We have had a rough February this year. In the past 4 weeks, the girls have had 2 weeks with croupe/bronchitis, a week of diarrhea, a headcold, an ear infection, and then just recently Savannah got her hand smashed in the back end of a doctor's office door...so we got to visit the Radiology department at Olathe Medical Center. AAHHHHH! Enough sickness!
The big kid bed adjustment has been interesting. Emily stays in bed, but wakes up grouchy and unhappy. Savannah, gets out of bed at every opportunity she has. We've had one night where we didn't have to return Savannah to bed at all. The other nights, the routine goes like this: tuck her in, 5 minutes later she opens her door and runs down the hall with the biggest grin on her face. We return her to bed, again she opens the door and runs...and on and on. Finally we've had to start giving her a few spankings to get her to stay in bed. I really don't like that being the last thing she experiences before she falls asleep...but she'll continue to get out of bed for 2 hours after the initial bedtime. We don't know what else to do. As I'm writing this, Savannah is knocking on her door, in hopes that I'll open it and talk to her. I've been back to her room 5 times in the last 2o minutes after she's called out "Can somebody help me get back in my bed?, Can somebody help me get my poo-poo diaper off?, can somebody help me fix the window? (she pulled the blinds down all the way to the floor). And now, she's just knocking and singing. It's so frustrating...I just want her to sleep!
On the upside, I think the girls are both finally getting well. We spend a lot of time outside yesterday with the nice weather. Seth was home all day, helping me after my transforamenal epidural injection in my low back (Tuesday). Yes--those hurt like crazy and I was miserable until today. I get another injection next week. Not looking forward to that.
Well, I'd better go for now--have to return a little girl to bed...again.
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