7:33am – I just got up. I hear little Katie testing her vocal chords out in the living room. Going to go see what’s up…
I had to put a new doorknob on the front door this morning. Like most things in our house, it’s time for a replacement…
My wife came to see me around 11am this morning saying that she was exhausted and going to bed for a nap. Little Katie was in bed and would be asleep soon. Little Katie had other ideas. She was making so much noise that I eventually took her out of the nursery and brought her to be with me. We had lots of fun. First she played with the remote and yelled with delight at the fitness show on tv. She had great fun playing with an empty envelope and we even sang songs for a while. When my wife woke up we realized that little Katie was not interested in sleeping so we left to run some errands.
We picked up some arts and crafts supplies this afternoon. We will be making little Katie a Halloween costume this year.
This has been a tough night with little Katie. She wouldn’t sleep during the day and this continued into the night. In the end my wife gave her a baby tylenol. Gradually the cries subsided…and the chipmunk was asleep.
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) That baby tylenol can do wonders when nothing else seems to work.
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Little Katie finally went to sleep in the “wee hours” of the morning. I guess that her theme song should be something like this. Maybe not exactly…but the “All Night Long” part…
As I was changing little Katie this morning she spit up all over her onesie, then let out a big smile. I think this whole changing this is a bit of a game for her. I changed her into a new onesie, but she was still wet. Wonder if she didn’t spit up again when I was reaching for a bib? If it is a game daddy is not laughing…
2010-03-07 - Park Toucan
We took little Katie for a walk to the park and the lake this afternoon. While we were there we saw another couple with a child that was 14 months old. In exactly a year little Katie will be this old. It was nice to get some sort of a reference point as to what little Katie will be doing next year at this time…basically running around and picking up every acorn that she can find.
See the picture to the right? The one of the toucan ride at the park down the street? It is attached to the ground via a huge spring. It won’t be long before little Katie will be having fun on it…
Hard night with little Katie this evening. She was fussing about and nothing seemed to calm her down. My wife took her into the bathroom for a while and she was distracted by the mirrors and the lights, and stopped crying, but soon started up again. I showed her the “adjustable lamp” (her best friend), and that calmed her down for a while, but she soon started up again. In the end we decided to take a drive (around 9:00pm…so much for the Oscars)…
As soon as we drove out of the yard she started to calm down and fall asleep. She did need to be fed after about 30 minutes on the road, but calmed down again soon afterwards. We arrived back at home around 11:45pm, and little Katie is awake. She was still a bit fussy, but then the situation rectified itself very quickly. What happened? Read on…
My wife fed her and I tried to burp her…and out came this little tiny “burp” out of her mouth. She had this sign of relief on her face almost instantaneously. I then put her in the bouncy seat and we heard another sound… Time to go to the changing table. Success!!! #2!!! She really seemed to calm down this time, so I took her back to her bouncy seat and after a few moments “another sound”… Back to the changing table. A bit more #2…and little Katie was really relaxed!!! Mission accomplished. She was soon feeding again and back to “normal”. Nice to have the old little Katie back…
12:15am – Little Katie is still a bit fussy, so we gave her some “Infant’s Gas Relief” liquid. The directions say 0.3 ml, so we’ll see if it works (and how soon)…
1:01am – Still up and little Katie is eating again. Let’s hope this is it…
2:18am – Little Katie just fell asleep. Time for all 3 of us to sleep now…
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) What’s all this about a gas shortage? There is no gas shortage as far as little Katie is concerned.
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