Being the mother of a newborn isn't all sunshine and roses.

Sometimes it really sucks

Last night was one of those nights that if offered at the right moment I would have traded my sweet baby Harrison for a handful of magic jumping beans. Yes, we have all had those moments. He slept peacefully for an hour, but as soon as I laid down and rolled over he was fussing. Ok, I wasn't asleep yet so it wasn't that big of a deal. After about 20 minutes of head rubbing and constantly putting the paci back in his mouth he back out. Yay! Only to wake up 30 minutes after I fell asleep. I can handle no sleep, but 30 minutes?? That's just mean and makes for an instantly crabby momma.

I get up to nurse him and about 5 minutes into it, he has unlatched and is snoring. What!! AGH. It just gets worse from there. It was a night of little sleep. After Jason got out of bed for work I brought Harrison into bed with me. We stayed in bed snoozing, nursing, and snuggling until about 1 this afternoon. In Harrison's defense this was only his 2nd "bad" night in his 6 weeks of life. I'm pretty blessed that he is normally a good baby, but when he's bad, he's real bad!

And to make matters worse, I think I'm starting my period!! How come every other breastfeeding mother gets a few months off and mine starts damn near 6 weeks to the day after birth????