Tuesday, January 4, 2011

She slept today!

Yesterday Maddy was up all day. She only took a couple twenty minute naps throughout the day. So by 8:00 pm, she was worn out. She started getting skwinky. I assumed she was hungry. It turned out she was both hungry and tired. She was so tired that she wouldn't eat. She'd eat for a few seconds, start crying and then go to sleep. That went on for an hour. I finally decided to put a bottle in her mouth and wait out the crying. She eventually she ate two ounces and slept for an hour. She woke up again much calmer and ate more before sleeping through the night.

Today, she took a nap for me after her 10:30 am meal. Ahhh. She even slept in the car when we went to get Reagan. Thank goodness. Now she's eating again. She does this every once in a while. Just rarely enough to freak me out, but not long enough for her to visit the doctor.
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Monday, January 3, 2011

Hanging with Maddy

Today was the first day of many things. It was the first day of my fat shredding diet (by the way I'm starving). It was the first day of my "schedule" or attempt to get on one. It was Reagan's first dentist appointment and her first day in Pre-K1. It was also the first day of cleaning the house. I am moving from room to room each day to get the junk out.

There are so many places to go here because we tend to just put stuff away instead of dealing with them. I started in the bonus room. I propped Maddy up on the bean bag chair and started sorting toys, games and other fun stuff. Every time I picked up an item, I named it and talked to her about what it was. She had a great time with that. I, of course, also took tons of pictures.

We did move on to the game closet. Oh my, we have a lot of games we haven't even played. Oops. None the less, Maddy was entertained by my dialog and showed it by laughing, cooing and smiling at me most of the time. I think the favorite thing was the "birthday hat" which hasn't been worn in quite some time. Maybe I'll get that back out this year!

We've had a busy day. I'm getting some quiet time, mainly to write and sit. Maddy is in her crib fussing, but watching her mobile.

The last first for today is getting her used to her crib. I'd like to get her sleeping up there at night soon.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Going crazy

I figured out how to make Maddy go crazy! She LOVES my hair. At church today, she giggled when I played with my hair. Tonight, I had my hair up in a crazy bun, meaning my hair was all crazy and sticking out all sorts of places. I leaned over her on the changing table after her bath and she went NUTS! It was hilarious. Her eyes got so big and her whole body, both arms and legs, started flailing. It was awesome! She just smiled and cooed and giggled.

At first, I thought it was a fluke. So I did it on the bed. She did it again. So funny. Can't wait to do that again.

Writing her first letters

Since she's been at her new school, Reagan has started to write. Actually, I should say, try to write. It's cute. The other day she drew an "A". It was actually pretty close. Then randomly she drew the number "2". Again, not doing much than encouraging it because it's been so random.

Tonight, she drew the letter "R". It was deliberate and not too bad. We had asked her how to spell her name (which she knows how) and then asked her if "she could write the letter R". She said "of course I can" and did. It looked more like a circle with two legs, but she definitely knew what she was trying to do. I was amazed. Uh oh... I'm not sure I'm ready for her to grow up so fast.

How cool is that?

That is probably Reagan's favorite thing to say... "How cool is that?"
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and she sleeps...

On the way home from lunch today, Reagan had a complete meltdown. It was so bad that she, predictably, peed in the seat. She didn't even know she did it.

When we got home, we had to strip her down and wash her bottom half. After that, I somehow managed to convince her to take a rest - play on her room or read books.

She didn't fight too much. She crawled up on her bed, arranged her animals and went to sleep. Silence.

That was an hour and a half ago.
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She likes hair

Today at church, Maddy and I were in the nursing room hanging out during the message. I was playing with her and started playing with my hair. She was immediately captured by my hair falling. She started giggling and cooing. It was adorable.
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