At barely over nine months old, my little Ivy is miserable. She got her first two bottom teeth in quick succession last month, and now she seems to be working on a top tooth. There's a lump in her gum and she has woken up screaming over and over for 3 nights running now, and her nose is super congested from the tooth coming in so she has trouble nursing. Poor little girl, she's happy when she's awake but she gets soooo tired and then it's hellish.
On top of that, the cats keep managing to open Lorelei's door somehow at night and getting into her room, they get in bed with her and wake her up early. It's a sleepy, cranky clan around here.
On mommyhood... the good, the bad, the strange...
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Growth Spurt!
This is probably about day 7 of cranky baby nursing every 3 hours around the clock. Mind you, she's not a newborn, she's almost 9 months old.
I'm exhausted , cranky, snappy, and craving silence.
I don't particularly want to eat, but know I need to be eating.
I'm going to sleep when the baby does in the evening, and waking up when the toddler does in the morning-- way more sleep than an adult usually needs.
I had forgotten how rough on the body nursing baby growth spurts can be. Add that to my usual seasonal bit of depression and I feel sort of bad for my toddler.
We'll all get through it, but I sure hope it's soon!
I'm exhausted , cranky, snappy, and craving silence.
I don't particularly want to eat, but know I need to be eating.
I'm going to sleep when the baby does in the evening, and waking up when the toddler does in the morning-- way more sleep than an adult usually needs.
I had forgotten how rough on the body nursing baby growth spurts can be. Add that to my usual seasonal bit of depression and I feel sort of bad for my toddler.
We'll all get through it, but I sure hope it's soon!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Toddler Narration
Nothing like having every little thing you do narrated.
Today, we will explore
Scooping the litter box
Lorelei sits behind me and watches
"Whatcha doin mamma? Scooping kitty litter?...
...Stinky rocks. Stinky kitty rocks. Lots of kitty rocks"
"There's a big rooock! I don't wanna eat kitty poo mommy"
(well, that's good Lorelei, kitty poo is not for eating)
"No. No. I don't wanna eat kitty poo rocks"
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
A Beautiful Bug!
"mom mom.. a bug! Come see it"
"see! A bug! It's a spider"
(no, honey, that's not a spider...)
"... It's Beautiful ... It's not a spider! It's a beauuuuutiful Doodlebug"
(no sweetie, I think that's a stinkbug)
"No! It's Beautiful! A beautiful Doodlebug!"
The Toddler has spoken.
"see! A bug! It's a spider"
(no, honey, that's not a spider...)
"... It's Beautiful ... It's not a spider! It's a beauuuuutiful Doodlebug"
(no sweetie, I think that's a stinkbug)
"No! It's Beautiful! A beautiful Doodlebug!"
The Toddler has spoken.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
one of those days
When the toddler doesn't want to do anything that wasn't expressly her own idea
When the baby won't nap unless she is actively nursing
When my back isn't working right, God only knows what I did to it
When I didn't sleep well last night
When the baby woke up hours earlier than usual
When the gas light was on in the car when leaving the house
When 3 mommies are supposed to come over for a craft night
When I have 2 different custom Etsy orders to complete
When I am afraid moving my photo set up in the living room will injure my back worse
When I can barely keep my eyes open despite coffee
When I can't discover the source of the bad smell
... but I wouldn't give up this life, despite it all.
When the baby won't nap unless she is actively nursing
When my back isn't working right, God only knows what I did to it
When I didn't sleep well last night
When the baby woke up hours earlier than usual
When the gas light was on in the car when leaving the house
When 3 mommies are supposed to come over for a craft night
When I have 2 different custom Etsy orders to complete
When I am afraid moving my photo set up in the living room will injure my back worse
When I can barely keep my eyes open despite coffee
When I can't discover the source of the bad smell
... but I wouldn't give up this life, despite it all.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Toddlers are... interesting...
Lorelei has been a handful.
Every time it is time to do something with Ivy she tries to interject that it is "her turn" The biggest temptation being the high chair... where she is currently sitting eating apple sauce.
She has started talking back to the point I have NO clue what to do about it.... in fact yesterday we had a standoff moment across the kitchen where I halfway expected a tumbleweed to blow through the scene.
And for the really strange, she has started using "green" as an adjective. Not a color adjective, just an adjective.
"I want the green pants"-- then you find the green pants and hold them up and she says "NO the GREEN ones." And then pulls a pair out of the drawer with no green whatsoever on them. Repeat this for just about any situation. Strange, frustrating, and sometimes very cute. Though I'm starting to wonder if she doesn't have some red/green color blindness.
Every time it is time to do something with Ivy she tries to interject that it is "her turn" The biggest temptation being the high chair... where she is currently sitting eating apple sauce.
She has started talking back to the point I have NO clue what to do about it.... in fact yesterday we had a standoff moment across the kitchen where I halfway expected a tumbleweed to blow through the scene.
And for the really strange, she has started using "green" as an adjective. Not a color adjective, just an adjective.
"I want the green pants"-- then you find the green pants and hold them up and she says "NO the GREEN ones." And then pulls a pair out of the drawer with no green whatsoever on them. Repeat this for just about any situation. Strange, frustrating, and sometimes very cute. Though I'm starting to wonder if she doesn't have some red/green color blindness.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
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