Last night.....YS had a difficult time going to sleep, and was incredibly fussy.
Around midnight, W hands off YS to me, and he was fussing and yelling and screaming while I rocked him to try to get him to calm down. Eventually, I carried him around, and that got him to calm down, and I saw that he started to get sleepy.
/paraphrasing discussion from here on out:
W: [OS] says he can’t sleep because [YS] is making so much noise.
She then points at YS and calls him selfish. (I know that when I’ve been tired and / or frustrating with the kids in the past, I’ve acted out and probably said and did things I didn’t mean, but I wasn’t okay with this.)
Me: It’s not his fault, he doesn’t know any better, he’s 3 months old.
I forget exactly what W said next, but I told her not to take out her anger on YS.
She then accuses me of taking my anger out on her.
Me: I’m sorry you feel that way, but I need to take care of [YS] and you should go to sleep.
W: STOP SAYING THAT.....YOU’RE EITHER SORRY OR YOU’RE NOT.
I turn around and continue to walk YS around, and she storms off to bed.
I finally put YS down around 12:30 our time, and then fall asleep soon after.
