Hello everyone. I don't get to post often b/c I'm so busy but I do like to cruise the board when I get a chance. I'm Jenny (28) and my dd Lindsay is 8 months old today. I had an incredible pregnancy. I was never ever sick, was always very active and was never uncomfortable. Because I had always heard horror stories about pregnancy but had a great one, I assumed that motherhood would also be a cinch even though people said it was tough. I honestly could've been pregnant another month and wouldn't have cared a bit. I loved being pregnant.
Lindsay came out screaming and screamed for a good 20 minutes after she was born. I remember starting to get startled when she kept crying almost like I realized that the honeymoon was over!! She had colic but fortunately it didn't last past 3 months. She had SO many screaming fits in the mall, at the doctor's office, etc. I always stayed home b/c I was so sick of trying to take care of a screaming baby in public while everyone watched me. After her tummy troubles were over she still had the screaming fits and always wanted to be held, constantly cried and was never, ever happy. I was so exhausted and I hated motherhood (yet I never told anyone that). I was so emotionally drained because she never slept and when she was up she need my constant attention. I guess it was really hard because I didn't know *anyone* who had a baby like her and I felt like I was doing something totally wrong and that I was a failure. I got so jealous going out, seeing all of these babies who'd just sit there in their strollers while their moms were shopping.
Once Lindsay started to crawl things dramatically changed because she could actually entertain herself for longer than 2 minutes. Things have improved yet she still has her fits, can't soothe herself, etc. (you know... all of those HN traits). She still doesn't sleep well at night... I've tried crying it out with her but it doesn't work (go figure). I've learned to STOP wishing that I had an easy baby because I was using up too much of my energy that way. I think things became easier when I just accepted the fact that she's HN and that she won't change. I love her more than anything in the world though. I really think she's going to be a successful, driven and accomplished woman one day.
Jenny & Lindsay (8 months)