Tina Turner

i guess that Adler's poor throat is raw from her coughing and the post nasal drip. as it has affected her voice it is a few octaves lower and has an almost smokey quality to it. so now when she babbles she sounds like Tina Turner.

breast feeding

i was once asked if i liked breast feeding and i said i hated it. i miss spoke then and wish i would have immediately taken the statement back. i hate pumping, being tethered to that stupid machine drives me bonkers. actually breast feeding miss Adler has had its ups and downs but mostly it is awesome to have time just me and her and snuggle. this is something i never did get to experience with Rigby. she never did latch on so she was a bottle baby. I really want to keep up breast feeding for the calorie burn alone, but i think we are nearing the end. Maybe because she is super sick, but Adler has slept all night for 3 nights in a row. good = sleeping all night, bad= only time i actually get to nurse her. so i am afraid my supply is dwindling down to nothing, and because my daytime pumping efforts are producing very little output. i really had the goal to make it a year, we aren't far off but i wanted to nurse till she was ready to give up that bottle. oh well for now we will just play it by ear and see what happens.

massive bubbles

Adler has a new found talent. she can blow snot bubbles about the size of a golf to baseball. gross for sure but i bet that has to be some kind of record right?!?!?!!

troublemaker

I cant really blame Adler for this cold epidemic that ran ranpent though our house this weekend. but she was sent home on Friday with a 102.7 temperature. i was a little worried but she was eating and drinking just fine so we did not make a trip to the doc. her fever broke some time on Saturday which made me breath a little easier. obviously she was still not feeling well yesterday as i gave her Tylenol at 6:30p and nursed her and she went to bed. she did not wake up till almost 7am. this is the 1st night to go all night no feedings nothing. i would be impressed if it weren't for the fact that she obviously needed the rest as the cold was kicking her butt. i did check on her a few times to make sure she was still breathing. this morning when she got up she had boogers and snot harden all over her face. poor thing must have been fighting them all night to be able to breath. :(

102.7 - OH NO

Just got a call from school and Adler has a temp of 102.7. unfortunately, mommy cant leave work, her co-worker is on vacation so i am stuck here. lucky daddy is doing handy man work and has a much more flexible schedule. so he is headed over to pick her up. we did have a chocking/vomit incident this morning that i am fairly confident is unrelated but not 100% sure. they did say she was drinking, eating, and peeing so right now it looks like just a temperature. so daddy is going to get her and evaluate her attitude and give her a dose of Tylenol to reduce the fever. she might also be cutting more teeth. she did have a very rough night last night and was up quite frequently for no real reason but to bloody murder scream even if mommy was cuddling. i know it is probably just being exposed to all the other kids and is a "cold" but still makes my heart sink to my shoes. good thing it is Friday and she can be home all weekend with us to love and care for her.

day 3 of school

uneventful for Adler. i was just told she was a "good girl." one of the other teachers did say they really liked Adler because she had a really fun personality. i agree!!

up, up, and away

obviously we had two flights to get to and from Chicago. on the way there Adler and i were in the same row but not same isle as Rigby and daddy. it was almost 8p when we boarded which is Adler's bed time. so after erecting a screen so i could whip out a boob i fed her and she slept almost the entire time. now on the way home that is a different story. she did eat and take a tiny nap but was still up for over 2 hours of the flight and antsy and fussy the entire way. she did not sit still or be quite for more than a few minutes at a time. we were constantly having to pass her back and forth. i think a lot of it was due to her having a full/wet panty and we had no diapers. they were in the suitcase and since we were in the last row of the airplane we had to put our bags up front to make sure they made it on the flight. ugh. she does have some diaper rash that we have been treating with powder to get to calm down.

2nd day of school

2nd day of school and Adler makes another impression. i guess another family was picking up their little boy and Adler toddles over to him. grabs his face with two hands and gives him a big open mouth kiss tongue and all. OMG!!!!!!!

