This blog title sums up how I feel daily. I am easily stressed out, and usually about 6 p.m. it hits hard. I wish I wasn't like that, but it affects my mood when I realize I have so much to do and won't get to bed at a decent hour yet again. I start to think about diaper bags, lunches for the next day, dinner (luckily Tobin takes care of this primarily), outfits for three, rooms picked up in case the house shows, baths, books to read....so, needless to say, Tanner's therapy easily gets overlooked.
We have done a poor job of consistently doing his exercises. He isn't overly cooperative and apparently he is soooo ticklish on his feet that he can hardly stand me holding his foot to do the stretches at all. Washing his feet in the bathtub is a challenge as well. We met with his therapist yesterday to discuss the alteration of his high-top Converse shoes. The alteration costs will be $54. She is adding a two-inch heel to his shoe. We have both observed him walking flat-footed for up to 30 minutes recently; however, he is primarily walking on tip toes still. Funny thing was, Tanner walked on flat feet all the way into his therapy visit and while she observed him. He only walked on tippy-toes once during the whole visit! He was also on very good behavior: made eyes at the older women in the waiting room, gave knuckles to every man that walked by, and he even gave a hug to his therapist all on his own! Kinsey is growing like a weed! She is moving right along on her vocabulary and does a real good job of repeating words, especially when Daddy says them. She loves bathtime so much that we have to be sneaky when running the water, or she wants in before the bath is ready, clothes and all! She has been a good eater and mostly eats what we eat, with some baby foods mixed in. I still nurse her to bed at night. I know that seems odd, but she has a 6-8 oz bottle and then the breastfeeding puts her to sleep. I know it is just as much me, but I don't want that closeness and bonding to end. I don't even know if my body is still making much milk, but it's not the nourishment she needs at this point. She still loves playing with her big brother and will follow him from room to room, but will also play quietly in any room if she has something she is interested in. That is usually a bag of books. She is showing signs of a temper, my fault genetically, and can throw a really good fit! We are phasing out the bottle for her; she only gets one before bed now. We are doing this much earlier with her since we learned our lesson with Tanner!
At their babysitter's, they are beginning a curriculum. Each week, they focus on an alphabet letter, a number, a shape, a song, and a concept (such as big/little or in/out). Tanner seems to be picking up some of this, but he is the middle child in age amongst the five kids at the daycare. So, his priorities are still playing and eating while at Amy's.
Other updates:
- No word on any lookers with the house. The one we had focused on sold last week finally. We have emptied our storage unit and plan to buy a storage building within the next two weeks.
- Prayers requested for my father who has an abdominal aneurysm and will be undergoing surgery soon.
- School is going well for me and I am enjoying the current group of kids this year.
- Our whole household is affected by the mold, mushroom, and ragweed right now.
