How are you doing?
Well?
We're ok, too, thank you for asking.
The little one had her tear duct operation on Friday. Operation is a big word for a minute's worth of rinsing the tear ducts, though. But it did involve anesthesia and giving her diapam and staying at the ward untill noon to make sure she was ok.
For me it was a really tough day. In advance I was really worried I was going to loose it even though I knew I needed to be really brave so that little girl doesn't get scared. I'm proud to say I did good. I only cried when they had taken her away to the operation room. My little scared girl in the arms of a nurse dressed in green surrounded by, it seemed to me, an army of green.
She'd been - little girl that is - very upset when they put a needle in her hand just in case there was need to give her medication through it but by that time I'd left that floor to see Husband and I didn't hear her. I'm not sure I could have handled that without storming into the operation room or collapsing on the floor crying. Neither which would have been particularily helpful.
I had time to eat a sandwich before they called to say I could come back down. She was sleeping as I got there but woke up really soon after that. Crying. I felt so sorry for her but I'm happy she cried then because she hasn't cried or talked about the hospital since. She had a good cry there and now it seems that she is over the whole ordeal. Also, they say that the anesthesia has the effect of erasing memories from short term memory.
Her tear ducts were ok so that there was nothing blocking them. This, in fact, means that she did not really need the operation but the fact that the tear ducts were rinsed seems to have helped. Her eyes don't water as easily as they have been.
My cast was taken away after a week as I asked another doctor to check it out. Nothing was broken but I do have a sport's injury which effectively prohibits me working out on the cross trainer. I'm to stay of it untill May.
The reason I haven't written in a while is that little girl was starting to get too big for her stroller and we are now - desperately - trying to teach her to take a nap in her own bed. It ain't going too good. Up till now - since we started this - she has had a nap every other day. In theory today would be the other day. But at the moment she is banging on the wall with her Hello Kitty watering can which she wanted to have in bed with her.
I'm at my wits end. It worries me that she doesn't sleep because I'm absolutely certain she needs the sleep. And when she starts in daycare there will be naptime. I so wish she would have learnt to take a nap in a bed - rather than stroller - by then. But judging from the banging sounds this is not happening anytime soon. If at all.
It's just that I need a break, too!
2 comments:
She will learn it in daycare. Quite quickly! Both of our kids did. (There. Not at home.) So don't worry about that! :-)
Have you tried to lie down with her for her nap? In your bed? That's what we usually do with the little boy on weekends - and not only he is happy about this! ;-)
I was just going to say that she will learn at the daycare. They do amazing things at the daycare, eat their full plate, never complain about food, have their hands washed in due manner... everything! :)
We have the same problem, our little one does not want to sleep in her bed. She thinks it is playtime. Then she crashes real early in the evening, which in its turn is nice... But I do think she should nap!
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