Good morning everyone!
So anyone who has children knows the importance of a routine in a child's life. For a long time Alyssa didn't have a routine, mainly because we didn't have a routine. Finally, after a few weeks of my child not going to bed until 1 a.m. a routine was implemented. And this is the story of how the routine went last night.
Our routine consists of a bubble bath at 8 p.m. every night followed by oatmeal, a tooth brushing, a little bit of playing, a snuggle until she falls asleep and then I put her in bed. I know I know she should be going into her crib still mildly awake so she can put herself to sleep but the reasons behind that are for another post.
Anyway, last night before bath we were watching SYTYCD and Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger came on. She started to move to the music shaking her head back and forth like mom was doing in the chair in time to the music. It was the funniest thing. Well we all know that songs like this get stuck in your head so when I went to run her bath water I was singing it. When she was in the bath I was singing to her (very badly I might add) she started to kick her feet and splash with the music. I wish I had caught it on video. In any case, we too our bath, washed our hair and played with our pink duck. This duck is now her favorite bath toy because she found she can fill it with water and make it "pee" on her in the tub. The giggles are funny in and of themselves.
After bath we are out and dried off and in our jammies for the night eating oatmeal. The song came on again and she was riveted. We abandoned our oatmeal in favor of dancing and bites of dads angel food cake. Now that she finished eating I asked her if she wanted to go brush her teeth. I have never seen a child run so fast to brush their teet. She absolutely loves it. I brushed her teeth with her tooth brush and then she brushed them herself. It was awesome.
One last thing I need to mention is that my kid is almost as cute from behind as she is from the front and watching her run to the bathtub naked and then to brush her teeth in her jammies is one of the cutest thing I have seen.
In case YOU want to move like Jagger
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Mother's Day and our hospital adventure
Hi everyone,
For those that don't know, on Mother's Day Alyssa was admitted to the Banner Thunderbird PICU after she had a seizure and had to be intubated. My girl was on the ventilator from Sunday evening until Wednesday morning. For anyone with kids, this is the most horrifying experience. As with anything concerning your kids when they are little it's hard when you know something is wrong and they can't tell you what it is.
In any case, for the most part the nurses took great care of her and of me. Her night nurse was the best and if that girl could get an award I believe she should have it. However, her doctor was very condescending and wishy washy as to what was going on. My husband did not take kindly to that and ended up opening his mouth in such a rude way that the staff felt threatened and he was then banned from the hospital. Needless to say that added to the stress. I did learn that even if I had wanted her transferred out or wanted to take her home I couldn't have the the hospital would have called the police and had me arrested for taking my child out of the hospital against medical advice after her tube came out.
It's been a few weeks since she came home and there is not a single thing wrong with her. She is still her silly self and is still the same old child. I was exhausted and scared and it was a horrible experience. I don't wish it on any parent. I didn't expect it to happen to me and while it did I learned how well I would be able to deal in the same situation again. I have my girl back and am glad she is fine now. They were not able to figure out what exactly caused the seizure but it could very well have been a one time thing. I am hoping that is true. Thanks for checking in on our adventures and I will post more for you later
Amber
For those that don't know, on Mother's Day Alyssa was admitted to the Banner Thunderbird PICU after she had a seizure and had to be intubated. My girl was on the ventilator from Sunday evening until Wednesday morning. For anyone with kids, this is the most horrifying experience. As with anything concerning your kids when they are little it's hard when you know something is wrong and they can't tell you what it is.
In any case, for the most part the nurses took great care of her and of me. Her night nurse was the best and if that girl could get an award I believe she should have it. However, her doctor was very condescending and wishy washy as to what was going on. My husband did not take kindly to that and ended up opening his mouth in such a rude way that the staff felt threatened and he was then banned from the hospital. Needless to say that added to the stress. I did learn that even if I had wanted her transferred out or wanted to take her home I couldn't have the the hospital would have called the police and had me arrested for taking my child out of the hospital against medical advice after her tube came out.
It's been a few weeks since she came home and there is not a single thing wrong with her. She is still her silly self and is still the same old child. I was exhausted and scared and it was a horrible experience. I don't wish it on any parent. I didn't expect it to happen to me and while it did I learned how well I would be able to deal in the same situation again. I have my girl back and am glad she is fine now. They were not able to figure out what exactly caused the seizure but it could very well have been a one time thing. I am hoping that is true. Thanks for checking in on our adventures and I will post more for you later
Amber
Welcome to MY Adventures in Mommyhood
Welcome Everyone!
Thank you for joining me on my new adventure. This is my foray into blogging and blogging about something that I know and experience everyday. This is my way to share with you my daily adventures in being the stay at home mom of an 18 month old little girl and the mom of an 11 year old who lives most of the time with his dad. I will give live experience, my feelings, my ups, my downs and most definitely a lot of humor. I hope you enjoy and follow along with my adventures. I look forward to sharing with you.
Amber
Thank you for joining me on my new adventure. This is my foray into blogging and blogging about something that I know and experience everyday. This is my way to share with you my daily adventures in being the stay at home mom of an 18 month old little girl and the mom of an 11 year old who lives most of the time with his dad. I will give live experience, my feelings, my ups, my downs and most definitely a lot of humor. I hope you enjoy and follow along with my adventures. I look forward to sharing with you.
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