My wild toddler girl has been acting just awful and wilder than wild during the last two weeks. It has been pretty terrible and crazy at times. I was really getting worried and stressed out and wasn't thinking clearly because of lack of sleep. I talked to a friend about this last night. She's a mother of three boys, so she laughed when I told her about MG. She was not shocked at all and said simply "It's because of the holidays." It really does make sense when I think about it. It's not a complicated issue of knowing right from wrong or anything like that. It's just that we're all acting so unusual talking about Santa and Christmas presents and breaking so totally away from the routine normal everyday things that she is so used to. It's all very extra exciting. So I deleted my last gotta go to church entry. I do want to go, but that's a separate issue from MGs wild holiday antics. Thank goodness!!!
As you can guess, I had a full night of sleep last night!!!!! MB got me up only once around 2 or 3 am. It was a real miracle! I can't tell you the last time he only got me up once. The norm is 3 or 4 times. We had such a good day. I felt so alert and uncrazy. What a relief! I had begun to fear that I might be losing my sanity. :) It's amazing how sleep deprivation affects me. It's not pretty. I need my sleep.
I had been giving MB baby medicine for the terrible teething, but he is such a big boy. I was giving him the highest dosage on the package...for a 2 year old, but the doctor told me that I need to give him more because he's heavier than the typical 2 year old. So last night was the first time he had the bigger dose. His teething is so painful, and his gums bleed every time. Poor little guy. I'm glad the medicine helped him sleep last night.
I forgot to tell you that MB stood up on his own for the first time on Saturday! He did it at the library where there's a little table with Thomas trains! He stood up so that he could play with the trains. This is exciting since we got them a wooden train set for Christmas. He stood for a long time, fell down once and then pulled himself up again to get at the trains. And lucky me, I had my camera! I will post a picture of this exciting event soon! I'm so happy with my digital camera. I printed out the pictures today, and they are so beautiful. The Christmas pose turned out so good in front of our tree.
Well, that's it for me! Have a great rest of the week! If you have kids...tell me, do they get wild and crazy during the holidays? I need to know that I'm not alone! :)
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Sophia has been absolutely terrible. I would love to blame it on the holidays, but I think it is a combo of the new baby, Christmas and just plain old badness. She was in trouble both days of school this week. I am hoping that they are not ready to kick her out. I hope not, because I love her Preschool. I have told them to definitely talk to me with issues. Right now she is at the beach for a long weekend with her Grammy and Grandpa. Maybe a little time away from us will do her good. Time will tell.
Congrats on MB standing. That is so exciting. He will be cruising around before you know it.
Don't worry about MG, she is so much more mellow than Sophia. I am sure that things will get back to normal after the holidays!
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