Crazy weekend

On Saturday night we decided to hit the COG railway and we got on for nada. It was a 3 hour ride and we all enjoyed it, though MK was pretty late getting to bed. the views were pretty amazing though, that is for sure.

Then on Sunday MK and I, no daddy went to Waterworld. it was a blast! I took some pics of us at the park, but I wish I had taken more. She was a very brave little girl and went down a waterslide all by herself. it was a small one, but she asked! then we went down a big person's one in a raft. she cried a little bit, but for the most part she enjoyed herself. It was definitely a different kind of day for me though. I love amusement parks and run around to see everything I can see. this day was much more inhibited.

So....I am currently stressing about CIO. on this board I post on, there is a thread discussing it. they DO NOT advocate it and think its senseless and will make attachment to you for your child much more difficult. CIO is crying it out.

I am trying to hash this one out in my mind, as the more I learn about AP parenting, the more I lean toward it. BUT, I haven't exactly bought into the whole non CIO. I feel like I am somewhere in the middle. I guess I am going to defend myself here for a minute.

I never ever let her cry as a newborn until 4ish months of age. then one day her sleep patterns changed and she was on a day/night like the rest of us. she went from this happy child to SCREECHING for no apparent reason and could not be soothed. I felt a bit lost until I bought HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS HAPPY CHILD. I didn't feel like I did a FULL ON CIO, I went to her often in the middle of the night for a very long time. I was somewhere in between.

anyway, this board I am posting on is really making me question myself as a mother. like I all ready feel underqualified as it is, as if I need someone telling me I am going to cause attachment issues in my child! AHHHHH.

Busy week

The house is almost done. thank goodness! Barring a major catastrophe, we should have it on the market by Wednesday. The carpet is going in on Monday, the drywall is finished and the painting is also almost complete. We have an offer on the other house which we are waiting to hear a response from. hopefully the other house will sell as quickly.

Kiera has also been her busy little learning self. For her birthday she got a book that had a bunch of kids songs, including Old McDonald. So now, she takes out the book and sings E I E I, with the songs, all of them. she was singing it with daddy this morning. she has also added YAY to her vocabulary. she says YAY, just like mummy and starts to clap her hands. its super cute.

she also had another milestone yesterday as well. we went to the mall to pick up some new pants for uncle Brenstu and while we were there we stopped at the park in the middle of the mall. it is SO HOT here, that no one wants to be outside in the middle of the day. At first she just kind of hung out with all of these older kids running like mad around her. she gingerly stepped up a couple of steps till she figured out she could do it on her own. So she did and she was off. then she went down a slide. I helped her at first, then she was good to go. she actually wanted to be like all the other kids so she started to climb up it backwards. She almost made it to the top, but not quite. the theme of this park was snowy, so they had plastic fake snow with bumps in it. she moved to the bumps and climbed up the hill. she was VERY pleased with herself. then she went to a covered slide, I came to the bottom so she could see me and she came down it all by herself. she was very happy. and then she turned around and climbed up that one. she is quite the tough girl who loves to climb whatever she can. I wish I had a camera. I let her play for 20 minutes and then it was time to go. was she MAD at me. had one of her famous toddler tantrums. its quite funny actually. today we were walking by the nieghbours house and stopped to chat. she was saying how cute and beautiful Kiera was and how great this age is. I was like uh huh, until she starts screaming in protest. we chatted with this lady for a while and Kiera wanted out of her stroller to toddle around, which I let her. then it was time to back in the stroller for a few short moments. she SCREAMED at me, and my nieghbour starting laughing. I was like SEE I TOLD YA! it was actually pretty funny. her storms come and go and it was like they never happened
she is sleeping right now, which is good. we are heading up to go stand by on the COG railway. isn't that the story of our lives, standby? I seriously doubt we will get on this on a Saturday, but who knows.

Forgot to add

that she also had her first haircut. while I was at the salon getting my hair done, she wandered around, hung out, did a bit of screeching, but in general was well behaved. her hair was hanging in her eyes, so I had to do something about it. so she got her first cut on someone else's lap. I couldn't look at her or she'd screech. I basically had to ignore her. I felt kind of bad, but I didn't want crooked hair either!
I will post the pics.

What is going on in there?

I wish I knew. There is this book called the Happiest Toddler on the Block that explains how to communicate with your child. basically like cavemen. complete with grunts. something like that.

She is getting super frusterated that she CANT communicate and is throwing this GIANT tantrums lately. Today, I was running around the house, readying to leave and she was walking around SCREAMING for no apparent reason. Brentsu and I were yelling over the din. It was about a 3 minute screech. As soon as I picked her up to leave she stopped, so that is probably what she wanted. but honestly, I have to run up and downstairs like 4 times because I always forget something. I can't hold her ALL the time. The nieghbour asked what strange animal we had in our house. he was joking. Brentsu told him a dinosour.

The week was long. I was tired. She was tired. I was mega stressed because of our house situation, we got up SO EARLY and now she is at the hieght of her separation anxiety. oh fun. so all week she was basically a crab. combined with lack of sleep, change in routine, weird place and mommy having to go, she was less than her thrilling self. She has never been like that before when I have travelled. I think part of that is bc usually we just end up at my parents.
The wedding was beautiful. Gillian looked gorgeous. While I was away, Kiera did great too. It was about 3 hours I was gone while she was awake. The babysitter was FABULOUS, brought toys, games, playdo for her to play with.
Sunday morning we left at 7AM. My friends who drove us, also have a baby. They also have a portable DVD player! She watched teletubbies, and Strawberry Shortcake the WHOLE way home. I was in heaven. she was in heaven. its only furthers my resolve to buy one for our plane trips. they might be bad, but I tell ya, its better than having the screeching child on the plane which is what I experienced on the way home. sigh.

When we got to grandmas though, she was a different story. She saw "bumpa" and a huge smile light up her face. she was so pleased. She also saw grandma and I was happy that she recognised her for sure. We went to their house and she did great. she's been there so much, it was really a non issue for her. She slept well and long.

When we got home, long ardous journey that was, she slept well again. When she woke up she went into bumpas room calling his name. it was very cute. but also sad bc she misses him :(

So the next couple of months will be crazy with lots of guests, but I think it will be a blast too. as long as I don't go anywhere :)