Well I'm sure that anyone who has children knows that their child has a blankie, or a binkie, or a stuffed toy that is their security blankie. I still have mine from when I was a baby, and yes, admittedly, I still sleep with it every night. Well I have discovered as of late, that I am my daughters blankie. Yes, that's right. I have to admit, it's a good feeling, knowing that I am her security. Here recently it's been my hair, my hand, my thumb, even my pinkie finger. It's awesome. But I did tell her I wasn't going on her honeymoon with her. LoL! She has a blankie that grandma made that goes with her everywhere too. Maybe that will be her permanent blankie.
Side note, we have started the ever fated battle of potty training. Oh yes. Fun times ahead. NOT! I've barely started and already to throw in the towel. But it's a process and I need to be patient. Lord help me with that one. Sometimes I'm ready to give her to someone who's done it already and tell them to bring her back when she's done training. LoL! My sister told me to stop using pull-ups and to sit her on the pot every 30 minutes. Tried the every half hour thing. Gonna just give up the pull ups tomorrow. Bad part with her, she's so damn little, even the smallest panties are too big for her little butt. Trust me, I'm open to suggestions on that one.
Anyway, done with my rant. Off to spend some time playing. :) Until later homies! Peace out!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
My Little Shadow
I officially have a shadow. She does everything I do, when I do it. If I have my hoodie on, so does she. If I have my shoes on, so does she. If I'm barefoot, so is she. And right now, she is in her recliner, with her little tyke laptop in her lap, typing away on the keyboard, just like her mommy. Today, she folded her own laundry (very haphazardly) and put it away today when I washed. She's such a big girl I can't believe it! She still doesn't talk, and she has her therapist and teachers completely perplexed because there's no real reason for it. Leave it to me to have a perplexing difficult child. I am one of the most self proclaimed contradictory people in this world. And my daughter, is just like me!
I'm such a proud mommy! :)
I'm such a proud mommy! :)
Friday, February 3, 2012
Last Year in Review
Yeah, I know, I'm into the second month of 2012 and I'm just now getting to writing this blog, but it's been crazy. Not bad thankfully, just crazy. So, even though it's late, I'm going to start off by talking about some of Squeak's firsts that took place in 2011. She had a lot better year than I did. LoL!
Her first amusement park happened in April when we went to Lake Winnie in Georgia. It was there that she rode her first Chute ride, her first carousel, her first slide, and her first time driving a Tin Lizzy (with daddy's help of course).
She hit 20 lb's finally! That was a huge accomplishment for her. On those lines, she made her first sentence. (More please). It was in both sign language AND speaking. It's only two words, but her speech therapist and her teacher both said it counts. She learned how to say Mimi and Papa, and she baked her first muffins with the help of mommy and her teacher, and she threw out the bottles and went to sippy cups!
Her second amusement park involved a few firsts of it's own. Her first vacation, her first stay in a hotel (for more than just six hours), first time walking in shoes (she typically refused to put shoes on, she would just walk in her bare feet), and that was because she knew we wouldn't let her walk around the theme park unless her shoes were on her feet.
Random firsts include her first Sunday School class (Which was a rising success, she had a ball), she flew her first kite (My grandma's kite), she got her first haircut, she walked on the grass for the first time (of course bare foot) and she got her first silverware. Needless to say, it was a pretty big year for such a little girl, and she took it all in strides! :)
It only proves just how much and how fast she's growing. :(
Her first amusement park happened in April when we went to Lake Winnie in Georgia. It was there that she rode her first Chute ride, her first carousel, her first slide, and her first time driving a Tin Lizzy (with daddy's help of course).
She hit 20 lb's finally! That was a huge accomplishment for her. On those lines, she made her first sentence. (More please). It was in both sign language AND speaking. It's only two words, but her speech therapist and her teacher both said it counts. She learned how to say Mimi and Papa, and she baked her first muffins with the help of mommy and her teacher, and she threw out the bottles and went to sippy cups!
Her second amusement park involved a few firsts of it's own. Her first vacation, her first stay in a hotel (for more than just six hours), first time walking in shoes (she typically refused to put shoes on, she would just walk in her bare feet), and that was because she knew we wouldn't let her walk around the theme park unless her shoes were on her feet.
