laura&jim...

KatieRL1979

Sorry I didn't get back to you till now.  Of course by the time I gave up it was time to pump, then she needed to eat again.  She of course went to bed for real at her regular bed time of a little after 8.

Yes, we do swaddle her.  I use the SwaddleMe and have since she was about 5-6 weeks old when she got too strong for the regular blankets.

I'm at work all day, DH is an architect.  When I was 7 months pg he had the bright idea of quitting his good-paying job which in turn forced me to go back to work after DD was born.  I still resent him for it in a lot of ways.  He now only brings in a small fraction of his previous salary with the few clients he can get.  Yeah, go out on your own in the worst real estate time in a generation... DH isn't one for using his head.  What he does with her all day I have no idea.  I know he tries to work at the computer and hold her the whole time thinking she's getting sleep that way.  When I get him to try something he'll do it for a day and go back to just ignoring her needs.

So when I get home at 5:30 she is exhausted and cranky.  Enough so I never get to see her happy, I get to feed/change her, give her a bath and put her to bed.  I get to go to bed stressed out from work and depressed.  Fun fun fun.