Kallie has been fighting a nasty, cold. She's full of snot and can barely breathe! And she has been super fussy. I've been giving her some benedryl and it's helped a TON!
Kensley is the one who brought this lovely cold home from school a couple weeks ago. So it's just lingered around. She still has a little snot but not much at all. I think she's had some kind of sinus- she keeps saying her head hurts.
Early risers----- the girls have always gone to bed around 8-8:30 and woke up around 8. It was so nice to be able to get up at 7 and have roughly an hour before they woke. Well, not anymore! Kallie will go to bed between 7-8 and then wake up between 6-6:45! Kensley goes to bed around 8:30 and wakes up around 5:45-6! Some mornings it's closer to 6:30. These girls are crazy! I'm ready for the time change. :)
I'm going to ask for some prayers..... I think I'm just about ready to tackle the two things on my to-do list that I dread the most. Kensley = no more paci and Kallie = no more nursing. Now I didn't say I was starting these two things immediately. I just wanted to ask for some prayer before hand because I'm sure I'll need a lot of it! :) My friend Casey just broke her daughter of the paci and she said it wasn't too bad. I am just scared--- mainly because Kensley KNOWS when I am vulnerable. And that is when I am nursing Kallie to go to sleep (bad habit, I know). So if she doesn't have her paci, she'll bust through the door in Kallie's room and ask for it. Well, then I can't get Kallie to sleep! So yea, she's got me where she wants me there. Which leads me to my second most dreaded thing on my to-do list: stop nursing Kallie. I am not going to stop until she's a year. Just a personal goal of mine and honestly, I think Kallie would go until she's about 6 years. But no worries, it's not happening ;) She nurses to sleep for naps AND bedtime. Lately, she's been nursing before bed and she's still awake when I put her down. I'm ready to be able to not worry about her drinking milk if I'm not around. I'm ready to get out and stay away from the house for a night (Mom-- can you move closer to us, please?) haha I feel like I can see a little freedom at the end of the tunnel (but please don't think I haven't enjoyed nursing SO much.... it's probably going to make me cry when she stops) Anyways, these two things are in my mind.... not going to happen within the next week (although Kent thinks he would have broke Kensley from her paci months ago. Whatever.) But I just need to pump myself up about them before I implement my plan.
Enough babbling today- both girls are down for a nap (Kensley asked to go in her bed.... why? Because she wanted her...........yes....... paci) Ugh.
Here are a few pictures to share from a couple nights ago.
First picture- I accidentally put Kallie's pants on backwards. Oops. :)
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It's not as bad as it looks. haha She hit Kallie with her barbie so I had to take it away!
4 comments:
Were you able to find the decongestant drops that we talked about??
Good luck on the weaning... for both.
Surprisingly, each thing that I have been terrified of has been a bigger issue for me than him.
--nursing-- paci-- potty training-- all were a piece of cake-- well we had multiple attempts at potty training but this last go has been so easy.
I have some decongestant drops, donatussin drops, we loved them!
HG was a nightmare to wean, she would have gone forever too.I had to be stern, lots of tears on both ends and after about a week, she was drinking milk. I couldn't have done it without someone else being there, I woud have given in.
I don't know anything about nursing so I can't help there - but the paci situation was WAY easier than I thought. The initial reaction of me telling her NO was the worst...but then she caught on real quick that I was serious and not giving in and she just got over it. It was becoming TOO much, she was asking for it constantly and seemed to have it more and more and I just had enough. I didn't like her talking with it in her mouth, I felt like her teeth were not exactly where they should be and it was just annoying to always make sure we knew where one was! Its been 3 weeks for us, and although she seems to be more whiny lately she askes for her juice cup instead of paci....
Well, now that you mention it... Maddox STILL tries to put his hand down my shirt when he's tired.
And I don't know how to break that--- other than investing in a lot of turtlenecks OR chopping off his hands. :)
Its incredibly annoying!
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