Thursday, February 12, 2009

we had a fun, busy day today. this morning, we met with my la leche league friends for an enrichment meeting. the mom who hosted had a big, beautiful back yard full of toys, tricycles, playhouses, sandboxes, etc. and all the kids played nonstop. rowan must've been feeling a little on the sensitive side... he got his fingers closed in the playhouse door at one point, and from then on, every time i would look over to check on him from my seat down on the patio, i would find him standing alone, bawling. i think it was the first time he'd ever felt sadness over being hurt. when he would cry, i would hold and nurse him (after laying the sleeping lina down on the couch just inside the house), then send him off to play again, but minutes later i'd hear him crying again. i was happy that lina was sleeping, so i could give rowan my attention. after a while he settled in and ate some fruit... he's been a little more sensitive and needy in general lately. maybe it's because i'm taking care of lina, and he's telling me he needs a little more from me than he's been getting.

lina's dad, christian, and i talked yesterday when he came to pick her up about her fussiness unless she's being held. he thinks he and his wife, samantha, are holding lina too often. i didn't say it to him, but i don't think there's any such thing as holding a baby too often. especially a babe lina's age (4 months). i think she is just a high-needs baby who likes to move and look and be stimulated all the time. i'll admit, it's tough not being able to put her down without having to listen to her cry (scream is more like it)... it bums me out. but i do need to hold rowan sometimes, or change his diaper, or cook in the kitchen. i think going part-time with lina in a couple of weeks will be good for me and my kids. and i know samantha is going to love spending more time with her daughter. it'll be good all around. and hopefully, by that time, josh will have a second job, so the drop in my income will be balanced out.

let's see, yesterday we also went to a little park in richardson for a valentine's day playdate. it was so fun, and the weather was perfect! the mom who planned the playdate provided little goody bags with temporary tattoos, a pencil, and a lollipop, and everyone brought yummy snacks to share. i pushed rowan in the swing most of the time, while lina slept in the sling and micah ran around with her friends. at one point, i watched micah go down the slide backwards and head first by accident, and when she landed at the bottom, she ran to me as fast as her legs could get her there! she was very startled. she's not the adventurous type on playground equipment.

it was a busy day with lots of activities... which i guess accounted for micah's meltdown an hour after she fell asleep tonight...

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