Riley and Avery

So Riley had her eye appointment on Tuesday. Nothing really remarkable. She is too young to do the color vision testing, so it looks like I'll just have to wait. I think that I'll keep working on red and green with her and if I don't see an improvement in six months, I'll seek a second opinion. Riley was really good for the appointment, especially considering all of the weird contraptions that ophthalmologists have in their examining rooms. She even cooperated when they taped over her eyes. She does have a moderate case of pseudostrabismus which only means that the bridge of her nose is extra wide and covers up a little of whites of her eyes, so it sometimes looks like her eyes are out of alignment. Her vision is perfect. They have a machine now that if they can get a child to look into it long enough, it automatically can tell if there's a need for glasses. No glasses for Riley. Hopefully she got my vision and not Rudi's.

Ah, tomorrow is Riley's holiday program at school, since it got snowed out before the winter break. I totally forgot that I was supposed to bake cookies, so I had to run out to Wild Oats and get a vegan cookie mix. I would have made the Cranberry Oatmeal cookies, but I just made those for her school last week, so I thought I'd give them a rest, but didn't have time to look up a whole new recipe.

Avery has a new habit of scratching her butt after I take her diaper off. It's really funny. If she manages to get away from me during this process, she runs away from me whilst scratching her backside.

Riley has nursed once in the past three days. And only that once because she won me over by saying something cute. When she asked to nurse, I mentioned that she hadn't nursed in so long and why don't I sing her a song instead. Then she says "I'm asking for nai-nais because I'm hungry, and if you don't give me nai-nais I'll be hungry forEVER! So why won't you give me nai-nais?" Oh god people, you have no idea what my life is like with a child who DOES NOT STOP TALKING EVER! Even today she said "you can't ignore me, you know." She just never stops, ever. She even has been talking in her sleep lately, and demanding responses. At least she has been involving me in her play in a more participatory way. She used to tell me what to do with her toys, and tell me what to say, and have me tell her what the animals (or whatever) will say next. I would say that I was her slave, but slaves are still human. She treated me more like a chimp trained to play with her toys for her. How offensive. And like a chimp I did whatever she told me, and if I rebelled she would quickly smite me. Now she has me pretend with her to be in a car driving to a picnic. I, of course, have to be strapped in my car seat with a helmet on and knee pads ("knee holders" as Riley calls them) and only Riley can drive. I wonder what kind of driver she's going to be if I have to be protected like that. Well, today she told me "I usually drive fast!"

Oh phooey, I didn't want to write a long post today...till tomorrow.