Last night, Melanie woke up in the middle of the night. I changed her diaper and rocked her a bit but when I was lying her down to go back to sleep, she cried out to me. Knowing she wasn't feeling well, I asked if she wanted to sleep with me & daddy. She said, "Yes". So I scooped her & her blankets up, and carried her over to the bed.
Brian reluctantly made room for her and we had her all settled in. Then here's a pretty much verbatim account of the co-sleeping project.
"Hi kitty!"
"shh... kitty's sleeping."
"Kitty sleeping?"
"Yes, now go to sleep."
"Oooooh dark."
"Melanie, go to sleep now."
"Daddy sleeping?"
"Yes honey, daddy's sleeping."
"Shhhhh..."
"Hi kitty!"
"Melanie, lie down and go to sleep."
About 5 minutes of that, I realized there was just too much distraction in our room for Melanie. So I took her back to her room and placed her back in her crib. Melanie wasn't too happy - and she did cry out in protest - but in about 10 minutes, the house was silent again.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Mommy's a Mess & Melanie's a GENIUS!
I think a week ago, I locked Melanie and I out of the car and house. Brian came all the way from work to unlock our doors. While we waited for Brian to come, Melanie and I had a nice walk in the neighborhood. All things considered, a very mello situation.
Well, not today!
I closed the doors & realized my error... Melanie was in the car, but not strapped in. The engine was running and the defrost/heat was on. A cup of hot coffee was sitting in the cupholder (a tasty treat Melanie sometimes gets to sip).
I went across the street & called 911 while my neighbor went back to our driveway to watch Melanie. Once 911 said they were on their way, I went back to the driveway. My neighbor said Melanie was fine but didn't like her peeking in the car.
I stood out of the window, encouraging Melanie to play with the buttons on the door frame, at least to keep her occupied so she wouldn't touch the gearshift. Once she lifted the coffee, but I yelled at her to put it back.
Then she rested her little hand on the key in the ignition, and smiled as she turned the car off. WOWOWOWWOWW!!! I jumped up an down and squealed with delight. She smiled so big - she knew she did something good!
Then the firemen came, and she started crying again with them peeking into the window. So the fireman asked me to keep her occupied in the passenger side while they tried to jimmy the lock on the driver side. So I was talking to her on the passenger side (where she was sitting), encouraging her to press the door buttons but not too worried about it. And you know what she did? That little squirt took the door handle in her little hands and opened the car door!!
Well, I scooped her up, showered her with kisses & praise. She gave all the firemen a high-five & then we watched them drive off.
Melanie is so darn smart! And it's obvious she's not getting it from me...
Well, not today!
I closed the doors & realized my error... Melanie was in the car, but not strapped in. The engine was running and the defrost/heat was on. A cup of hot coffee was sitting in the cupholder (a tasty treat Melanie sometimes gets to sip).
I went across the street & called 911 while my neighbor went back to our driveway to watch Melanie. Once 911 said they were on their way, I went back to the driveway. My neighbor said Melanie was fine but didn't like her peeking in the car.
I stood out of the window, encouraging Melanie to play with the buttons on the door frame, at least to keep her occupied so she wouldn't touch the gearshift. Once she lifted the coffee, but I yelled at her to put it back.
Then she rested her little hand on the key in the ignition, and smiled as she turned the car off. WOWOWOWWOWW!!! I jumped up an down and squealed with delight. She smiled so big - she knew she did something good!
Then the firemen came, and she started crying again with them peeking into the window. So the fireman asked me to keep her occupied in the passenger side while they tried to jimmy the lock on the driver side. So I was talking to her on the passenger side (where she was sitting), encouraging her to press the door buttons but not too worried about it. And you know what she did? That little squirt took the door handle in her little hands and opened the car door!!
Well, I scooped her up, showered her with kisses & praise. She gave all the firemen a high-five & then we watched them drive off.
Melanie is so darn smart! And it's obvious she's not getting it from me...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
She's Just So Darn CUTE!
- Melanie sometimes does a little routine where she says, "Okay? Okay!" I must say okay a lot...
- She loves her white socks with the pink bottoms. It's become a necessity with every outfit. And she tells you which foot to put on first, "Right Foot!" then she tells you "Left Foot!"
- She tells you exactly which DVD she wants to watch, "Baby Read!" "Shapes!" "Numbers!" and tells you if you got the wrong one.
- She picks the song I sing to her when going to bed. It's either the ABC song, Itsy Bitsy Spider, London Bridge, Ring-Around-The-Rosie, or I sing my usual, Dream a Little Dream (of Me). She'll yell out "no no no no no" if she wants you to stop.
- If you ask her for help, she'll do anything. She is the household laundress - loading & unloading the washer & dryer and pushing the buttons.
- She's a huge "please" and "thank you" girl.
- In the morning, she picks out her shoes & I put her down on the floor. As I'm finding a hair do-dad, she's off to the living room to grab the comb & wait for me to brush her hair.
- She loves to color, and loves to designate what we should color. She gives me a crayon, points to the paper and says, "circle here!"
- Now that she's more alert to what's going on down there, she says, "Pee-pee!/Poo-poo!" and runs to grab a new diaper from the drawer & hands it to us.
- She loves her white socks with the pink bottoms. It's become a necessity with every outfit. And she tells you which foot to put on first, "Right Foot!" then she tells you "Left Foot!"
- She tells you exactly which DVD she wants to watch, "Baby Read!" "Shapes!" "Numbers!" and tells you if you got the wrong one.
- She picks the song I sing to her when going to bed. It's either the ABC song, Itsy Bitsy Spider, London Bridge, Ring-Around-The-Rosie, or I sing my usual, Dream a Little Dream (of Me). She'll yell out "no no no no no" if she wants you to stop.
- If you ask her for help, she'll do anything. She is the household laundress - loading & unloading the washer & dryer and pushing the buttons.
- She's a huge "please" and "thank you" girl.
- In the morning, she picks out her shoes & I put her down on the floor. As I'm finding a hair do-dad, she's off to the living room to grab the comb & wait for me to brush her hair.
- She loves to color, and loves to designate what we should color. She gives me a crayon, points to the paper and says, "circle here!"
- Now that she's more alert to what's going on down there, she says, "Pee-pee!/Poo-poo!" and runs to grab a new diaper from the drawer & hands it to us.
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