Grumpy Mommy

Hi friends..... we're friends, right?  So I can be real on here.  It has been a rough few days.  It is possible for all of my real life friends that all they're going to be seeing of the Naldjian family over the next year will be on facebook and on this blog.  You see, according to the vast internet research my husband did, and the cliffnotes version he gave me (which basically makes me an expert), we have a colicky baby on our hands.  This is new territory for me.  I had milk supply issues with Farrah, Acid reflux issues with Kellen, and now colic issues with Evan.  I remember when I was pregnant, sitting under the hair dryer at my salon doing a little light reading in US magazine about Kristin Cavallari (don't judge... remember we're friends) and she said her son never stopped crying the entire first year and I thought "Wow, that sucks but she must be doing something wrong.  No baby cries all the time for no reason."  False!
Evenings are the worst.  From about 4pm to midnight every night if he's not asleep (which during this time frame he may take a couple of 10 minute naps at most), or he doesn't have a boob in his mouth, he's crying.  We've resorted to putting him in the baby carrier and turning on the blow dryer to get him to fall asleep and today while I was gone, Abe had to put him in the swing and turn on the vacuum just to get him to calm down.  
But that's not what has me grumpy.  Well maybe just a little grumpy, but even more than that is that all of my internet research tells me I need to get rid of dairy from my diet to help his colic.  No dairy? Come again?!  Dairy is the one and only reason I could never be a vegan.  I could care less about meat, but cheese?  Ice cream?  Delicious, overpriced coffee beverages?  That is not ok in my book.  Do you know how many things contain dairy products?  Pretty much everything... I checked.
You know what doesn't have dairy in it though?  Wine.  So I bought some at the store today.  I may be partaking in a glass tonight.  I invite you all to drink a hard alcoholic beverage tonight in our honor.  Remember, I'll have a baby attached to me all night so 1 glass of wine is all this mom can have.
And now my baby has woken up from a 10 minute nap.  Until our next social media rendevoux my friends....