temper

oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Adler has a temper and when she does not get what she wants, watch out.  she will hit and bite.  the hits don't really hurt but it is the point of it so it is not condoned even in the littlest.  if a person is not close she will hit inanimate objects, toys, tables, ect... this morning i told her no for some reason and she tried to bite me and i moved my hand to fast.  i warn her no biting and if she did she would land herself in time out.  that did not deter her as she grabbed my pants/leg and got me good.  off she went to time out in her crib.  she was not happy about it but that is what she gets as she knows the rules.  NO BITING, NO HITTING, NO PUSHING you get where i am going here. 

grow already

Adler's bangs are just long enough to constantly poke her in the eye.  i try to sweep them to the side so that they are not in her face and she is not regularly looking like a total rag-a-muffin.  i really don't want to cut them and make them true bangs as i have learned from Rigby the upkeep on them is a pain.  I could do the cutest (unicorn) or Pebble's pony on top of her head but she only leaves it in for about 30 seconds before ripping it out.  UGH!!!

a set of lungs

Adler did not want to go to bed last night. she would rather me hold her and sleep in my arms all night.  which was not happening.  I would love too but i need sleep too. so when i put her to bed she was not happy. she screamed, she cried, she pounded on the door and i gave in.  i held her till she was almost asleep then when i laid her down she woke up and the screaming and crying started all over again.  i again tried consoling her before i realized that nothing was going to help as she just wanted mommy to hold her forever.  so i let her cry it out.  it was  a good 45 minutes before she was 100% asleep and no longer whining.  it was horrible to hear breaks my heart.

mimic

Adler likes to re-peat what you say. I am constantly saying things like "Rigby, eat your breakfast" or "Chopper, quiet." Adler likes to go around and shout them out. she does use them in the correct context so she must realize what she is saying. too funny!!!

favorite hiding spot

we play hide-n-seek at our house almost every night. sometimes Adler wants in on the action sometimes she is less bothered by it. her number one hiding spot is under the kiddie table. sometimes when she wants to be alone she will crawl under the table and draw the chairs in around her. this normally involves taking a snack and possibly a drink with her. then she just hangs out there not bothering anyone and completely content.

miss manors

Adler has what i would call excellent manors for a 1 1/2 year old. she is constantly saying 'thank-you' and 'welcome.' please is a little harder to come by, but if you reminder her she will use it. she loves to greet everyone with 'good morning' or even a 'hi.' when i pick her up from school she shouts 'bye' to every one we pass. i can only pray that this continues on forever!!!

faker

she has got me a few times on this one...she will shut her finger in a book or toy and shout "ouch." of course i think her finger is stuck, to find out that she is putting her finger there and faking the ouch to see my (our) reaction. then she laughs and does it again and again.

just like sissy (part 2)

Adler also has picked up some good habits from watching Rigby. She LOVES [the idea of] brushing her teeth. we have set her up with her own toothbrush and she tries hard to scrub some of those pearly whites. she also totally understands the concept of using the restroom. she always wants to go potty on the big potty. so far we have only had one success but she knows what is suppose to happen and that you go, wipe, flush, and then wash. so when she finally is able to recognize the sensation it will only be a few short days before she has it MASTERED.

just like sissy

Adler has picked up some habits from her sister. before she could speak Adler never had an issue with warm food but now that she can pipe up she has taken on the word "hot" and everything is too hot including things like fruit loops!?!@?!?!?! also like Rigby she has now picked up the word "gimmie" if she wants anything now it is "gimmie." we try hard to break this but she thinks she is oh so funny and that only perpetuates the use of it. ugh!!!!!!!!!!

snot trail

unfortunately Adler still has a very runny nose. she will sometimes tell you "nose," meaning she needs her nose wiped. most the time though she will just come up to you and it will seem like she is loving on you but really she is wiping her nose on my pants. she has obliterated two pairs of pants this week so that i had to change before we left the house.

middle of the night

we were on such a roll there for awhile. Alder was sleeping all night it was GLORIOUS. the last two nights she has woke up at 3am wide awake. she is super fussy and really does not want anything or comforted so this is the worst. after about 45 minutes of watching tv i convince her to go back to bed. at this time she does not want to go to her bed, she wants to go to mommies bed. which i am fine with if i can just get back to sleep for a few hours. ugh. again the last two days we wake up along with Rigby all about the same time 6:30a which right before the alarm goes off. so everyone wakes up on their own and that makes for a much happier household. the girls go in Rigby's room and play with the weebles while i take my shower.

extra help

i guess you could call us a close family as we don't close bathroom doors (even when we should.) Alder likes to help in the action when Rigby or i go potty. this morning she was a little aggressive with Rigby. Rigby was taking her morning pee and i had just gotten out of the shower and was toweling off. Adler almost pushed Rigby off the potty to "see what she was doing." then after Rigby wiped and flushed. Adler had to be the one to shut the lid. then while Rigby was pulling up her panties it must have been taking too long as Adler started helping her pull up her shorts. it was very funny to me. Alder is just trying to help out but it was a little more than Rigby could deal with first thing in the morning. ahhhh sisterly love.

