Adia ate a great breakfast. She was starving. No milk before bed so she hadn't eaten since 6pm. She gobbled up 1 1/2 scrambled eggs, 1/2 an eggo and nearly 1/2 a can of pears. It was the first time she's actually eaten canned fruit, other than the disaster with mandarin oranges. She devoured them like candy and wanted more, but I figured 1/2 a can was good for a first time, anymore and we might be asking for disaster again. She took a good shower and it was time to wrestle her into a nap. Once again she didn't want anything to do with the sippy, so I gave up with that. Every time she even glimpsed it, she'd start screaming louder. It took about 15 minutes to finally get her to sleep. It's almost like the cry it out method, but I'm holding her while it happens.
She took a 1 1/2 hour nap and I didn't hear her wake up. Instead I heard her bedroom door slam open and little feet pattering down the hallway. When she got to the end of the hall and could see me, she grinned huge. She looked so happy and proud of herself. I turned off her music, changed her diaper and asked her if she was hungry. She was, again. Once I got her in her chair, she didn't eat much, but she watched me eat.
Her room has been bothering me for awhile and since we quit the bottles, it's made me even more crazy. I needed to move her lamp near the rocker and her stereo definitely needed to get moved higher. She keeps trying to play with it. There's also a few piles that have been created, along with lots of things that aren't being used anymore. A couple weeks ago we went through and cleaned up some of it, but there was a lot more that needed moving. That's how I spent my afternoon. One serious flaw though, whatever you put away, Adia takes back out. I was able to sidetrack her occasionally, but mostly she kept unloading her entire bookcase, over and over again. I made her a nice "window seat" next to the window that she loves. We need to make sure to get a window lock so she won't run into problems this summer. She also likes where I moved her extra car seat because she loves to sit in it and look at books or play. She seems to really enjoy her room now and I'm pleased with the change too. I still have pictures to hang and a pile on her dresser, but it's slowly taking shape. By the time I get everything where I want it, we'll probably want to move again. That's always what seems to happen.
Where I rock her to sleep.
Her shirt says "Otterly Adorable"
Her wings and tutu from Halloween, Opa's hat, a clock that was my brother's as a baby.
Showing off her window seat area
We were eating an afternoon snack when Scott woke up. Adia had started whining and when I asked her if she was hungry, she booked for her chair in the kitchen. I took that as a resounding yes. She finished off her eggo and ate canned peaches for the first time ever. She's never really liked peaches before. She wasn't a fan of the pureed version and wouldn't eat the canned ones last time I tried, but this time she went nuts over them. I got her to drink some Pediasure, but only maybe an ounce. She showed Scott her fork skills, with help from me and then he went to take a shower so we could run errands. Adia was so sticky from the peach juice so I had to change her shirt too.
We then ran errands. Adia wasn't happy to be stuck in the car as long as she was. It wouldn't have been so long if it hadn't been for rush hour traffic. We picked up a movie, hit the store and then Walmart. Then it was back home for dinner. Adia and I grabbed the mail, but she didn't want to walk. She seemed tired already, but it may have also been her allergies bothering her. She chowed down at dinner, eating hamburger, toast, yogurt and an attempt at carrots again. She tried them, but still wouldn't eat them. She actually took the piece out of her mouth and handed it back to me. I let her have some water too and she guzzled almost 8oz. I also gave her some benadryl, in hope it would make her feel better.
Adia took a quick bath and it took two of us to lotion and dress her. She was all over the place. Scott headed back to Walmart to pick up the books I had forgotten and I played with Adia. She was really silly and kept throwing her giant ball towards me. She also climbed into her folding chair over and over again. I was shocked she had figured out how.
Around 8, she started getting really frustrated and crying. I poured some milk in a sippy and she drank a little of it. We then headed to her bedroom. She picked out a book for me to read. We read it over and over. I knew I was delaying the inevitable and it was time to attempt sleep. I rocked and sang to her while she bucked, arched, kicked, pinched and screamed. It went on for 10 minutes before she stopped struggling and her cries became softer. It's like trying to tame a wild beast, but it didn't take as long tonight as it did yesterday. When I laid her in bed, she didn't open her eyes. She was adorable when I put the blankets on her though. She made a cute noise and pulled one up to her chin, snuggling it close.
She's still asleep a hour later. I'm hoping for a night like last night and I promise I won't stay up quite so late, even though I have the last two books in the series.
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