Query: is my baby half farmyard animal?

Seriously! I appear to have given birth to a baby that is part pig/cow/any other farmyard animal you can think of. He GRUNTS and GRIZZLES and SNORTS all night long!!! It’s so LOUD!! He’s still protesting about being put in his moses basket to fall asleep by himself so we have to listen to his grunts of protest which can go on for AGES! If he cries, I obviously pick him up and soothe him, but these grunts……my God. It’s like he’s having a massive poo. Question: would I be a terrible mother if I wore earplugs at night?!

This night-time routine is hard. I’m sticking with it but it really takes perseverance. I HATE leaving him to grizzle up in our bedroom while we’re down here in the lounge. He lies in his basket, grizzling, wide awake and obviously fed-up that he’s not downstairs where all the fun is, and I find it quite upsetting.  He’s a baby that loves cuddles and human contact and it seems a bit mean to leave him upstairs by himself. But I still feel like I’m doing the right thing…………he has to get used to this, right?!

However, last night as he grizzled, snorted and grunted in protest, I was soooooo tempted to bring him downstairs but that would have completely screwed up the routine. He eventually fell asleep about 9pm and Mike and I had a glass of wine and watched some TV-finally some ‘couple’ time! When he woke up for his next feed he wouldn’t settle afterwards (quel surprise), and the one after that, but I got some sleep at some point so I must have just tuned the grizzling out. Mike did the 4am feed while I went and expressed-it was great! 

Anyway Mike and I are going to make his bedtime a bit later temporarily, because at 7/8pm he’s just not tired enough for sleep. 

Yikes! The little man is waking up. I’d better shoot off. Be back later!

love happycookie and my little grizzler, PigBaby aka William xxxxxxxx