Have a Little Patience

Oct 31, 2011 by cafebebemama

This is a face that is being seen in our house A LOT lately. Strangely enough, I have the same face a lot of the time as well. You see, both Ella and Mummy have VERY LITTLE PATIENCE. There has been foot stamping, hands on hips, furrowed brows and harumphing. I present to you, the evidence:

Mummy: I have 4-5 weeks before our lives are turned upside down again. The reality of that is starting to hit me. Up until now I have felt fine about it all. In fact, I’ve been operating with a false sense of security. ‘Bebe will of course, slot right into our lives and nothing will change at all.’ How DAFT am I? I am now starting to panic.

We still haven’t accomplished much with Project: Changing Rooms, believe it or not. Hubby is presently in the beginning stages of getting paint on the walls in the front bedroom to sort out what will become the Master Bedroom again. We went on a reconnaissance mission to IKEA yesterday to have a look at beds for Ella and a dresser unit for the Nursery. We managed to sort out both and now we just need to sort out how to pay for it! Good times!

I have washed pretty much all of Ella’s 0-3 month, unisex clothes in anticipation of Bebe but I’m still worrying about the things left to buy: Moses Basket & mattress, Infant Car Seat and no doubt the infinite number of things that I have forgotten I will need. I do have newborn nappies though! Score one for me.

I am sleeping HORRIBLY at the moment. The difficulty in getting a 34 week pregnant body into a comfortable position and remaining that way for more than 2 hours at a time is challenging to say the least. I snore now, more than ever, thanks to pregnancy congestion, which has driven Mark from our bed more times than I’d care to admit. And I wake myself up, to tell you the truth! Due to the lack of proper sleep/rest/relaxation, I am cranky. Hence the fact that I have very little patience. This is resulting in me becoming a mother I am not proud of; a shouty mother with a short fuse. This makes me sad. I don’t like to be a shouty Mummy.

Ella: The last few days, we’ve seen the dreaded “Temper Tantrum” back in our daughter. For the last week, Ella, normally a 6:30-7:00am riser, has been waking up bang on 6am and ready for the day. This has resulted in her being tired by noon and being cranky (like mother like daughter). Ella has started whinging which she rarely does (and we strongly DISCOURAGE) and is prone to bursting into tears. Near the end of our IKEA expedition yesterday she had a full-on temper tantrum including growling, crying, kicking out and ultimately Ella smacking ME!

We’ve employed the naughty step more than once lately and naps have become much more VITAL to all of our sanity than I care to admit. I’m wondering if it’s just the tiredness or my short temper with her or a combination of both but our Little Miss Sunshine has a bit of cloud over her these last few days. And on top of eveything going on at the moment, I am of course worrying about how to prepare Ella for the arrival of her Bebe Brother or Sister. Fun times in the Cafe Bebe Household.

Right now, I’m singing Take That’s “Patience” to remind myself to have some. Any advice is more than welcome!