have been trying a few homeopathic remedies and belladonna might have done the trick...or it's the dietary switch. All I know is that I feel a little more sane tonight myself.

Have I mentioned I am neurotic around baby illnesses? Yes I am. Quite the nutjob. I immediately get anxious and fearful and go right to death. Even if it's just a goopy eye. SO, I have been all upset, exhausted, worried, and desperate. Doesn't that sound pleasant! Doesn't that sound like the kind of mother you want bouncing and soothing her crying newborn?

Jakob goes to the pediatrician tomorrow for his one month check up (can you even believe that!) and Anna will be asking all sorts of questions related to baby gas, baby spit-up, and baby crying. I told Anna the other night, that if Iwas crying as hard as Jakob was, I would be at the emergency room. Luckily his crying only lasted a few hours at the most and just in the evenings. And so far tonight, not at all. Keep your fingers crossed. Toes too.

SO, what's it like to be a mom of 2, and a bit too old, a bit too sleep deprived, and a bit too busy now that I am back to teaching full time? Hard. Just a bit hard these days.

Oh, but of course that is just my perspective. Anna, oh brilliant incredible mother that she is, is of course, fine. She has handled her first 3 days at home with me back at work with ease. Today she even went shopping for a new pair of jeans! And found a pair. I swear, she is bionic. Really.