1st day of daycare - update

i guess literally minutes before i got there to pick the girls up Adler was walking along their cubicle system and she bent down to get a toy and hit the lower shelf. so she got a bloody lip. so her first day was good until then, but she ended it with a bang (and an accident report.) ugh!!!

day care baby

today is also Adler's first day in daycare. i think the trip home was actually excellent preparation for going to day care. she was passed around and hugged and loved on by a lot of (to her) strangers. Adler has a very distinct face she makes when she is uncomfortable. you can see it in previous swimming pictures. she she does not scream and cry she just kind of panics and is very wide eyed. that is where she was this morning when i handed her over to one of her new teachers. they were both very sweet and kind one much older than myself and one probably in her 20's. they were telling me their feeding and napping schedule and it was a few hours off from what we currently do. with daddy she was taking 3 smaller naps and now at day care they only do one long nap from 12-2p so it will be interesting to see how she conforms to their way of life.

goldielocks

I guess Adler is "just the right size" she is 9 months and is wearing 9 month clothes. that was never and still is not the case with her BIG sister. we went though her clothes and moved the 6 month outfits to the GW pile and got out the 9 month outfits.

cry it out

Last night Adler got up for the 10p feeding and every time i would try to lay her down to go back to bed she would start crying. so i would pick her up again and after some fussing she would go back to sleep. i would let her sleep on me for 10-30 mins then try laying her down again and she would start crying and screaming. i tried the swing and that was a big fail. nothing would keep her content. when daddy got up i let her play for awhile and then after he left (4am-ish) i had enough. i put her in her bed and let her cry it out. it was a good 1/2 hour before she finally gave up and went to sleep and i was finally able to get a few hours of uninterrupted slumber.

gimmie one step, gimmie one step mister

Adler is now walking...kind of. she can take one totally unassisted step you can tell she is thinking about steps 2,3,4...ect but not ready for them yet. she can walk if you hold her fingers or if she can hold on to the table/couch. it wont be long before the girls are running sprints in the hallways.

gagging

Adler has started gagging herself. i think possibly she is cutting teeth in the back so she is gnawing on her fingers and they get too far back. also this morning she gagged herself after her liquid vitamin i am not 100% sure if it was on purpose or accident. i know Rigby did this too and still will if she is at the dinner table and not happy with what is going on or the meal in front of her. so i am not overly concerned.

secret stash

Adler loves puffs. puffs are the little melt in your mouth cereals that she is learning to self feed with. she can pack them away. we have to use them all the time in meals to encourage her to eat. or just to give her something different to snack on. they have many applications. since she could and would eat the entire container if it was up to her i portion them out. i put a small handful on her tray so she can see them, and because i know that will not be enough i will put a few in the cup holder that she really cant see in as a secret stash for once she finishes the ones in front of her. well miss smarty pants has learn my secret stash and normally eats those puffs first then the ones in plain site. the other day since i know she has caught on to my secret stash i skipped it and just put them on the tray. she then took a handful and put them in the secret stash herself. :)

grinder

i really, REALLY hope this is a phase and it only is happening as Adler is trying to get use to her new teeth. all four of the top teeth have broken through the gums there is not much to see of them yet but they are all there. she has recently started grinding her teeth and making that nauseating sound that makes me want to lurch. ugh. i very forcefully tell her NO when she starts it and she seems to get it as she will stop grinding. I hope this wears off when the newness of the teeth wears off.

shoes

Adler seems to love shoes; mommy's shoes, daddy's shoes, Rigby's shoes. well this weekend since we were going to the ice skating rink we needed to bundle her up. i put on socks and some very sparkely tennis shoes. she loved the velcro on them and thought that was super fun to play with. when she finally got the hang of it she was able to get up and walk (assisted) around.

bang on the drums all day

Adler is now where she loves making noise any way she can. loves exploring the cause and effect of slapping her hands on different items. my favorite is in the mornings when i am getting ready and she is in the bathroom with me and pounding away on the toilet lid and our metal trash can. so funny there is a low thud and the high ching of metal lid like a high-hat. nothing like having your own drum-line serenade you when you are getting ready in the mornings. many times this comes along with a lovely high pitched song as well.