Random firsts include her first Sunday School class (Which was a rising success, she had a ball), she flew her first kite (My grandma's kite), she got her first haircut, she walked on the grass for the first time (of course bare foot) and she got her first silverware. Needless to say, it was a pretty big year for such a little girl, and she took it all in strides! :)
It only proves just how much and how fast she's growing. :(
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Bed Time
Okay so those of you who know me and my family know that my little girl sleeps in bed with us every night. Now I've had people tell me that it was bad, I've had others tell me it was okay (including her pediatrician), but I for some reason feel the need to explain my position on this. It's not because she doesn't have a bed, it's not because she doesn't have a bedroom, it is completely and utterly selfish.
My little girl spent the first seven weeks of her life in the NICU. Born ten weeks early, there was no choice. So the first fifty one days of her life were spent in an incubator. I couldn't hold her the first time until she was seven days old. And even then I could only hold her for half an hour every other day. The NICU nurses got to be with her and around her more than I did. It was amazing she even developed an attachment to me when she first started out. I cried myself to sleep praying every night to God that she would just make it through the night and that he would keep his hands on her and keep her breathing and healthy. On nights that it stormed I would cry myself to sleep and pray that she would be safe in the hospital on the top floor. Every night, I woke up in the wee hours, and call the NICU nurses to check on her.
So, is it selfish that she sleeps in bed with us? Absolutely. Does it bother me? Absolutely not. It wasn't always like this. For the first year she was always right beside me in a bassinet, (family heirloom that she fit into well after her year mark) then she fit into a big girl crib and it too was right beside my bed. Then we noticed that she would go to sleep in the crib and wake up next to us in bed. Well I tried to put her in her crib in her room. After the first night of waking up and she wasn't there for me to just look at and feel or see that she was still breathing, I threw my hands up, brought her to bed and she's been there ever since.
The ability to wake up in the middle of the night and reach out and know she's okay is a peace of mind that I'm not willing to give up yet. The ability to be right there when she wakes up from a nightmare, I'm not willing to give up yet. The waking up every morning to a slap on the shoulder and a kiss on the cheek, I'm not willing to give up yet. She'll eventually get to the point where she's ready for her own bed, and when she is, I'll let her. But until she decides she wants it, I'm going to remain the selfish mom that I am, and enjoy the peace of mind, while I can.
My little girl spent the first seven weeks of her life in the NICU. Born ten weeks early, there was no choice. So the first fifty one days of her life were spent in an incubator. I couldn't hold her the first time until she was seven days old. And even then I could only hold her for half an hour every other day. The NICU nurses got to be with her and around her more than I did. It was amazing she even developed an attachment to me when she first started out. I cried myself to sleep praying every night to God that she would just make it through the night and that he would keep his hands on her and keep her breathing and healthy. On nights that it stormed I would cry myself to sleep and pray that she would be safe in the hospital on the top floor. Every night, I woke up in the wee hours, and call the NICU nurses to check on her.
So, is it selfish that she sleeps in bed with us? Absolutely. Does it bother me? Absolutely not. It wasn't always like this. For the first year she was always right beside me in a bassinet, (family heirloom that she fit into well after her year mark) then she fit into a big girl crib and it too was right beside my bed. Then we noticed that she would go to sleep in the crib and wake up next to us in bed. Well I tried to put her in her crib in her room. After the first night of waking up and she wasn't there for me to just look at and feel or see that she was still breathing, I threw my hands up, brought her to bed and she's been there ever since.
The ability to wake up in the middle of the night and reach out and know she's okay is a peace of mind that I'm not willing to give up yet. The ability to be right there when she wakes up from a nightmare, I'm not willing to give up yet. The waking up every morning to a slap on the shoulder and a kiss on the cheek, I'm not willing to give up yet. She'll eventually get to the point where she's ready for her own bed, and when she is, I'll let her. But until she decides she wants it, I'm going to remain the selfish mom that I am, and enjoy the peace of mind, while I can.
Friday, November 11, 2011
2 Year Wellness check
Well Squeak's 2 year check up was yesterday. She's doing great! She is now 32 and a quarter inches and 21.4 lbs. LoL! She's so damn little! LoL! But the doctor said for her ratio of weight gain, she's doing good. Of course, she wants her back in within the next 3 months for a weight check, but other than that, she's great! She unfortunately got a shot in the leg, her Hep A vaccine, but that's it until she's 3. Hoping she wont need to see her any more than that!
