Hey guys--sorry I've been absent, but was in the hospital for a bit. Things got just a bit too overwhelming for me, so we needed some help. Frustratingly, I wasn't allowed internet, had nothing to read and hate puzzles, and it was so disgusting there that I had OH bust me out. It got us through the crisis, though.
Seems like non-sleeping is the theme among the LOs these days. I wonder if they secretly get together (toddler psychic network, of course) and plan what they will do to us. Well, to you guys re: the sleeping. We're playing the "
please, please, please eat,
please!" game. And bad teething. Yesterday he was
utterly hysterical for over half an hour after he came home from Oma's. We didn't even bother giving him dinner; we just sent him to bed early with a bottle of "full-leaded" milk (i.e. not diluted) and fifty million stories. He somehow got his hands on the Dr. Seuss books we were saving for when he was older, and now insists we read all
sixty pages of
The Cat in the Hat. And according to the rules, he gets two other books as well every night. Stupid Cat. Stupid Thing One and Thing Two. During the day, he's obsessed with
Green Eggs and Ham. We even have to make green eggs out of play doh.
Sorry, I'm playing catch-up, so I don't remember everyone's posts, but I'm glad that the sugar levels were fine the second time,
Storm, and that Kia is such a joy,
Leeze! I'm actually longing for the days when J was immobile and so cute, lying there on the ground on his blankets. This morning, just before one of his thrice daily piano "practices," he inexplicably tossed all of Morgan's kibble all over the basement. Awesome. We asked him why, and suddenly, for the first time this morning, he fell silent.
Are you still worried about Sebastian,
Angel? Was the...I'm sorry, I forget
all the terms...
not HV able to reassure you at all? Good advice about the food though. We're trying everything, and that seems very reasonable, as my husband would say.
We're going to get and decorate our Christmas tree today! Which will work so well with a toddler and a kitten.
Borboleta, I found a book called "Merry Christmas, Pocoyo!" and J's obsessed with it.
I love it because it's so short! How is the Children's Motrin working out? Though I looked at our Children's Advil and discovered that it's actually the same as our Infant Advil, just diluted. So, after some very sophisticated math, I'm still giving him the Infant one, just doubled, so I can use the syringe. The little cup isn't going down so well with J. (<--oh, I am so punny!). Oh, and my Mum found a Pocoyo doll for J, and he loves it...as much as he loves his other stuffed animals. Ellie and Pato should arrive in time to go under the Christmas tree. How are you affording Electric Thomas? I keep on finding him under the couch, dead. We have gone through so many batteries by now!
I hope your pregnancy is going well,
Indigo--I know how rough the first trimester can be.
And I saw some pics of Kia on FB and she looks so sweet and so much fun! Is it my imagination or is she starting to look more and more like you? She is a cutie!
I am sorry you had to go through such a horrible time! I very much hope you are on the mend and that what was said here before didn't contribute to your ending up in hospital. Many thousands 
but she does copy me with eating, so what I pick up she does, not always but often. Have you started with dummy weaning yet? So are you really looking at leaving London? We thought about it, I was keen on Devon as I love the South west of England so much, but I just don't feel right about leaving London, strange for me as I definitely don't use London like you do with museums, galleries and antique fairs. In fact I am more likely to be out by the river or in the country, but here is home and where I grew up. But to have a bigger place 
I recreate it every year. It's my personal Christmas tradition. 
