I'm full of dread over this. We should have really done it long ago -- before she was super attached, before she had it so long that it started giving her an overbite, before she could remember that her mean mommy took away her most favorite thing in the world. Alas, we did not, so here we are.
We've determined tomorrow night is go time. We'll both be around all weekend, so I can spend as much time comforting her / helping her sleep as I need to. Dan will have to help with overnights, as miss Audrey is still waking up every few hours. Everyone tells me she'll have a few bad nights and naptimes and then it'll be a thing of the past.
I've been talking up the paci fairy, the idea of her sending her pacis to babies who don't have any, and telling her what a big girl she is, but I think it's still going to seriously suck. I've offered her a trip to the toy store to pick out something new -- anything she wants, even -- but I'm not sure she gets the concept. Last week, I told her that she could have M+Ms if she went on the big girl potty. She walked in, sat on the potty chair for 1.2 seconds, then came over with her hand outstretched, saying, "Mommy, I'm ready for my M+Ms now!" Those two year olds are so darn literal!
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
8 months / 2.5 years!
Olivia turned 2.5 and Audrey turned 8 months old today!
Olivia, as she likes to say, is "VERRRRRY busy" lately -- her imagination amazes me. She's always doing things to entertain her baby sis, a favorite being sniffing her toes and then yelling, "P.U.!" Such a lady. ;P
She had another tooth incident during the week that was nearly identical to the one last November: running ---> tripping in kitchen ---> tooth, meet tile floor. She'd just been to the dentist the day before for her 6-month cleaning and was very brave ("I just cried a little bit!"), but her bravery waned slightly in the face of a second visit in a week. She did fine, amusing the whole office by stating that she wanted THREE silly bands AND A DUCK TOO! as her prize at the end. We go back in a couple of weeks to have the previously-restored tooth re-restored. Poor OE.
Audrey has been having a big couple of weeks: learning to sit up on her own, working on honing her crawling skills, showing the first signs of her two bottom teeth peeking through (finally!), saying dada and mama, and just today, pulling herself to standing while holding onto a toy. I wish I'd been quick enough with the camera, because the look on her face as she stood there was something like, "Hey wow look at this cool thing I did hey mom look I'm standing up OH MY GOD HOW DID I GET LIKE THIS AND HOW DO I GET DOWN?!"
We went to a picnic for families of kids with hearing loss today, and everyone was absolutely gaga over her tiny pink hearing aid. Some of the older kids who had hearing aids themselves came over to see it, and it was really great to see these kids, some of them with profound loss in both ears, even, doing just fine. She starts speech therapy next week, which I'm really excited about!
Olivia, as she likes to say, is "VERRRRRY busy" lately -- her imagination amazes me. She's always doing things to entertain her baby sis, a favorite being sniffing her toes and then yelling, "P.U.!" Such a lady. ;P
She had another tooth incident during the week that was nearly identical to the one last November: running ---> tripping in kitchen ---> tooth, meet tile floor. She'd just been to the dentist the day before for her 6-month cleaning and was very brave ("I just cried a little bit!"), but her bravery waned slightly in the face of a second visit in a week. She did fine, amusing the whole office by stating that she wanted THREE silly bands AND A DUCK TOO! as her prize at the end. We go back in a couple of weeks to have the previously-restored tooth re-restored. Poor OE.
Audrey has been having a big couple of weeks: learning to sit up on her own, working on honing her crawling skills, showing the first signs of her two bottom teeth peeking through (finally!), saying dada and mama, and just today, pulling herself to standing while holding onto a toy. I wish I'd been quick enough with the camera, because the look on her face as she stood there was something like, "Hey wow look at this cool thing I did hey mom look I'm standing up OH MY GOD HOW DID I GET LIKE THIS AND HOW DO I GET DOWN?!"
We went to a picnic for families of kids with hearing loss today, and everyone was absolutely gaga over her tiny pink hearing aid. Some of the older kids who had hearing aids themselves came over to see it, and it was really great to see these kids, some of them with profound loss in both ears, even, doing just fine. She starts speech therapy next week, which I'm really excited about!
Friday, July 30, 2010
solo sitting up
Two nights this week, I've woken up (at Audrey's request, natch) and found her sitting up in her crib, sort of like, "Oh, hey! What's up, mom?" I still haven't seen her do it live, but suspect that this newfound skill of hers along with her recent scooching development may have something to do with her sleep getting even worse. Oof. Good thing she's cute!
Monday, July 26, 2010
nearly mobile!
I think this might count as officially crawling. I just watched Audrey scooch her way across her playmat, onto the hardwoods, turn around and go all the way back again. She also made a beeline for my laptop that was on the floor, as well as a couple of Olivia's toys that she shouldn't have.
Two mobile kids? Hold me!
Two mobile kids? Hold me!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
you know you go to McDonald's too much when ...
... your almost-2.5-year-old has the following conversation with someone in your family:
Olivia [to brother-in-law]: Let's go to McDonald's to get a happy meal for you! Produces two different Happy Meal toys, procured during two stops during our 2-day, 13-plus-hour car trip, to share with him
brother-in-law [ever the good sport with Miss O]: Ok, great!
O: Let's get some chicken nuggets.
BIL: That sounds good.
O: Then we eat some apple dippers.
BIL: I like apples.
O: And maybe get a small french fry?
[at this point, I'm doubled over with laughter in the kitchen -- such attention to detail, specifying the size of fries. Though I suppose I should be glad she didn't say something about large or super-size options -- I have been on Weight Watchers, after all.]
BIL: What will I have to drink with my happy meal?
