Wednesday, November 1, 2006 by Amy
Oops!..I saved this post as a draft and forgot to publish it. I think I was waiting for pictures. Well, I'll have to keep on waiting...
Darn daylight savings time! We've been getting up so early that Riley falls asleep in the car on her way to school. We usually get up right after Rudi has left for work, but now he's still sleeping when we get up. You should see Avery's face when Rudi comes downstairs in the morning. She knows that he usually isn't here when we wake up, and her face lights up. Avery has become a serial car-sleeper, which wrecks havok on our nap times. She falls asleep withing minutes of getting in the car, on the way to preschool, on the way home, on the way to preschool again, and on our way home again. Not cool at all.
Riley has her school field trip yesterday to a senior center. The kids have been rehearsing Halloween songs, and while the class was singing "Five Little Pumpkins" Riley was belting out "Twinkle Little Star." It was a nice senior center and the elderly were well taken care of, but it was still pretty sad how the seniors so much wanted to talk to, hug, and have pictures taken with the children. They must be so lonely most of the time.
Trick-or-treating was a lot of fun for Riley. I thought that she would be scared knocking on doors and asking strangers for candy. Not so. She said "trick or treat" and "thank you" every time. We went really early, around 5:45, as soon as it got dark, so I don't think that a lot of the residents here were even home from work yet. Our landlord handed out signs to put on the door if you're giving out candy, so we went only to those. Riley didn't want to stop in spite of the frigid temperatures. She made out pretty good, as people were giving handfuls of candy. Riley said, "I say 'trick or treat' and they give me candy. That's a good trade." We bought three bags of candy and have two and a half left. Not good for a diabetic and a person who can't eat dairy. Too temping. Riley has not eaten a single piece of her candy. I guess it's just to admire and look at.
Rudi really wants Riley to get into her own bed and I really want Riley to stop breastfeeding. I didn't want to do both at the same time because I thought that would be too stressful, but now I don't really see any other way. As long as she's in bed with us, I am too available and she will continue to nurse. Putting her in her own bed would hopefully discourage nursing, but I'd be okay with it if she crawled into bed with us to nurse every once in a while. She doesn't fit onto my lap anymore and I take that as a sign that it's time to stop nursing.
Darn daylight savings time! We've been getting up so early that Riley falls asleep in the car on her way to school. We usually get up right after Rudi has left for work, but now he's still sleeping when we get up. You should see Avery's face when Rudi comes downstairs in the morning. She knows that he usually isn't here when we wake up, and her face lights up. Avery has become a serial car-sleeper, which wrecks havok on our nap times. She falls asleep withing minutes of getting in the car, on the way to preschool, on the way home, on the way to preschool again, and on our way home again. Not cool at all.
Riley has her school field trip yesterday to a senior center. The kids have been rehearsing Halloween songs, and while the class was singing "Five Little Pumpkins" Riley was belting out "Twinkle Little Star." It was a nice senior center and the elderly were well taken care of, but it was still pretty sad how the seniors so much wanted to talk to, hug, and have pictures taken with the children. They must be so lonely most of the time.
Trick-or-treating was a lot of fun for Riley. I thought that she would be scared knocking on doors and asking strangers for candy. Not so. She said "trick or treat" and "thank you" every time. We went really early, around 5:45, as soon as it got dark, so I don't think that a lot of the residents here were even home from work yet. Our landlord handed out signs to put on the door if you're giving out candy, so we went only to those. Riley didn't want to stop in spite of the frigid temperatures. She made out pretty good, as people were giving handfuls of candy. Riley said, "I say 'trick or treat' and they give me candy. That's a good trade." We bought three bags of candy and have two and a half left. Not good for a diabetic and a person who can't eat dairy. Too temping. Riley has not eaten a single piece of her candy. I guess it's just to admire and look at.
Rudi really wants Riley to get into her own bed and I really want Riley to stop breastfeeding. I didn't want to do both at the same time because I thought that would be too stressful, but now I don't really see any other way. As long as she's in bed with us, I am too available and she will continue to nurse. Putting her in her own bed would hopefully discourage nursing, but I'd be okay with it if she crawled into bed with us to nurse every once in a while. She doesn't fit onto my lap anymore and I take that as a sign that it's time to stop nursing.
What really jumped started Abby to use her own bed, was to see her friend's bed. The two of them pretended to take a nap and played with the pillows and blankets awhile. When we got home, Abby "helped" me move her bed in and she was WAY too excited to have her own bed. Now she usually nurses to sleep in her bed and she stays there until the eczema wakes her up.