What?!? Can it be? It's only 11:10 and Olivia is asleep? My prayers have been answered! Now, I can say with all confidence-- I'll even bet you the rest of my hair-- that she'll wake up at least once before finally going to sleep at her normal bedtime of 1:00 or 2:00 am. But, for now, I'm thankful. And I was just telling James that I was going to make an appointment with her pediatrician about why she doesn't go to sleep before 1:00 am, and why she wakes up every few hours, and why she then won't sleep at all the next day and then repeats the whole thing over again, except the next night, she waits until 2:30. She even has dark circles under her eyes, just like mine. Matching dark circles. Isn't that cute? But now I'm thinking she must've overheard the conversation about going to the doctor, and she's decided to try and be cooperative because she knows that we can barely afford to pay a $30 co-pay. Isn't that thoughtful of her? I mean, $30 is almost enough one unnecessary trip to Target, right?
And did anyone see Nip/Tuck tonight? I watched is pacing around my living room, baby in my arms, but I saw most of it. Why the hell did Sean have to go and cheat on his wife when she's due to have a baby? It made me so mad. So mad in fact that I told James I couldn't watch it anymore, but we all know I didn't really mean it.
My appointment went well today. I am sore though, which he warned me about. I think he helped me though because after he finished working on me, I was able to turn my head further and I was looser in general. It was a good appointment and Olivia was fine with James while I was gone, which brings me to something else I wanted to talk about.
Olivia is mommy-obsessed. She will not, I repeat, will not let anyone else hold her. Not daddy. Not Grammie. No one. She growls at them. Last night, she was laying in our bed with us, and I got up to brush my teeth. She begain growling and grunting, so James had to take her in our bathroom so she could watch me brush my teeth in the mirror. She actually held on to me while I got ready for bed, and talked to me (in her own way of course) and smiled at me in the mirror. Then, when we all got back into bed (this is how I get her to go to sleep-- she falls asleep with us, then I move her. Clever, right? Maybe not.) Anyway, I always face towards her, but I turned over to take off my glasses and put on chaptstick and she began grunting. Did I mention she also grunts? When I turned back around, she reached for me and when I leaned towards her, she buried her face in me and held me. I love it, but it makes me feel awful when I have to leave her. It is sweet though. I love her with every ounce of my being, and I always will feel this way about her, but I'm pretty sure her Mommy-obsessed phase is just what I said, a phase, so I better enjoy it while I can.
Posted by Hannah at September 19, 2006 11:10 PMGood luck w/Olivia & the sleeping...it's tough when they don't sleep! Glad your appt. went well today & you feel some better. That is sweet about Olivia being mommy-obsessed~like you say, better enjoy it while you can. I think Kendall would probably be the same way w/Bobby but Bobby works so much (a full time job & a part time job) that he's *so* happy when he is here, that he just eats up the time he has w/Daddy. I think that happens w/all SAHM's to some extreme though, cause we're w/our babies the majority of the time. Thanks for commenting on my blog today~& yes, I'm *SO* proud of Kendall (& my other son Justin too!) & his new skill of walking~he's just precious ! I have a quick ?...I wanted to add the GA bloggers picture that you have on my blog...how do you do that? I've tried a few times & can't get it to work...HELP :)
Posted by: mamaof2sweetangelboys at September 20, 2006 12:54 AMBaby cuddles are so nice! Definitely enjoy this phase, even if it is demanding. :)
And, don't take this the wrong way, but it sure is nice to read someone else's blog who understands about money being tight! Most of my friends don't seem to get why I would agonize over the purchase of a coffee breaking the bank!
Posted by: Jessica at September 20, 2006 08:19 AMWell, Olivia loves her mommy and wants to be near you. She has good taste you know.
I saw mom this A.m. she didn't look to be feeling well. She said she may noy be up for keeping "O" . She said you may be calling James, but if you can't work it out, I understand. Really.
As for me not answering the phone when you called missy, I was STUCK at school with the ENTIRE LA dept until 6:10 yesterday. I managed to get home after 6:30. I don't know what time you called. I'm not going off on a tangent (CJ wanted to ), just know that I was not avoiding you!
Posted by: Rebecca at September 20, 2006 09:05 AMLorelei has been that way since she turned one month... if i'm not in sight she is pissed off.. she lets other hold her but again... I gotta be in sight... Jeremy swears that she hates him lol... but when Lorelei had problems going to sleep i just called the nurses at the peds office and asked them for ideas... their thought was that her nights were kind of messed up... so they told us to drug her with baby T and it worked... only once and a while she does the old sleep trick of midnight or later... but we only had to drug her for 3 days... but, I think the next time you are in to ask about how much sleep she should get because i know Lorelei doesn't get enough... lol... I'm talking to the peds doc on friday about this when she gets her shots...
Posted by: Shannon O. at September 20, 2006 09:28 AMGlad Olivia's sleeping is getting better. Maybe the more sleep will slowly help you too with...
I don't know... I was totally mommy-obssessed growing up and I still am, to be honest. The farther away from her I am, the worse I feel.
Posted by: Laura at September 20, 2006 12:39 PMA $30 copay? Wow, ours is only $15 [and I thought *that* was expensive]. We're enrolling Lucas in speech therapy, and that's a $15 copay each time. *sigh* I am NOT looking forward to that.
Luke didn't fully sleep well until around 12 months, hehe :)
Posted by: Lisanne at September 20, 2006 02:26 PMMy sister growled and grunted whenever someone had my Mum's attention. She did that right up until 15 or so. hehe ;)
Posted by: Trace at September 20, 2006 03:41 PMWe used to putdd in our bed and then dh would move her.It's fine now.she goes to sleep in her bed on her own..
Posted by: Michelle at September 20, 2006 11:22 PMMaybe she's just a little night owl. :)
I'm sure it must be hard sometime that she always wants mommy, but I agree it is sweet. It sounds adorable!
Posted by: m at September 21, 2006 01:01 AMI sure hope she sleeps better, Ava has been doing the up 4x a night thing lately. AND she's SUPER mommy obsessed. I actually started going out in the evening for 2 hrs so she could get used to hubby watching her.
Posted by: Emmakirsten at September 21, 2006 08:44 AMLila is also mommy obsessed. It was actually really bad there for a while; I couldn't do anything. Since Jason's been taking her to the babysitter every morning though, she's gotten a lot better with him.
I hope the sleeping gets better!
Posted by: Chas at September 24, 2006 08:41 PM