Attitude adjustment....

Paige has been infinitely better this past week. No temper tantrums, and few crying angry episodes. For the most part, she has been very agreeable. We were out buying some diapers at Snuggle Bugz yesterday and she was interested in the toys. I let her walk around for a bit, and when it was time to go I asked her to hold my hand so we could leave. NO NO NO and starts to squirm away from me. I asked her if she would like to go to the fishie store (the aquarium store next door--which was our next stop anyway). Ok she says, and grabs my hand. So this example is pretty typical of our past week. Any time she starts to lose it, she is easily reeled back in. Knock on wood.

It was funny....at the aquarium store there are some tanks that are really low to the ground, a perfect height for Paige. She was running around looking at the fish saying "COOOOOL".

It's only this week, too, where she has cooperated with hand holding for the most part. Before that it was often "NO!". Today when we were done at the indoor playground (she was ready to go and walked to the gate all on her own), I told her that mommy had to use the bathroom. She held my hand all the way through the playground to the washroom and back to the front door.

AND, her appetite has increased immensely. She is now onto breakfast, 2 morning snacks and a full lunch. I think she can probably have a snack before her nap as well since she is going down later. She can't get enough of fruit either. Afternoon snack and dinner have been good too. I'm really really happy that she is eating now. It was painful to have no food options and watch her pick away at the same old things every meal.

On a less positive note she is waking up more at night. Ugh. Yelling things too. Like AWAY, NUM NUM, and NO. It is kind of frustrating, and I am really thinking about putting the bumper pads back in. Sigh....