As my regular readers know, I was feeling pretty out of sorts yesterday. “Overwhelmed” is probably a pretty good word. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow morning, Laela’s shots and her chiropractic next week, a three month check for both of us on the 19th, counselling on the 23rd, and dental stuff right off the hop in the new year. Dental will be rescheduled depending on when Dekker’s surgery is. I realize that is really only a few days in the grand scheme of things, but it just seems big in such an already busy time.
Back to today though, I’m feeling better. Granted, I did almost nothing today, but that was what I needed. Laela slept from 11:30pm last night until 6:30am! That is the longest stretch we’ve gotten from her, and it was awesome! Best of all, she ate for about twenty minutes, and then fell back to sleep until just before 10:00am. So I felt very rested, and easily got up with her and Dekker. I fed them both and we headed downstairs for playtime.
The colds are on their way out!! I know, I’ll probably jinx it now, but I’m just relieved to have a day without chapped faces and angst. I wiped Dekker’s nose several times throughout the day, but it didn’t seem to hurt or bother him at all. Laela hasn’t needed her nose sucker thing for the last two nights. And I blew my nose once today. Brady avoided the whole thing, so all things considered, I’m hesitantly calling this the upswing! Attitudes are better, Dekker’s appetite is back, our house just seems generally more uplifted. Dekker was SUCH a joker today! He would do something funny that Brady and I would laugh at, and he would just laugh right with us. He finally knows he’s making jokes, we’re not just laughing at him. Laela was a tease as well. I was trying to take her out of her sleeper, and could NOT get her arm out of the sleeve. I was pulling on the cuff and she had the thing in a death grip. So I tried to pry her fingers off and couldn’t! And she was just smiling away, cooing, teasing. I love my kids.
While Dekker napped, I ordered some Christmas presents for Brady online and looked around for others. Laela and I just relaxed and watched a few court shows while we waited for Brady to get home. When he did, we had a super delicious supper of scalloped potatoes and fish, played toys for a bit longer, and just put Dekker down to bed. He is teething like a maniac. That plus his cold have made him so tired! Therefore, he’s sleeping longer, so his naps are later. We’re still putting him to bed between 8:00-8:30pm, which he HATES because he’ll have only been up for a couple of hours, but we know him, and he needs that sleep. Poor kid. He’ll feel better once those last couple of molars come in.
On the subject of teething, Laela’s amber necklace arrived today!! Its cute and yellow and impossible to photograph for some reason.
When we first put Dekker’s necklace on him, we noticed a difference the next day. I’m sure hoping that happens this time around as well. My baby girl is sooo drooly, and pretty weepy. I cannot wait for her to have some relief! Some people will likely disagree with me on this, and thats fine, but I’ve been aching to give her a bit of Tylenol to help relieve some of her pain. However, the infant dosage only start at 12 lbs, and she is still smaller than that! Definitely not a problem we ever had with Dekker. But we’ll tough it out with the amber and see what happens. I’m sure she’s up and around 12 lbs, or she will be soon, and maybe now we won’t need the Tylenol. Who knows.
With my family sleeping in so much these days, I was getting nervous about having to get all the kids up, fed, and out the door at a good time. It would be my first time taking them out on my own. But then Brady came home with the news that his work wouldn’t be ready until noon tomorrow, so I have my partner after all! God sure knows how strong/weak I am these days!
Time for a bath. We’re going to try and run our evening a little bit earlier tonight, as we have to be up tomorrow for my doctors appointment. Sleep tight, all.