This is just a short post to say that I'm still alive! New baby plus three-year-old plus three dogs (one going deaf and senile) plus one cat plus a writing career equals INSANITY! Trying to get my assignments done around caring for the children (including the baby girl who is still keeping us from getting enough sleep) is really hard. I'm having to turn in some things with a little less editing done then I'd like to. It seems to be going OK though.
The little girl, who is almost 11 weeks old now, doesn't fit into the nice wake, eat, sleep schedule that I'm trying to fit her in. She sleeps when she wants and that's that. There's no keeping her awake when she wants to sleep. I feel guilty that I'm letting her sleep right now, when she's "supposed" to be awake (according to the Babywise book's schedule).
Parenthood is filled with guilt. I've been pumping breastmilk for her because she won't nurse properly, and I want to stop doing that because it's difficult and time consuming, but that makes me feel guilty too. I'm tired of feeling guilty!
OK, so that's a lot of rambling I'm doing here - but then again, it's hard to catch up on a month and a half in one short post, done while one child is (illegally) sleeping and the other is handing me play money.
Two short bits of good news - the boy is finally pretty much potty trained (although we still have some accidents) and I'm a finalist in the Dog Writers of America Association's annual contest. I'm excited about both!
More later...





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