The Hipster Mom

Under Construction Kinda

Hey Guys...Haven't been posting much this week because The Hipster Mom is moving to the actual domain www.thehipstermom.com and Network Solutions is being Bitchy and not getting the site up. I'm also switching over to Wordpress...we're talking mini overhaul here. My point is, bare with me here until we're up and running on the domain, Im hoarding posts right now. Hopefully you will all see the facelift early this coming week. 

P.S Hipster Dad and Hipster Fritz are out of town. Got the house to myself. I slept in until 10:00 AM TODAY!!!!!

How Samantha Got Her Groove Back

So, I haven't posted in a few days. I actually been kinda in the dumps/stressed/self loathing for the past few days. I don't know what got into me but I hit a wall and just slowly slid down it like a slug for this last week. But, last night I think I finally got my head above water and crawled out of the bummer pool.

This morning I woke up happy and so did Fritz. What I noticed was, when I was kinda bumming this past week, is that your mood rubs off on your kid. When I was at my gloomiest on Tuesday Fritz was at his worst...screaming, tearing up the house and whining about everything. It was awful, for all of us. And this can work vice versa as we all know, super cranky kid=super cranky parent.

This is just life. But what I realize is, when you hit the wall work on the solution sooner not later. How can you change the things that are bugging you and continue to kick ass in life? Answer your own questions or have your man or friends help. Make a list of what's on your mind and workshop that shit. Feeling lonely at home? No one comes to hang anymore? Have a dinner party! Feeling in a rut? Plan a Vacation! Even if its 6 months down the road...It will come sooner than you think. And so on...But mostly...Don't bottle up, it's bad for your skin!

Night Clubbing

It happened again. At 12:30 last night the screaming began and wasn't subsiding. This suuuuuxxxx!!! I laid down on the couch with him and we both fell asleep for an hour. At 1:30 I gently scoop his little asleep ass up and begin to lower him in to the crib and as soon as his head hits the pillow...Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I said fuck it and brought him into bed with me. Will I ever get a full night sleep again? Will Fritz sleep in our bed until he is a teenager? Will I be forced to let him scream himself back to sleep for hours on end? Will he lose his voice if I do? Are you there god? It's me Samantha. Im not religious but hell, just thought I'd ask.

Are You Afraid of The Dark??

So, Fritz is 18 months old. We got the kid sleeping through the night by 3 months old. We do not do the family bed thing. We are all better off in our own beds. For the last couple nights he has been waking up screaming in the middle of the night. Now, when you a parent there are routine things you do when this happens. Here is what we do: 1. Wait for him to stop crying and go back to sleep on his own 2. If its been over 15 min go in and check out the situation 3. Bring him into out room and let him chill between us until he goes back to sleep. The times he has woken up in the past week none of this had worked. If there is nothing you can do get your kid to go back to sleep in this situation you feel absolutely helpless. It's the worst having a wide awake toddler at 4 am. I tried milk and Tylenol. The only thing that worked was laying beside him on his little couch in his room. Each morning when he woke up he was totally fine. Not sick. Nothing. Playing like normal. After day 3 of this I went ahead and looked up toddler not sleeping through the night. This answer was extremely helpful. I found out that regardless if your toddler was sleeping normally they are now very aware of their surroundings and wake up with anxiety of being away from the parent or are down right scared. Poor munch munch. So the instructions are to calm them and maybe give a security animal or something. Stick to the routine every night and by all means DON'T get up and play with them or watch TV (I have done this on maybe 2 occasions). I've been away for the past couple days and just returned last night. Thing seem to have gone smoothly while I was gone so maybe he's over it??? If I could only be so lucky. I'll take it night by night and hope for the best.

Scream 5

Have they made this movie yet? Because if they haven't they might as well come start filming in my house now. I've mentioned the screaming in my previous posts. This morning it's relentless and I feel totally helpless. Is it teeth? Is it the 2 mosquito bites he acquired overnight? Is it the tum tum? I've given the reasonable dose of Tylenol. Still he yells. Won't let me pick him up. Nothing is working. Im banking on this being a tooth thing due to the runny nose situation. Wait miracle of all miracles he stopped. Ahhhhhh relief. Tylenol finally kick in? That bowl of cereal he's munching on? I don't know. Wait, never mind, wishful thinking. We are back in action. In this whole parenting thing there are a lot of "I don't knows?". The kid can't talk he can only express through happy, sad, angry. That's it! I am defiantly getting the pissed off vibe this morning. It's never the way you want to start you day but I coming to find the sometimes it's just the way it is. Im zoning out to Teletubbies, he's screaming, Im drinking coffee, he's screaming. The sitter is here...I will go find peace in the shower. Ahhhhhhh.