Foggity, fog, fog… of parenting.

Posted on Feb 21 in parenting, personal storiesby TalinaPrint

I’d be curious to learn how long sleep deprivation takes to kill.

I’m sure doesn’t kill you directly, rather it just causes you to be dumb enough to do things that eventually kill you. Like fall asleep at the wheel or forget to turn your stove burner off.

We are absolutely exhausted beyond belief these days. Adalyn is teething and she is still having digestion issues. This means on a good night I’ve been getting 1 to 2 hours of sleep in a stretch. Of course a few hours is better then totally sleepless nights but still. I am wrecked. So is Nathan.

I am still on a quest tor digestion relief for Adalyn but it seems even after seeing a pediatric chiropractor, we still have no improvement.

So far the only somewhat helpful solutions have been my drinking kombucha and her starting solids. Yep, my 5 1/2 mo old stole food from me and is on her way to eating more and more solid foods. This led me to think of another potential solution for her digestion issues, leaky gut in me. I’ll post more on that later.

Also, I cannot freaking wait for spring so we can all get outdoors for gardening and to break free from this cabin fever. My mood is foul, we are all bored and constantly irritated and boredom breeds mischief for Everly.

The one positive is that my food journaling in an effort to narrow down possible food triggers for Addie has resulted in improvement on the sugar and carbs front for me. It is even helping me keep an eye on my vitamin and nutriment intake.

Now if we could just have a developmental milestone for Addie already… I am betting once she does the sleep will greatly improve again. Can’t wait!