O: a diet coke!
Note to people reading who may be aghast at the notion that I serve my toddler diet coke -- I do not! I do, however, allow her to eat nebulous blobs of chicken that may contain an ingredient similar to that in Silly Putty -- they're sadly one of the maybe 10 foods that she'll eat right now -- but she gets milk with her anti-foaming agents.
Olivia [to brother-in-law]: Let's go to McDonald's to get a happy meal for you! Produces two different Happy Meal toys, procured during two stops during our 2-day, 13-plus-hour car trip, to share with him
brother-in-law [ever the good sport with Miss O]: Ok, great!
O: Let's get some chicken nuggets.
BIL: That sounds good.
O: Then we eat some apple dippers.
BIL: I like apples.
O: And maybe get a small french fry?
[at this point, I'm doubled over with laughter in the kitchen -- such attention to detail, specifying the size of fries. Though I suppose I should be glad she didn't say something about large or super-size options -- I have been on Weight Watchers, after all.]
BIL: What will I have to drink with my happy meal?
O: a diet coke!
Note to people reading who may be aghast at the notion that I serve my toddler diet coke -- I do not! I do, however, allow her to eat nebulous blobs of chicken that may contain an ingredient similar to that in Silly Putty -- they're sadly one of the maybe 10 foods that she'll eat right now -- but she gets milk with her anti-foaming agents.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
7 months old!
Our sweet baby Audrey/Oggie is 7 months old today!
She is such a sweet little chunk of chub. Check out her jolly demeanor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuTrWxj129w
Editing to add that she's been saying "mama" for a couple of weeks now. According to the baby books, they can say mama and dada indiscriminately at 6-7 months, so it's not that surprising ... but it is super heart-melty when she turns and says it when I walk into the room. Sweet Ogg.
She is such a sweet little chunk of chub. Check out her jolly demeanor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuTrWxj129w
Editing to add that she's been saying "mama" for a couple of weeks now. According to the baby books, they can say mama and dada indiscriminately at 6-7 months, so it's not that surprising ... but it is super heart-melty when she turns and says it when I walk into the room. Sweet Ogg.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Audrey's timeline
I had to get this together for a hearing loss advocacy group that's helping me fight to have speech therapy added for Audrey -- it was declined due to her age and because she hasn't been diagnosed with a delay -- so I thought I'd post it here. A little keepsake, if you will. Maybe another overwhelmed mom with a newborn who has just been diagnosed with hearing loss will stumble across this via Google and it'll help somehow ...
This timeline doesn't include every single one of her audiology appointments, and I don't have our meetings with the parent advisor from the advocacy group listed, either. And I wonder why I've felt so busy.
12/7/2009 – Audrey born
12/9/2009 – told upon leaving hospital that she failed her hearing screening twice (didn’t know about first test); were given pamphlet for First Steps
12/17/2009 – First Steps intake appointment
1/8/2010 – 1 month old; ABR at St. Vincent
1/13/2010 – ENT appointment
1/20/2010 – CT scan (advised by audiologist and ENT) at St. Vincent under general anesthesia
1/29/2010 – First Steps evaluation
2/2/2010 – pediatric opthalmologist appointment
2/11/2010 – First Steps IFSP meeting
2/17/2010 – hearing aid evaluation/fitting appointment with audiologist
3/4/2010 – first meeting with parent advisor
3/11/2010 – pick up hearing aid (just a few days past 3-month birthday)
3/18/2010 – parent advisor meeting
3/25/2010 – audiologist
4/8/2010 – another audiologist appointment
4/8/2010 – parent advisor meeting
4/22/2010 – parent advisor meeting
4/29/2010 – audiologist … again!
5/3/2010 – decide parent advisor isn’t good fit due to insistence upon heavy sign language use; call First Steps to terminate advisor. Request new parent advisor and to add speech services to IFSP at that time
5/13/2010 – you guessed it: audiologist
6/9/2010 – 6-month audiology booth test
6/29/2010 – receive paperwork to add new parent advisor to IFSP
6/30/2010 – request for speech services declined
This timeline doesn't include every single one of her audiology appointments, and I don't have our meetings with the parent advisor from the advocacy group listed, either. And I wonder why I've felt so busy.
12/7/2009 – Audrey born
12/9/2009 – told upon leaving hospital that she failed her hearing screening twice (didn’t know about first test); were given pamphlet for First Steps
12/17/2009 – First Steps intake appointment
1/8/2010 – 1 month old; ABR at St. Vincent
1/13/2010 – ENT appointment
1/20/2010 – CT scan (advised by audiologist and ENT) at St. Vincent under general anesthesia
1/29/2010 – First Steps evaluation
2/2/2010 – pediatric opthalmologist appointment
2/11/2010 – First Steps IFSP meeting
2/17/2010 – hearing aid evaluation/fitting appointment with audiologist
3/4/2010 – first meeting with parent advisor
3/11/2010 – pick up hearing aid (just a few days past 3-month birthday)
3/18/2010 – parent advisor meeting
3/25/2010 – audiologist
4/8/2010 – another audiologist appointment
4/8/2010 – parent advisor meeting
4/22/2010 – parent advisor meeting
4/29/2010 – audiologist … again!
5/3/2010 – decide parent advisor isn’t good fit due to insistence upon heavy sign language use; call First Steps to terminate advisor. Request new parent advisor and to add speech services to IFSP at that time
5/13/2010 – you guessed it: audiologist
6/9/2010 – 6-month audiology booth test
6/29/2010 – receive paperwork to add new parent advisor to IFSP
6/30/2010 – request for speech services declined
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