Monday, January 19, 2009

Starving the toddler

She's been drinking sooooo much water lately. I can't tell if she's trying to soothe her teething with it, or if something's up. I mean, she wakes in the middle of the night asking for it. She wakes in the morning soaked through her night-time diapers. She asks for it (and her paci) all day. Again, pain-related, growth-spurt, or something more serious?

To check it out, I get to take her to the doc tomorrow at 9:20AM in a FASTING STATE (including no water) to get her blood work checked for the obvious (diabetes, etc). For those of you who know Anna, you know you'll have to pray for me. The child wakes up at around 6:45am, demands her water, daddy, and waffles, in that order.

Daddy will be there but how am I going to get past the other 2? With the help of Daddy until he has to go to work, I guess.

6:45am till 9:20am is waayyyy toooooo long for this toddler to go with no food and drink. I may just show up early to the doc's office for moral support.

Earplugs.
Headache medicine.
Books.
Portable DVD player?

I think I'll be taking her to the playground immediately upon wake-up to buy us some time or something.

Help me.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good freakin' luck. I hope all things come out fine, I think distraction is the best thing, so get out of the house ASAP!