DD is 7 months and for the past 6.5 months of her life I have always been eagerly waiting on the ‘next stage’ in the hope whatever we’re dealing with at the minute will have passed and things will get that bit easier so can actually enjoy our days together. It seems we’ve always had an obstruction or problem we’ve needed to address or deal with so never have totally gotten to the point of enjoying it, but think I’m realising this is just life with children, it will be hard just a different kind of hard at each age.
However saying that, now at 7 months it just feels mega mega hard - easy to say when I’m in the midst but sure the months before this wasn’t this hard. I was just saying to DP that 7 months just seems to be a catalyst of issues and hoping this is the peak worse bit we’ll deal with?! At the minute I feel run off my feet as so much change is going off developmentally so we now have:
-DD will now only nap being driven around in the car and seems to be dropping down to 2 from 3 naps
-is weaning but isn’t taking enough in to drop or reduce milk feeds
-won’t take milk in a bottle/cup
-trying to fit milk feeds, weaning and naps into the day
-is having teething rumblings so is a bit miserable
-on the 29/30 week ‘red stage’ on the wonder weeks app I.e. a fussy/clingy stage so wants boob constantly
Someone put my mind at ease and say it does get a bit less hard?! Dealing with multiple changes at once is just knackering and seem to barely get a minute to myself to try and take stock - feels like I’m treading water and reacting all the time so never getting on top of housework, life etc etc