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Guys, I’ve had a draft for Remy Bea’s 11 month update in process for, like, weeks. And… well, I just can’t. Because other than her being a lot more mobile as of late, not much has changed.
Actually, here’s what has changed since her 10 month update:
- She is eating even more than before, which I didn’t think was humanly possible. I’m surprised this kid isn’t a tank, seriously.
- But she hasn’t gained any more weight than her 10 month update (which makes her — still — very small).
- And she’s almost walking. I say almost because this chick is way too lazy to walk. She can walk along furniture and her walker, but she knows that when she needs to get from Point A to Point B, it’s much faster to crawl and hustle.
- Oh, and she’s still not sleeping. Like, at all. And it sucks.
It really, really, sucks.
I can’t even put it more eloquently than that. My mind is fried from 11 months of not sleeping. Words… sentences… metaphors… they all escape me. The only word that makes sense is ‘sucks.’ And it, well, sucks.
But I’d be lying if I said that there’s something that I have learned over the last 11 months. And that is that those fleeting good moments? They are really, really, good.
Babies are cute, y’all. But that’s pretty much as good as it gets until they can speak. Until then it seems like an endless cycle of: cry, look cute, cry, smile to restore your faith, cry again, poop all over you, cry, and giggle. And then cry again.
Perhaps we have the perfect combination of a ridiculously miserable baby and a ridiculously sweet toddler. Maybe that’s why a little time with Ari can feel so restorative. He’s the yin to her yang; He’s the calm to her crazy.
Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope someone looks at you today the way that Ari looks at me as he kisses me on the nose. ??
Love snuggling my three year old son! The nose kisses also make EVERYTHING better!
Aw! What a sweetheart your toddler is! I have two 11 month old boys and I agree, as tired as I get, the good moments are SO good. At the same time, I can’t wait until they can snuggle and tell me they love me, haha!
What a sweetheart you have! I hear you on the no sleep thing! My son still doesn’t sleep well and he is almost 2! But he has been doing better. There is hope, mama! 😉
I had a good sleeper from 4 – 10 mo. Then she got her first tooth and we went into a 6 month spiral of no sleep, teething, sickness and constant night nursing. Coming up for air now and I said with the New Year we are not night nursing anymore and she needs to freaking sleep. So we are in the midst of some sleep training right now.
I feel like we were doing SO well with sleep training! We had a good two weeks of sleeping okay-ish. And then when we all got sick it went downhill fast ?
What a sweet, little man! I felt the same about posting about my daughter with her monthly updates. It goes by so fast!
Keep it up momma!
Ari is so sweet. I sure hope, for your sake, that Miss Remy Bea grows up to be, like, the chillest toddler that ever there was because YOU DESERVE A BREAK!
That is the sweetest little post.
What a sweet little man. The baby years are crazy. We are done having kids and when I see a mom with a young baby now I feel for her. Gone are the days of crying and pooping and I’m ok with that. Hang in there. xo ~ Megan
I unfortunately have a non-sleeper too. It’s rough, really rough. We have decent naps with the help of DockATot but I don’t use it at night because of safe sleep guidelines. Last night was was the first time that she slept more than 5 hours straight (she’s going to be 1 on the 25th). I hope you gets real and rest soon!
I am so impressed you get updates up at all! The sleep deprivation is real! Hang in there, mama.
Oh my! What a little sweetheart! I can’t wait to hear my daughter tell me she loves me!
Kids sure know how to suck the life out of use.
What a sweet little man! And girl, I feel you. All of a sudden K just doesn’t sleep. ? And she’s going to be walking anytime, but like Remy she’s all about the crawl & hustle. ?❤