Last night was a battle between good and evil within my own head. That is, the bacteria happily living in my fluid-filled sinuses were not about to be taken down by the antibiotics without a fight. For 2 or 3 weeks I've been fighting congestion in my head and chest. While we were on travel, it was a bother but it didn't slow me down. But I realized I might be facing a sinus infection and saw the doc yesterday, who confirmed it. Apparently, green snot that lasts longer than 3 days warrants a doc's visit, according to him. Boy was I late! Last night was the worst ever, including a fever, painful sinuses, and I thought I might also throw up at one point. By 6am I felt much better, like the biggest battle is over, but still had a low-grade fever. I haven't slept in weeks because of it but I guess I kept thinking it'd go away on its own. Boy am I ready for a good night's sleep. Did I mention this is the first sinus infection I've had (that I know of)?
In fact, like mother like daughter. It turns out Anna has one too. ANOTHER one. So AGAIN she is on antibiotics. I don't understand where all of the fluid is coming from. Did we both start with a cold that turned into this or did it stem from allergies? Judging from the deep cough the three of us have (and doc said mild bronchitis for me and Paul, actually), my guess is a cold. But who knows. I just want this all to GO AWAY.
Anna also has 4 happy canines that have just poked through the gums and she is actually a pretty happy little toddler. She had such a great time with Paul's family and all their cousins, she has been nothing but all smiles and cooperation since we got home yesterday. I guess she needed a vacation too :) She even knows more words and is stringing them together to make sentences. Before we left she could count to 6 and last night she counted to 13 (going up the steps) all by herself. She seems to have a sharper sense of humor and is really into giving out hugs. Whether she picked this up while there or it's just an example of how fast she's developing is beyond me! I can actually have a funny conversation with her. This morning I asked her if she was ready to go back to school and she starts rattling off the kids' names in her class. She hadn't forgotten! And her words and names are very clear, just like a little person. That has freaked me out entirely! You are really going to talk to me one day for real...one day you will have an intelligent conversation with me and there will be no fooling you about anything that I can fool you about today...
I have zero experience here but I'd swear we have a two year old. She's 20 months.
This morning I tried to wipe her green booger nose and she refused, arms pushing me away. My response was, "my, you're swinging at that one, aren't you!" She got up off the floor, "swinging, swinging, swinging!"Me confused at what she was asking, she grabbed my hand and took me over to the back door to point at her swing in the back yard! SWINGING, get it? Hahahaha. Too bad, it was raining and we had to go to school.
In the last 24 hours the fact that she's such a big girl has just been proven over and over. We were away from her for4.5 days, during a time which she didn't really ask about us and didn't even have problems sleeping at night or going down for a nap (that I know of). I am HAPPY about that. I am NOT sad she didn't seem to miss us. I would like to think she forgot all about us! She played with her cousins and her grandparents and the dog. I don't know all the details of her visit, I am sure they'll come out in time, but I can tell that she was busy, busy. She even napped in the stroller a few times while they were out shopping, which is beyond my belief. I have only known her to fall asleep in the stroller once in her life: after a hard few hours of play at Disney World when she was 14 months old. It's good that Paul's mom is busy and took Anna with her everywhere. To my discredit (I suppose), I don't take Anna all around town. First of all, I hate to shop in general. If I have to do it, I do it quick and by myself. Second of all I hate to encroach on her nap time because as a baby I learned quickly she just couldn't shut out the stimulus coming at her in public to be able to relax and just fall asleep. Instead, she'd scream and squirm till I got her home to sleep. Paul's mom pushed Anna's boundaries, both knowingly and unknowingly, which rocks because it gave Anna a chance to experience new things and for me to know she is in fact getting more and more flexible. Like a big girl.
Remember I am new at this so anything off-routine surprises me...
When she saw us again, she seemed happy and has asked for extra hugs alot more since. This morning as Paul was leaving, she asked for a group hug. It was really, really sweet and cute.
She is all smiles, and pretty easy-going right now. She seems to be handling the interruption in her routine. She has been a little clingy to me at home, but it's OK. If I leave the room, she cries and chases me. This morning she held it together at drop off, and last night she went to bed and slept without problems other than the occasional wake-up, crying out about what seemed to be due to disorientation..."oh yeah, I'm back at home now".
I love the fact that she's turning into a little person all her own, complete with a wonderful sense of humor. She even gets my little jokes.
I am so glad our separation worked out so great. I do think she had fun, and so did we in Colorado. In this way I wish we had more local family so Anna didn't get so bored with just mommy and daddy around. At least I think she is making friends at school. Or at least knows their name. When I dropped her off this morning, Reese came up to her and they grabbed each other's hands, both with big smiles on their faces. How cute is that?
Well, on to catching up at home and at work. Welcome back to reality!
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