Proverbs and such
January 10, 2012 at 9:05 am (Everyday ramblings) (crying, sensitive tummy, sleep, Taco Bell)
In the past couple weeks, my wonderful baby who sleeps through the night had NOT been sleeping through the night. He wakes up 2, 3, even 5 times each night, and is very very angry! I have been really conscientious about what I eat, as that always impacts his little tummy. But I was still clueless!
Then Sunday, at lunch with my family, I actually said one of the more stupid things of my adult life. This is where the Proverbs come in. But I am not sure which one, exactly. Leading a horse to water? Or just not saying something outloud and jinxing oneself? At any rate, because of his crap sleeping, I decided I was going to eat that bean burrito (DANGER, Will Robinson, DANGER!!!). And then I said, out loud for my family to hear, “It’s not like his sleep can get any worse, right?”.
WRONG, oh so wrong! I couldn’t believe how much worse it did indeed get! He was up most of the night crying and screaming in pain. Oh, refried beans, how you hurt my baby so! Who knew nursing required so much thinking on the part of the mommy?! It was, hands down, the worst night we’ve had with little Zander. And one I hope not to repeat anytime soon, that’s for sure.
And then I got to thinking a bit more. He’d been sleeping through the night, mostly, since he came home from the hospital. It was only in the week of Christmas and after that the middle of the night crying and nursings had started in earnest. And then I realized I had bought a new product, a drink additive for water, to try. It’s called Mio, and I kinda do love the flavors they have, and have been drinking it every day since I purchased it the week of Christmas. So, being the slow, no-sleep mommy that I have been for the past 2 weeks, I finally looked at the ingredients….Second ingredient? Citric acid! How had I missed that?! So, I didn’t drink any Mio yesterday…and guess who slept ALL night again? Wow, poor kid.
I am beating myself up that I didn’t figure that out earlier. I have given up SO many good-for-me foods in efforts to keep his tummy troubles to a minimum. But a drink flavoring, really? Man, does my kid have a sensitive tummy! At any rate, it worked last night, let’s hope it continues. I really hope that was the total cause of sleeping issues in the house…cuz momma wants to sleep!
