I think it finally hit me today. The next 3 weeks around here are going to be really intense, really emotional and sometimes even a lot of fun.
I am officially one week away from having a 2 year old. I am slightly in denial about this but it is happening ready or not. I did finally order her birthday cake and yes it is Dora and chocolate. And no I don't feel bad for not making her a cake as we are celebrating on Thursday (Thanksgiving) and I will be slightly busy cooking all day.
We host Thanksgiving every year since we became home owners that is. So like the last 6 years or so. We will have 11 people in our house and 2 pugs. It will be great to have the family together to celebrate Thanksgiving and Kiya's birthday a little early.
We are also 2 weeks away from being able to cut of cast #1. I can't believe it has been 10 weeks already. It has flown by in a weird way but I am ready to say sayonara to this purple cast. It is starting to look icky and smell a little funky. And I am more than ready for a week of squishy hugs.
So we get 1 week to enjoy baths, hugs and cast freedom. Then back to Chicago for cast #2 11 days before Christmas. Sigh.
And while I am super excited to cut that cast off, I am also terrified. First, she learned to have balance and walk in that cast, what is going to happen when we take it off for a week? Second, I am going to try my darndest to keep her healthy that week so a silly sickness doesn't stop us from getting cast #2. Third, knowing me I am going to obsessively look at her back and compare to old pictures and see if it looks better, worse, the same. That week full of hugs and baths is going to be so emotional.
We did find out that we should have one friend at Shriner's with us on cast day so that is always helpful to have someone there who gets it.
So as you can see I have a lot on my emotional plate right now and it is slowly starting to seep into my reality. I almost cried when I ordered Kiya's birthday cake....it is going to be a long 3 weeks.
On another note, since I posted about our sleep issues we haven't had any. She has woken up and put herself back to sleep. I haven't had to climb in bed with her. She even slept in the pack n play at a hotel this last weekend. I was shocked as she is way too big for that thing but we were in a jam and so it was and she did great. We were off schedule all weekend with late bedtimes Friday and Saturday and still she slept great. We are thinking part of the issue is her over active imagination along with nightmares/terrors being common at this age. We are headed to the doctor tomorrow for her 2 year check up and will mention the sleep stuff to her as well. And I so know that because I wrote this paragraph, I am jinxing everything and will likely find myself in bed with Kiya at some point tonight. Fingers crossed I am wrong.
Showing posts with label sleep. Show all posts
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Sleep issues
To date we have been really lucky in terms of sleeping. Kiya had nap issues when first home and we are working through some nap issues now but night time sleeping was never an issue.
Kiya slept through the night from the time she came home until about a week or so ago unless she was sick or teething. She has been going down to bed just fine even in the new twin bed. She mostly stays in bed at night maybe on a rare night gets up once but then goes right back down.
She is a good self soother and we always put her down awake and she puts herself to sleep. She has never needed rocking and when first home she wasn't a fan of that much contact as we built up trust. Life was really easy. Kiya was a very easy baby. She would sleep 12-13 plus hours straight through every night.
Well not so much nowadays. She still goes to bed well but like clock work around 1 or 2am she is awake. She isn't crying or screaming. She doesn't usually get out of bed unless she needs a new diaper then she will. However she doesn't go right back to sleep. She is often awake for 2-3 or more hours at a time in the wee hours of the morning. She is singing, talking, testing her vocal range. She isn't upset just awake. And this momma has a hard time sleeping through it.
I last night did something I swore I would never do. I climbed into bed with Kiya at about 4am after 3 hours of hearing multiple verses of wheels on the bus or head, shoulders, knees and toes. Yup. I caved. And you know what within 10 minutes or less Kiya was sound asleep. I stayed with her for another 10 minutes or so and then went back to bed. She stayed asleep until just after 8am.
I have no idea if it is the new bed, the potential for freedom, the testing of limits or what but I miss my good sleeper. So if anyone out there in blog land has any suggestions I am more than willing to listen. I don't want to start something (me climbing into her bed) that is going to be really hard to get rid of later but right now it is my best option. I only wish I had done it at 2am instead of 4. Then we all could have had more consecutive hours of sleep.
Kiya slept through the night from the time she came home until about a week or so ago unless she was sick or teething. She has been going down to bed just fine even in the new twin bed. She mostly stays in bed at night maybe on a rare night gets up once but then goes right back down.
She is a good self soother and we always put her down awake and she puts herself to sleep. She has never needed rocking and when first home she wasn't a fan of that much contact as we built up trust. Life was really easy. Kiya was a very easy baby. She would sleep 12-13 plus hours straight through every night.
Well not so much nowadays. She still goes to bed well but like clock work around 1 or 2am she is awake. She isn't crying or screaming. She doesn't usually get out of bed unless she needs a new diaper then she will. However she doesn't go right back to sleep. She is often awake for 2-3 or more hours at a time in the wee hours of the morning. She is singing, talking, testing her vocal range. She isn't upset just awake. And this momma has a hard time sleeping through it.
I last night did something I swore I would never do. I climbed into bed with Kiya at about 4am after 3 hours of hearing multiple verses of wheels on the bus or head, shoulders, knees and toes. Yup. I caved. And you know what within 10 minutes or less Kiya was sound asleep. I stayed with her for another 10 minutes or so and then went back to bed. She stayed asleep until just after 8am.
I have no idea if it is the new bed, the potential for freedom, the testing of limits or what but I miss my good sleeper. So if anyone out there in blog land has any suggestions I am more than willing to listen. I don't want to start something (me climbing into her bed) that is going to be really hard to get rid of later but right now it is my best option. I only wish I had done it at 2am instead of 4. Then we all could have had more consecutive hours of sleep.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
More Kiya firsts
The day has arrived. Kiya has a tooth! A real actual tooth. I can hardly believe it. I felt it twice just to make sure. It isn't all the way in but it is definitely and finally there.