Anyway, short post I know but...here it is! :) Holla!
Anyway, short post I know but...here it is! :) Holla!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Wow...been slacking!!!
Okay so yes, and no on the slacking part. I've been sick as a dog lately and it's kinda hampered my writing as often as I'd like. I have had 3 sinus infections in a row and my doctors are positive now that it's my tonsils causing all of them and they may need to take them out soon. Ugh! But outside of that, things have been good.
Young'un keeps getting bigger and bigger and she imitates everything now. She says a lot more words now too, some with the signs at the same time. Like pretty and more and eat. She said cookie last night! It was so awesome! And she says kitty and blue is her new favorite word. It's so funny to be somewhere and she can spot a woman's shirt in the grocery store and just start calling out "Blue." "Blue." until someone acknowledges that we see what she's talking about and she did good by saying blue. LoL!
She's such a little person. It kills me how much she grows every day. She's going to be leggy when she gets older. She's gonna break hearts. Her daddy and I have been looking into a few things for her when it comes to school too. I really want to home school. He's worried that if we home school, her full potential will not be reached and he's wanting to see if we can enroll her in a magnet school. I'm just not sure about it. Any opinions on the matter?
Anyway, that's about all. Just growing and learning. Such a little big person. :)
Young'un keeps getting bigger and bigger and she imitates everything now. She says a lot more words now too, some with the signs at the same time. Like pretty and more and eat. She said cookie last night! It was so awesome! And she says kitty and blue is her new favorite word. It's so funny to be somewhere and she can spot a woman's shirt in the grocery store and just start calling out "Blue." "Blue." until someone acknowledges that we see what she's talking about and she did good by saying blue. LoL!
She's such a little person. It kills me how much she grows every day. She's going to be leggy when she gets older. She's gonna break hearts. Her daddy and I have been looking into a few things for her when it comes to school too. I really want to home school. He's worried that if we home school, her full potential will not be reached and he's wanting to see if we can enroll her in a magnet school. I'm just not sure about it. Any opinions on the matter?
Anyway, that's about all. Just growing and learning. Such a little big person. :)
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Two years old
Wow little girl. You're two years old! You're acting so big now! You sit at a table and eat, you pretend everything, you will throw things away, scrape off your tea plates into the trash even when there's nothing on them, help me with the dishes, sweep the floor, wipe off someone's face and hands (yeah that's a new one), getting dressed by yourself, I mean the list goes on and on and on. You are so independent it's not even funny. You have just a few favorite toys, and that line there, I'm fixin to get rid of the thirty million you have that you never play with. LoL!
This year for your birthday wasn't a major blow out bash like last year but you had so much fun all the same. You got some clothes and a baby from grandma and grandpa and a tea table from your em-em and pe-pa but as normal for you and your mind, the balloons your aunt brought you are your favorite thing so far. LoL! Yep, that's my little girl for ya!
Oh and lately you've found a way to completely defuse me when you are in trouble. How? readers might ask. Okay you squint your eyes, turn your head and roll your eyes to look away. Do you know how hard it is to stay mad at you when you do that? And it's hard as hell not to smile and laugh. I'm smiling now thinking about it. Ugh. You're growing up too fast little girl. I'm gonna have to start giving you coffee in the morning to stunt your growth! LoL! Just kidding. Love you baby girl.
This year for your birthday wasn't a major blow out bash like last year but you had so much fun all the same. You got some clothes and a baby from grandma and grandpa and a tea table from your em-em and pe-pa but as normal for you and your mind, the balloons your aunt brought you are your favorite thing so far. LoL! Yep, that's my little girl for ya!
Oh and lately you've found a way to completely defuse me when you are in trouble. How? readers might ask. Okay you squint your eyes, turn your head and roll your eyes to look away. Do you know how hard it is to stay mad at you when you do that? And it's hard as hell not to smile and laugh. I'm smiling now thinking about it. Ugh. You're growing up too fast little girl. I'm gonna have to start giving you coffee in the morning to stunt your growth! LoL! Just kidding. Love you baby girl.
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