Macie slept until almost 8:00 today and woke up in the most amazing mood. She is usually in a good mood in the morning, but today was different. She took a 3 1/2 hour nap yesterday, and was pretty defiant most of the day yesterday. Growth spurt maybe? Fighting a cold? Who knows, but it was a difficult day for all of us.
Today is the first day that Macie has actually shown (positive) interest in Emma. I had Emma sitting in the boppy on the couch with me and she was fussing a bit. Macie came over with a huge smile on her face (not the "I'm going to take this opportunity to poke your eye out and make you cry harder" kind of smile) and said "awwww baby" and gently touched her head, and then her hand. I picked Emma up and held her closer to Macie and said "would you like to give her a kiss?". Macie took her head in both her hands and kissed her on the forehead. I teared up....damn hormones!
Shortly after that I was feeding Macie breakfast and she decided that she wanted to share her breakfast with me. This is a big deal to me since I have been working really hard on getting her to understand sharing. She was putting waffles and bananas in my mouth and then would clap afterwards...so cute!
I have been showered with hugs today from Macie. Quite a nice change from the face slapping and kicking me in the gut when I am changing her diaper.
It's mornings like this that I have to step back and realize that what we are going through right now is temporary, and it's not the end of the world. It just feels like that sometimes when you are holding a screaming baby, balancing her bottle in her mouth with your chin and feeding a demanding toddler who is also crying because you can't get the food to her fast enough. And....doing it on 3 hours of sleep.
And that is why I wish I could bottle these moments as I am sure reality (and Macie) will slap me in the face shortly.
1 comment:
Baby steps...
I can't believe Emma is so big already, good girl!
Hang in!
Katie
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