This definitely explains why she hasn't slept well. She did great last night a solid 11+ hours without a peep but the two nights before that were not so great. She would call out or just be awake and playing in her crib. We didn't get it at the time as she is such a great sleeper but now we do. TEETH! I thought they would never show up.
Kiya also got a new toy. Her very first soccer ball. (Grandpa will be so proud.) She has shown quite the fascination with balls whenever she has been around them so we decided to get her one. We had to think about the dogs and a beach ball or something similar would never survive the wrath of our nutty little pugs. So while roaming around in Target it hit me. A soccer ball.
She loves it. I will post pictures soon. She squeals at it. Bats it away and slaps it. So cute :)
And in terms of eating people food, she will eat bananas, pita bread, toast, graham crackers, cheese and nilla wafers. She has attempted to eat cheerios but usually spits them out and watermelon but it was too cold for her. We are going to try plums, peaches and blueberries soon. And yes I realize this will be a huge mess but all in the name of learning to feed ourselves.
We have been successful in our attempts to feed Kiya Stage 3 foods also. She has had bananas and broccoli, carrots and cheese. As for meat she seems to like beef and chicken the most, then turkey and then ham. We have lasagna, macaroni and cheese and a few other varieties for her to try. We shall see. Baby steps as those are a lot chunkier than she is used to.
This definitely explains why she hasn't slept well. She did great last night a solid 11+ hours without a peep but the two nights before that were not so great. She would call out or just be awake and playing in her crib. We didn't get it at the time as she is such a great sleeper but now we do. TEETH! I thought they would never show up.
Kiya also got a new toy. Her very first soccer ball. (Grandpa will be so proud.) She has shown quite the fascination with balls whenever she has been around them so we decided to get her one. We had to think about the dogs and a beach ball or something similar would never survive the wrath of our nutty little pugs. So while roaming around in Target it hit me. A soccer ball.
She loves it. I will post pictures soon. She squeals at it. Bats it away and slaps it. So cute :)
And in terms of eating people food, she will eat bananas, pita bread, toast, graham crackers, cheese and nilla wafers. She has attempted to eat cheerios but usually spits them out and watermelon but it was too cold for her. We are going to try plums, peaches and blueberries soon. And yes I realize this will be a huge mess but all in the name of learning to feed ourselves.
We have been successful in our attempts to feed Kiya Stage 3 foods also. She has had bananas and broccoli, carrots and cheese. As for meat she seems to like beef and chicken the most, then turkey and then ham. We have lasagna, macaroni and cheese and a few other varieties for her to try. We shall see. Baby steps as those are a lot chunkier than she is used to.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Hush little baby...
Well, I think I spoke too soon in my previous post. Peanut is still perfect she just doesn't like to nap. First it was a day with no afternoon nap and total meltdown in the evening and then it was no morning nap, a quick snooze on the floor and a nap at 6pm. So we are working on it.
I complained to my husband that she didn't want to nap and this morning he goes and lays her down in her crib for her morning nap and within a minute she is asleep. Now how that differs from what I did yesterday, I have no idea.
We are still having some food issues. I swear if I let her she would eat us out of house and home. She loves to eat. We were trying to stay on the every 3 hour schedule that she was used to but some days she just doesn't make it 3 hours.
She is bearing more and more weight on her legs and can that girl laugh. It is the best sound ever. And the smiles, I just can't get enough of them. You go to get her in the morning and you are greeted with the biggest grin. It melts my heart and never gets old.
She is still sleeping through the night 8-9 plus hours a night. I find that I wake a few times to go check on her just to make sure. Can't help it...
We are definitely starting to settle into our new routine. It is amazing to me how much you can accomplish before 8am. And if she starts taking naps regularly again, watch out world here I come.
We took some family pictures this weekend at church and she was okay for awhile and then was just done. Why? She wanted to sleep of course....We wore traditional Ethiopian garments in the pictures too. We did get some cute pictures and even pictures with just Dave and I. These were the first professional pictures of just the two of us since we got married almost 10 years ago. And we have an awesome family photo of the three of us. Wow, I can't believe we are a family of 3 (5 if you count the pugs). I think someone better pinch me just to make sure I am not dreaming.
I complained to my husband that she didn't want to nap and this morning he goes and lays her down in her crib for her morning nap and within a minute she is asleep. Now how that differs from what I did yesterday, I have no idea.
We are still having some food issues. I swear if I let her she would eat us out of house and home. She loves to eat. We were trying to stay on the every 3 hour schedule that she was used to but some days she just doesn't make it 3 hours.
She is bearing more and more weight on her legs and can that girl laugh. It is the best sound ever. And the smiles, I just can't get enough of them. You go to get her in the morning and you are greeted with the biggest grin. It melts my heart and never gets old.
She is still sleeping through the night 8-9 plus hours a night. I find that I wake a few times to go check on her just to make sure. Can't help it...
We are definitely starting to settle into our new routine. It is amazing to me how much you can accomplish before 8am. And if she starts taking naps regularly again, watch out world here I come.
We took some family pictures this weekend at church and she was okay for awhile and then was just done. Why? She wanted to sleep of course....We wore traditional Ethiopian garments in the pictures too. We did get some cute pictures and even pictures with just Dave and I. These were the first professional pictures of just the two of us since we got married almost 10 years ago. And we have an awesome family photo of the three of us. Wow, I can't believe we are a family of 3 (5 if you count the pugs). I think someone better pinch me just to make sure I am not dreaming.
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