I kind of figured that I'd feel guilty about my last post, but I just couldn't resolve it all in my head at the time. It's been a really hard past few months.
Emily had a wonderful day back at daycare today - her first day in big girl underwear!! She had a couple of accidents to start the day, but apparently she just needed a couple of tries to figure it out, and she was in with the big kids the rest of the day. I am guessing tomorrow she'll have another rough day, but based on today, I'd say she's starting to figure it out. She seems to have taken a "two steps forward, one step back" kind of approach. We're getting there!
I was so proud of her when I dropped her off this morning, too. She woke up with a smile, got dressed without objection, and even though she told me she wanted to stay home and read books, she got in the car and talked about her friends all the way to daycare. When I took off her coat there, she hugged me, kissed me on both cheeks, said "I Lauv you," and ran off with a friend. Amanda told me at pickup time that Emily had been very helpful to her by helping another little boy follow Amanda's verbal directions. Emily and this little boy are just about exactly the same age, but Emily is apparently much better about following verbal directions, enough to be helpful! Isn't that sweet? Then on the way to the car, Emily told me each of the colors of the 2-ft-tall christmas bulbs along the sidewalk, "red, green, yellow, pupple... count them again!!" Even though it was all of 6 degrees outside, it was easy to stop to enjoy that! It is so nice to have good days like today to offset the ones where I spend the morning up to my elbows in the toilet, cleaning out undies.
And on a similar subject, I'll just say that Audrey is making it clear that it's time for her to move up a size in diapers. Her little rear is still fitting fine in size 1's, but the capacity issue is demanding 2's. She's been eating a lot lately, because she has been fighting a cold lately, I think. It's probably the same cold I've had, which isn't that bad, and she gets antibodies from me, so all she's had is a very runny right eye. But I can tell she doesn't feel good and nursing makes her feel better, so I oblige. Sure seems like I should be seeing some benefit weight-wise, though!! I'm still at the same weight I was when Audrey and I came home from the hospital, and at some point I'll have to wear something besides the three pairs of jeans that I barely squeeze into now. I don't like being this size, at all... but I also don't like being hungry in the night, and that's what I'm faced with if I don't eat enough during the day. Hopefully I'll have get a little more energy before I go back to work in February so I can do a tiny bit of exercise here and there.
Audrey has the most amazing happy expressions - have I mentioned already?? I have tried to capture just a few seconds on video, and it's just not the same as being on the receiving end of her gorgeous smile. It's SO beautiful, and expressive!! She has the sweetest little syllables that she utters, too. I know that all moms love their babies, but those other babies can't possibly be as charming as mine.
I had 5 consecutive hours of sleep last night. See what a difference it makes?? Today, I feel like myself. Who is this crazy lady who has hijacked my life lately???
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