mindless munching

for awhile there Adler was not really eating solids. i am pretty sure with the constant draining of the post-nasal drip she was not hungry or did not want to try to swallow chunks of food. Mostly she was consuming yogurts and squeezes, neither of those bad but i feel like she needed more in her tummy to keep her full. still at breakfast (yesterday and today) she nibbled on some cereal and cheese crackers but did not really put enough in her tummy. so i let both girls take their snack cups in the car ride with them to school. they were filled with a smorgasbord of things, which includes but not limited to: chocolate cheerios, lucky charms, goldfish, chz nips, mini pb sandwich crackers, and raisin brand. i cant remember if there was anything else in there or not. Adler totally finished hers (well that is what she did not spill in her chair/floor.) we picked up all the mess and through it out in the grass when we got to school -- for the birds. ;) Rigby has a little left over that i will have to hide for the trip home. i felt much better that i know that she has more in her tummy than just semi-solids swishing around in that Buddha belly.

no med change

per doctor any antibiotic can induce the diaper rash so we just got a script for a diaper cream. so we are back to dosing her with the meds to try to get rid of the infection/snotty nose.

red and raised

Adler got meds for her ear infection and i think they have in turn ruined our weekend. she is still snotty so the meds did not address that but they have turned all her food into very loose stools and inflamed a HORRIBLE diaper rash. OMG! it makes me want to cry when i see it and it is not on my body. we got out all of Rigby's old training panties which are 100% cotton and very loose on Adler and we let her roam around in them all weekend (around the house.) so it was like wearing old school diapers as she would poop/shart all the time so i was constantly rinsing the panties out in the potty or soaking them in a bleach bath. we only had one true accident where the contents fell out on the floor and Rigby was the first to spot them and let us know right away. we have been using hydrocortisone and powder trying to keep her dry. we stopped the medicine yesterday which is a shame because i know she is not really over whatever it was because she is still snotty and coughing but the side effects are making her miserable.

bad Chopper

at 4am Adler started crying so daddy brought her to me in mommy/daddy bed. i can pretty much bet she woke because she was cold. her little toes were popsicles. so we snuggled in and got a few more hours of sleep. when we woke we went out to the couch and turn on the news and get the day started. i did not realize that Chopper was out of his cage and came right up onto the couch with me. so i started petting him. Adler was on the floor by the coffee table playing with an Elmo CD player. it is not loud and she was kind of bee-boppin' her head but not really moving. when i went to get up and push Chopper away from her, as i knew he could not be left out if i did not directly have my hands on him. he pushed past me and nipped at Adler's foot. she had not looked at him, talked to him, or moved towards him, so there was no threat real or perceived. so that meany was biting just to show dominance. well all it did was get him kicked outside. Adler did not immediately start crying. so i don't think it hurt that much, more of the shock of the situation. i know he got her foot as i saw it, but there was only the tiniest of red marks so i don't think it was too involved.

wake-a, wake-a

although i still saw 5:30a, thank you Rigby, Adler did not. this is super rare. I think she has slept in past 5:30a about 5 times in the past year. i would have loved to let her sleep till she woke on her own, but we are on a schedule in the mornings and if we deviate too much it will be mass hysteria. she did want to love/cuddle/snuggle = my favorite, after she woke up. so we did for about 10 minutes before she was ready to play. starting to play induced a coughing fit, which triggered the gagging and evacuation of the post nasal drip. mommy is on her 3rd outfit today :( after a random breakfast and shots of medicine and Tylenol we were off to school.

heaves

Adler slept all night, YEA!! she was still up at 5:30a this child is an early riser no matter how much i beg or plead. after getting her out of her crib she started coughing and i guess that post nasal drip got her as she started dry heaving because she had not eaten or drank since dinner the night before, even then she barely touched her food. i felt so very bad for her as she was trying to get sick and get it out and nothing would materialize. boo hoo. i did get her to suck down two squeezes so i could get her medicine (must be taken with food) in her.

nothing to help the cough

Daddy took Adler to the doctor and come to find out she has an ear infection. with total blockage on one side. i just say her rubbing her ear for the 1st time this morning. it was the snotty nose and hacking cough that made me send her to the doctor. so she got antibiotics but nothing to quell the cough as i guess it is post nasal drip inspired. i hope the medicine kicks in and helps her ASAP.

hacking cough

Adler has come back from our trip with a snotty nose. this could be from anywhere, airport, school, ect... it has now morphed into a constant running nose and a hacking cough. today daddy will be taking her to doctor as she not sleeping. she will start coughing and then wake herself up, and she will start crying and then i have to get up. i think i saw part of just about every hour last night. ugh.