Things are wild around here. Lots of life. The girls have their moments, good and bad. Gillian can be perfectly lovely, or a major challenge. Depends on the mood. Addie is generally happy (particularly when she's crawling or standing), but is prone to falling and hitting her head (impetus for foam flooring purchase yesterday) and has been miserably teething, has many intermittent bouts of eczema that look like giant blisters covering her entire body, and we have had a recurrence of thrush (!). So, every now and then she gets crochety, but who can blame her when she has four molars coming in that she shouldn't be getting for two more years? The thing is, I am never sure why she is miserable when she fusses, so it's trial by error. At least it doesn't hurt to nurse her now that I've been taking my thrush meds.
Addie thinks Gillian hangs the moon. Gillian thinks Addie isn't a real human being. So there's lots of room for us to fantasize about the day they will play together (Addie chased Gillian down the hall squealing today) AND to worry that Gillian might cause irreparable harm to Addie by being to aggressive (trying to carry her, hugging her too tight, etc.). All I know is that I *hope* that the girls are best buddies one day, to take a little pressure off us and Gillian's neverending demands for a playmate (which we both don't have enough energy to be 24/7).
In other news, we think Addie is musically with it. She started tapping in rhythm a couple of months ago when she hears accordian or banjo. Now she is clapping rhythm and loves her egg shaker. We have high hopes for her musicianship. Gillian the dancer and Addie the musician!!!!
And Addie won't eat solid food. I hoped I wouldn't be dealing with this this time around, but once again I have a child who stubbornly refuses to open her mouth to eat. Oh, how I fantasize about Addie eagerly opening her petal lips waiting for spoonfuls of food like a hungry baby bird. Nope. She just clamps her little rosebud shut. Case closed. Annoying. Maybe she will be better if we just give it a rest for another month or two. Maybe she's just not there yet, which is frustrating since she has slid in the weight percentiles consistently since she was born. Exhibit A.
In other news, we are half way through February, and half way to March. That is when hope springs eternal. March. No more dead of winter. Bulbs start coming up and hints of green and springtime start busting out everywhere. I have been too tired to think about how I hate winter this year. Hmmmm. Progress? Or maybe I'm just getting use to it.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Life
Posted by Michelle at 10:56 PM
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hey Michelle, we are back! sorry we missed the par-tay this weekend but both kids were crazed by the time we got in. Just wanted to chime in on the weight percentiles -- Gus has also slid down on each visit. he was almost the same weight as Addie to start, but at his 6 month visit he weighed 15 lb 8 oz and was something like 15th percentile for weight! crazy! he's still kind of long but he's pretty lean. I think when they crawl and move so early there is no way they can be chunkers, plus look at you and Sean. You're not exactly a beefy couple. What is your schedule like the next couple weeks? We are packing but would love to meet up. Miss seeing you guys.
MORE thrush?? Dang. Hope you guys are getting better with the meds.
Looks like Addie will at least keep the food in her mouth if you can get it in there...? The videos were fun to watch.
Glad to hear spring isn't too far off for you guys. I would need to be instutionalized after going through just a few weeks of winter up there.
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