Rose is feeling MUCH better now than she was last weekend - no more vomiting and she finally got her appetite back on Friday. Unfortunately she started running a low-grade fever again today, but I'm hopeful that it's just another cold and it won't morph into anything more serious. (This has been a terrible winter of one sickness after another!)
The only fiend that's still be hanging around for the past few weeks, despite Rose's generally improved health, is a return of poor sleep! We figured it was pretty normal that she had poor sleep when she simultaneously had the flu and ear infection, but then we must have segued right into the nine-month sleep regression. Ugh! Luckily she's now back to "only" waking about once per night, but Mike and I are both looking forward to having uninterrupted sleep again one day. It's been a long time.
In addition to a return of poor sleep, we've also been dealing with some MAJOR separation anxiety. Rose is so attached to me at this point that she will scream bloody murder if I leave the room, even if she had been happily playing with her Daddy only moments earlier. Furthermore, she would prefer to be held by Mommy at all times, and if that's not possible she I had better be within arm's reach of me. This morning I made the mistake of setting her down for TWO SECONDS in order to take her weekly picture.
I know this is just a phase that she's going through, but it's been pretty tough . Of course there's part of me that's reveling in the proof that she actually does love me (yes, I still do feel insecure about that sometimes), but a larger part of me is exhausted from either carrying a 20-pound weight with me wherever I go, or carrying the equivalent poundage of guilt.
Surprisingly, I didn't actually feel that guilty when we hired a babysitter last night! One of the teachers at Rose's school had offered a few months ago to babysit, and we figured we should test it out. We tried to hire her back in early January, but we all got sick so we had to cancel at the last minute. Finally we got to try it out for real yesterday. Rose had only had family or friends watch her before, so this was a big deal for all of us. And we all had a great time! Rose and Miss Sammy played and had lots of fun, while Mike and I (and Trula Anne) went to Carleton's annual alumni trivia contest! At $10/hr we definitely will be thinking hard before we ever hire a babysitter again (most expensive Buffalo Wild Wings night EVER!), but it's good to know that Miss Sammy is a great option if we ever need her.
The other news of the house is that Rose suddenly morphed into a tummy sleeper! Every morning for the past week or so she's been on her tummy when we go in to to get her. It's pretty funny since she hated tummy time for so long, but now she seems to love sleeping this way. I think it's because she can get into crawling position so much more easily this way, and she is loving to crawl!
Finally, we got some more snow today. We don't have a sled so we pulled her around in a laundry basket instead. She was a little weirded out by it, but I got a few smiles out of her.
Little Miss, however, was not impressed by the snowman I tried to build for her.
With that, I'm off to bed. Have a great week, everyone!
The only fiend that's still be hanging around for the past few weeks, despite Rose's generally improved health, is a return of poor sleep! We figured it was pretty normal that she had poor sleep when she simultaneously had the flu and ear infection, but then we must have segued right into the nine-month sleep regression. Ugh! Luckily she's now back to "only" waking about once per night, but Mike and I are both looking forward to having uninterrupted sleep again one day. It's been a long time.
In addition to a return of poor sleep, we've also been dealing with some MAJOR separation anxiety. Rose is so attached to me at this point that she will scream bloody murder if I leave the room, even if she had been happily playing with her Daddy only moments earlier. Furthermore, she would prefer to be held by Mommy at all times, and if that's not possible she I had better be within arm's reach of me. This morning I made the mistake of setting her down for TWO SECONDS in order to take her weekly picture.
I know this is just a phase that she's going through, but it's been pretty tough . Of course there's part of me that's reveling in the proof that she actually does love me (yes, I still do feel insecure about that sometimes), but a larger part of me is exhausted from either carrying a 20-pound weight with me wherever I go, or carrying the equivalent poundage of guilt.
Surprisingly, I didn't actually feel that guilty when we hired a babysitter last night! One of the teachers at Rose's school had offered a few months ago to babysit, and we figured we should test it out. We tried to hire her back in early January, but we all got sick so we had to cancel at the last minute. Finally we got to try it out for real yesterday. Rose had only had family or friends watch her before, so this was a big deal for all of us. And we all had a great time! Rose and Miss Sammy played and had lots of fun, while Mike and I (and Trula Anne) went to Carleton's annual alumni trivia contest! At $10/hr we definitely will be thinking hard before we ever hire a babysitter again (most expensive Buffalo Wild Wings night EVER!), but it's good to know that Miss Sammy is a great option if we ever need her.
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| "I'm in my carseat!" |
The other news of the house is that Rose suddenly morphed into a tummy sleeper! Every morning for the past week or so she's been on her tummy when we go in to to get her. It's pretty funny since she hated tummy time for so long, but now she seems to love sleeping this way. I think it's because she can get into crawling position so much more easily this way, and she is loving to crawl!
Little Miss, however, was not impressed by the snowman I tried to build for her.
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| "Get me outta here!" |
With that, I'm off to bed. Have a great week, everyone!
1 comment:
42w? That's 10 away from a year.
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