'Boots and Bar' may be the end of me

So Barney turned 9 weeks old yesterday and celebrated by spending his 3rd day in his corrective Ponsetti Boots and Bar. This is the stage after being in a full leg cast since he was 5 days old. Now....I know I've not really explained the process he has to go through but I promise to Blog in more detail about the ins and outs. His Boots and Bar (or B&B) were fitted on Tuesday and he basically has to wear them for 23 hours a day for the next 3 months.

Easy, I said. What's 3 months?? It'll fly by.

WRONG.

We're at Day 4 of full time wearing of B&B and I'm not too sure I'll be around to see out the week let alone the 3 months. Wow, it's hard work. Just look at these things....

The poor little guy has screamed since having them fitted, his sleep has been affected and he is a shadow of the happy, contented little baby I had. My baby boy is really suffering.

I can't begin to describe just how tight these boots are. It's like I'm torturing him every time I put them on, he looks at me as if to say "Come near me with those boots and I'm leaving you. It's over between us woman. You may have boobs full of milk but quite frankly I'll take formula if it means I can get some distance between us". And he cries and I cry. And I force him into these boots and watch him sob.

But, we are ONLY Day 4 and I've had many mums on support networks telling me it gets better from a week onwards. So only 3 more days to go......ARGH. I need sleep, I need a shower, I need to stretch my back out of it's contorted shape from rocking and carrying for 20 hours a day. Added to this the general day to day needs of a 9 week old baby and a 2 year old toddler - I mean, they need feeding and watering and the like. If it wasn't for CBeebies I may have gone grey or insane or both simultaneously with smoke coming out of my ears.

And don't even mention the fact that his 8 week immunisations were this week too. I really know how to piss off a baby. As I sit here thinking about how awful it's been, and I mean truly awful, he's actually asleep. ASLEEP. Proper sleep in a cot and has been for nearly 2 hours. So does that mean we're seeing the light or does it mean he's just so exhausted from 4 days of crying that he's given up??!!

For any mum's who are yet to get to this stage....I'm so sorry for freaking you out. And any mum's who have been through this, please tell me it gets better? I really hate wishing my little man's life away but November couldn't come quick enough for me right now.

Just to prove it is the boots causing him to be a sad little boy, here's a pic of him having his hour free time yesterday....

Onwards and upwards I'm sure.

Sam x