It all started off as Paige flipped out in the morning as I attempted to change her out of her pyjamas into regular clothes. My plan was to go to a free drop in at tansley united church (not a churchy thing). Run by OEYC (ontario education youth council?), they have them at various locations in the city on different days for free. Just lots of toys and circle time, etc. Anyway, can't remember anymore how I convinced her to come with me, but as soon as we got to the church she was FREAKING out... NO NO NO NO NO. Didn't want to take off her jacket. I think she was worried that I was taking her to play in a coat room since that was where we had to leave our jackets. It probably didn't help that a friend of Katharines was in the coat room leaving with her little girl and i said, hi blah blah blah, so Paige probably thought that we were really going to play in the coat room. Anyway, I then carried her screaming all the way up the stairs to the play room, where i let her look through the glass window on the door at all the kids playing. "Do you want to go inside?" I asked. "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!" Well, i brought her in anyway, and she was able to calm down, but was horrible with sharing the entire time. When we got home (after asking to stay in the car and having a slight cry??) she was fine as i made myself a much needed second coffee. In the meantime, of course, she pooed. I had to go change it which threw her into a 20+ minute tantrum complete with lying on the floor and everything. Nothing i did or said would calm her down. It wasn't until i said, ""mommy's just going to go watch wonderpets by herself" that calmed her down (I felt guilty using the TV as a bribe, but it was the best distraction, and Wonderpets is short). She stood far back where she couldn't see me. Somehow I then was able to get her downstairs after the wonderpets and feed her some food. She is in her crib now, not sleeping, but seems happy. Still not wearing pants though since I changed her diaper. Oh Paige, I love you, but this is a little much!
(P.S. Cara--good thing you couldn't make it!)
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Cleaning machine....
Wow, i think the only thing I do in my spare time is blog...I've posted way more than usual lately.
Anyway, yesterday I decided to do some cleaning and let Paige "help". She helped clean the bathtub with a wet cloth and pushed her toy vacuum around while I vacuumed. But what she loves doing and is really good at, is throwing garbage in the garbage can. If she sees a crumb on the floor "OH! garbage!" and off she goes. I can sense she really likes to feel like she is helping.
After we came in from our snowy driveway at lunchtime our boots made a bit of a mess. All on her own she went into the kitchen, grabbed the tea towel and said, "oh! clean!" and ran off to wipe the floor. She didn't really wipe it very well, but it was the thought that counted!
Anyway, yesterday I decided to do some cleaning and let Paige "help". She helped clean the bathtub with a wet cloth and pushed her toy vacuum around while I vacuumed. But what she loves doing and is really good at, is throwing garbage in the garbage can. If she sees a crumb on the floor "OH! garbage!" and off she goes. I can sense she really likes to feel like she is helping.
After we came in from our snowy driveway at lunchtime our boots made a bit of a mess. All on her own she went into the kitchen, grabbed the tea towel and said, "oh! clean!" and ran off to wipe the floor. She didn't really wipe it very well, but it was the thought that counted!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Freakishly similar....
This is me at 10 months...
This is me at 1.5 years (but maybe slightly older than Paige's age)
This is me at 1.5 years (but maybe slightly older than Paige's age)
more of them....
Today it was a tantrum in the grocery store...this one was partially language related considering she didn't want her boots on OR off, or in the cart, or on the seat, or in her hands or in my hands. Also, I think she was hungry so I broke tantrum rule #1 and gave her some raisins I pulled off the shelf (since I didn't have a snack). This worked well until she dropped a raisin ("uh oh RAISIN!! WAHHHHHHHHHHH"). It was a huge multipack of raisins which we needed anyway, and I obviously bought them. Oh--pet peeve--when I see people giving their kids things like buns from the bin at the grocery store. I think...are they going to pay for that?
I am going to take the advice from my new book and log these tantrums (time, location, etc.) so I can get a sense of what is going on here. This morning when she freaked at the grocery store we had already been at Diaper Fit, and then for a play in the tree house room at the rec centre. She used to be so portable and could make multiple trips like this, but she could just be changing I guess.
Paige is usually quite wonderful, I promise. These tantrums just came on suddenly and with a vengeance!
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word combo of the day:
"one yucky bottle" don't know what this means??
Update: latest word combo: "one chair dora" as in sit in her chair and watch an episode.
Everything is beginning to start with "one" as in the #1. I think she realizes it doesn't makes sense to ask for "more" of something that she hasn't had in the first place. Because she would say "more dora?", "more snack?" etc. when she was asking for it for the first time. For her snack I gave her a few fishie crackers. She finished them and asked for "one fishie", so I literally gave her 1 fishie and she giggled. I tell you, these last few days are monumental in terms of everything she is doing.
I am going to take the advice from my new book and log these tantrums (time, location, etc.) so I can get a sense of what is going on here. This morning when she freaked at the grocery store we had already been at Diaper Fit, and then for a play in the tree house room at the rec centre. She used to be so portable and could make multiple trips like this, but she could just be changing I guess.
Paige is usually quite wonderful, I promise. These tantrums just came on suddenly and with a vengeance!
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word combo of the day:
"one yucky bottle" don't know what this means??
Update: latest word combo: "one chair dora" as in sit in her chair and watch an episode.
