Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Last night was one of those nights.. Where both der and me were frigging tired but we had a baby who wanted nothing but attention from us.
OMG. Don’t you just. Hate. Moments. Like. This.
Like you are on the brink of losing your sanity, but can’t do anything much about it. The baby doesn’t want milk, doesn’t want sleep and all he wants is to be out of the cot and cuddle.
I couldn’t take it anymore and took out the ipad, and had phonics on loop for the kid. In the dark. And ensuring that there is way enough safe distance between the kid and the light source… and promptly flopped back into bed.
Don’t judge. Don’t we all have one of these days?
I’m sharing mine, because I ain’t no perfect mum and I guess all we ever want to be, is to be the best we can.. but when we cant, at least we tried. No point banging ourselves up right? We ain’t supermans/super heros.
Have you done something similar too? Share if you did! I would love to hear!!
Cherie
Hi there! Thanks for popping by. I'm Cherie, a ftwm (full-time working mum) to 3 lovely kids (2 boys & a princess) and my motto in life is to BE HAPPY. Sure, life isn't all that smooth but it's the mentality that counts, no? This blog documents my life. Or rather, snippets of my life that has passed me by. I love capturing life memories in the blog and being able to read back and laugh at myself (or anyone). I love to eat (A LOT), travel and paint my own nails so the blog is mostly about that. Is that considered lifestyle? Of cos, the family is also very much an integral part of me so there would be loads of memories about the husband and my kids - Jerry (9yo), Jerome (7yo) and Leia (2.5yo) and everyone else that's close to me. I like documenting the kids' milestones, their growing up years, their achievements (and sometimes, mine), and my struggles and battles with motherhood. It sure ain't easy. I love seeking out good food and travelling, is trigger-happy, love new gadgets, love exploring new places and strives to live life to the fullest. I aspire to travel the world as much as I can, to soak in the different sights across the various continents and visit all the Disneylands in the world (almost there!). Have fun reading and do drop me a comment to say hi! Love, Cherie Lim Find me on Instagram.
4 Comments
Adeline
I would love to be able to do this! Pity our room in the serviced apartment here is too small, and Noah doesn’t actually have a cot. Any suggestions on what to do with a kid who co-sleeps with us, and refuses to sleep sometimes? 😛
Cherie
Hi Adeline,
Do you have any place/corridor where you can cordon off and let the baby play by himself safely, and eventually go to sleep himself? Else, my other advice is to tire the kid out – swimming, running etc so that they will fall asleep once they hit the pillow at night.
I used to let jerry run around a lot when he was growing up. Hope this helps!
Mabel
I just played kiddy videos on YouTube so that I can trim the children’s nails without any objections! Haha!
Cherie
I trim the kids’ nails when they sleep, much to the chagrin of my mum though! 🙂