Saturday Olivia obviously didn't feel very well. She had a low-grade fever and was fairly fussy, for her at least. So I tried to distract her as best I could. We played on the changing table. Look at her cute onesie from Morgan - in case you can't read it, it says "This is how I roll". I read to her and played with finger puppets that she usually likes. Next I took her out for some errands. We went to Wal-Mart to print out some photos for Great-grandma Mulvey and to get some necessities - soy milk, Dr. Pepper. Then we met Veronica F. at Wendy's for a little lunch. Olivia slept the whole time, thank goodness. Next stop was Blueberry Baby to get some more cloth diapers. Olivia woke up on the way there and was very upset. I nursed her in the back of the store, they are very nice about that, and we bought the last three Bum Genius cloth diapers that they had. They'll call when more come in. Then I took Olivia home because she was still not a happy camper. The rest of the night was spent cuddling and consoling. Her pink puppy helped.
Sunday morning Olivia played with me in bed. We ended up staying in today instead of going to a birthday party, because my grandfather was not doing well. Olivia was also still pretty fussy, and still had a low-grade fever. On a positive note, Paula was doing spectacularly today! She wanted to play and pranced about and played with me on the floor. She even gave me a kiss! What a success story she is! We also got to Skype with Nana today! Olivia spent a long time looking right at her! I think she is definitely more aware of faces.
Olivia sure loves her pink puppy from Aunty Kari. She wants to bite him and lick him and grab him! In the evening, we started our normal bedtime routine, but tonight I put Olivia in her crib - just for a minute so that I could go let the dogs out. When I got back upstairs, she was happily playing in her crib, looking at her spotty frog & the shadows made by her nightlight from Dawn. So I let her be. Then I could hear that she was putting herself to sleep. She ended up sleeping all night in her crib! Her first night in the nursery! And it was all her 'own decision'. I spent a good hour, or two, watching the video monitor like a hawk.
Monday she was still pretty fussy. We met Jessica Abel for breakfast/lunch at Denny's - Olivia's first time there! - but she cried the whole way there and the whole way back. We spent the rest of the day at home and cuddling. She was the spit-up queen! Things finally settled down at bedtime. She was asleep by ten, like clockwork - in her crib again! I had to get her up around midnight so that we could pick Morgan up from the airport. She was sleeping so soundly that she didn't wake up when I put her in the car seat, or at the airport, or when Morgan was in the car, or the whole way home. I started to get worried that she was still alive! So when we had to wait for the train to pass at the intersection closest to our house, I put the car in park and shook the car seat. She made a little sound, so I was relieved. Once home, I nursed her and put her back to bed. She went right back to sleep.
Tuesday morning was better! Olivia finally seemed more like herself. We had a nice morning, although as soon as I sat down at the computer (as has happened each day for the past few days) she needed to be held. We did some more errands today - we mailed off some packages and lots of cards and then we had lunch with Jessica. Olivia started to cry towards the end, and I realized I was pushing my luck, so we went home. She fell asleep cuddling Pammy on the couch. Morgan came over to watch some of our shows and we moved the pack 'n play from my room to the living room. Olivia liked this change of scenery! As the evening progressed, Olivia got sick. She spit up more milk than I thought was possible. I stopped putting clothes on her and just left her topless - it seemed to make the most sense. We went upstairs around 9 and listened to music, rocked and I sang to her. She fell asleep in the crib by 10:30 and didn't get up until 6 in the morning! Another successful night!
Saturday Olivia obviously didn't feel very well. She had a low-grade fever and was fairly fussy, for her at least. So I tried to distract her as best I could. We played on the changing table. Look at her cute onesie from Morgan - in case you can't read it, it says "This is how I roll". I read to her and played with finger puppets that she usually likes. Next I took her out for some errands. We went to Wal-Mart to print out some photos for Great-grandma Mulvey and to get some necessities - soy milk, Dr. Pepper. Then we met Veronica F. at Wendy's for a little lunch. Olivia slept the whole time, thank goodness. Next stop was Blueberry Baby to get some more cloth diapers. Olivia woke up on the way there and was very upset. I nursed her in the back of the store, they are very nice about that, and we bought the last three Bum Genius cloth diapers that they had. They'll call when more come in. Then I took Olivia home because she was still not a happy camper. The rest of the night was spent cuddling and consoling. Her pink puppy helped.
Sunday morning Olivia played with me in bed. We ended up staying in today instead of going to a birthday party, because my grandfather was not doing well. Olivia was also still pretty fussy, and still had a low-grade fever. On a positive note, Paula was doing spectacularly today! She wanted to play and pranced about and played with me on the floor. She even gave me a kiss! What a success story she is! We also got to Skype with Nana today! Olivia spent a long time looking right at her! I think she is definitely more aware of faces.
Monday she was still pretty fussy. We met Jessica Abel for breakfast/lunch at Denny's - Olivia's first time there! - but she cried the whole way there and the whole way back. We spent the rest of the day at home and cuddling. She was the spit-up queen! Things finally settled down at bedtime. She was asleep by ten, like clockwork - in her crib again! I had to get her up around midnight so that we could pick Morgan up from the airport. She was sleeping so soundly that she didn't wake up when I put her in the car seat, or at the airport, or when Morgan was in the car, or the whole way home. I started to get worried that she was still alive! So when we had to wait for the train to pass at the intersection closest to our house, I put the car in park and shook the car seat. She made a little sound, so I was relieved. Once home, I nursed her and put her back to bed. She went right back to sleep.
Tuesday morning was better! Olivia finally seemed more like herself. We had a nice morning, although as soon as I sat down at the computer (as has happened each day for the past few days) she needed to be held. We did some more errands today - we mailed off some packages and lots of cards and then we had lunch with Jessica. Olivia started to cry towards the end, and I realized I was pushing my luck, so we went home. She fell asleep cuddling Pammy on the couch. Morgan came over to watch some of our shows and we moved the pack 'n play from my room to the living room. Olivia liked this change of scenery! As the evening progressed, Olivia got sick. She spit up more milk than I thought was possible. I stopped putting clothes on her and just left her topless - it seemed to make the most sense. We went upstairs around 9 and listened to music, rocked and I sang to her. She fell asleep in the crib by 10:30 and didn't get up until 6 in the morning! Another successful night!
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