Everything is beginning to start with "one" as in the #1. I think she realizes it doesn't makes sense to ask for "more" of something that she hasn't had in the first place. Because she would say "more dora?", "more snack?" etc. when she was asking for it for the first time. For her snack I gave her a few fishie crackers. She finished them and asked for "one fishie", so I literally gave her 1 fishie and she giggled. I tell you, these last few days are monumental in terms of everything she is doing.
Yesterday after the tantrums....
Paige got a new backpack, mainly so we can make outings more fun. We'll put her toys and snacks in it. We made 2 forts yesterday and played in it with a flashlight.
Paige is definitely changing. Yesterday Katharine and Amy were over and Paige was just acting a little odd. The biggest thing was she asked to go downstairs and then wanted to go in her highchair to eat some raisins. In retrospect, maybe she wanted in her highchair so she could have her snack to herself without sharing. But usually they play perfectly fine upstairs for the entire time. Paige was also constantly asking us to take her hand and follow her to various places. Just strange behaviour. I think she is definitely going through a developmental growth spurt.
More and more word combos...
A few from yesterday...
"thank you daddy"
"NO amy!" (disciplining amy)
"open please"
"thank you daddy"
"NO amy!" (disciplining amy)
"open please"
Monday, January 26, 2009
tantrum like crazy....
This morning Paige was totally tantrum-y again!! It all started, once again, with trying to put her sweatshirt on. She refused to wear any shirt but a t-shirt this morning, and I am wearing a long-sleeved shirt and sweatshirt. "No no NO"'s all over the place. I think I have discovered it is worse on the days I wash and blowdry my hair when she is up. If she gets bored, or thinks she is getting ignored, she gets a little crazy.
I had to go to Zellers this morning to pick up some new sippy cups [and chuck the other ones since they were old and were starting to be un-cleanable (not a word, I know)], so I decided to pick up a toddler book. At this point in time, I was willing to get anything and picked up the only toddler behaviour book they had which was kind of rough and beat up looking (the "moms frantically flipping through the book deciding whether to buy it before their kid has yet another tantrum in Zellers" kind of beat up). But it is by the same author of our baby book, so I thought it would be pretty good. We'll see what sort of insight it gives us.
I had to go to Zellers this morning to pick up some new sippy cups [and chuck the other ones since they were old and were starting to be un-cleanable (not a word, I know)], so I decided to pick up a toddler book. At this point in time, I was willing to get anything and picked up the only toddler behaviour book they had which was kind of rough and beat up looking (the "moms frantically flipping through the book deciding whether to buy it before their kid has yet another tantrum in Zellers" kind of beat up). But it is by the same author of our baby book, so I thought it would be pretty good. We'll see what sort of insight it gives us.
My daughter resented me....
On Saturday we dropped Paige off with Grandma and Grandpa so we could go into Toronto to meet our friends Caroline and Phil. Since we'd be home after 8:00, we dropped her off for a sleepover. They apparently had a great time, she ate her meals, she slept all night, etc. She has slept over there before.
When we got there to pick her up and stay for dinner she wanted nothing to do with me. If I tried to come close to her or, God forbid, pick her up, she would yell "no no no!". She was clearly mad at Mike too, but mainly me. We're thinking that even though she had a good time, she was angry with me for leaving her. Mike is always going to work, so she somewhat forgave him, but me? nope. She finally came around a bit when I picked a crayon up for her. Things got better from there, but went downhill fast when it was time to leave Grandma and Grandpa's house and get in the car. Oh well, by that point she was tired and it was to be expected.
Early in the morning (before it was time to get up), she started yelling "daddy! daddy! daddy!" and he went in to find her standing up and looking for her soothers. She has never yelled our names in the night before.
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So yes, since Paige stayed at their house for all of Sunday as well, we had a chance to go out for breakfast. The wait was about 20 minutes long, but we just stood there patiently without a toddler in tow. Then we looked at dream homes on MLS, and got ready to go out to a movie. We saw "Last Chance Harvey"....I recommend seeing it. Then we shopped a bit at Home Outfitters, and took a long and leisurely drive along Lakeshore to my dad and Maura's house. Nice to have a day around town to ourselves, it totally brought me back to times before Paige where we would just do random stuff all day. It felt really weird. Now we are so bound by, and used to, Paige's nap in the afternoon. I don't mind the routine of going out in the morning and being home for the afternoon to read or go on the internet, or whatever. But it was fun to have a different sort of weekend, and definitely fun to go to a matinee.
When we got there to pick her up and stay for dinner she wanted nothing to do with me. If I tried to come close to her or, God forbid, pick her up, she would yell "no no no!". She was clearly mad at Mike too, but mainly me. We're thinking that even though she had a good time, she was angry with me for leaving her. Mike is always going to work, so she somewhat forgave him, but me? nope. She finally came around a bit when I picked a crayon up for her. Things got better from there, but went downhill fast when it was time to leave Grandma and Grandpa's house and get in the car. Oh well, by that point she was tired and it was to be expected.
Early in the morning (before it was time to get up), she started yelling "daddy! daddy! daddy!" and he went in to find her standing up and looking for her soothers. She has never yelled our names in the night before.
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So yes, since Paige stayed at their house for all of Sunday as well, we had a chance to go out for breakfast. The wait was about 20 minutes long, but we just stood there patiently without a toddler in tow. Then we looked at dream homes on MLS, and got ready to go out to a movie. We saw "Last Chance Harvey"....I recommend seeing it. Then we shopped a bit at Home Outfitters, and took a long and leisurely drive along Lakeshore to my dad and Maura's house. Nice to have a day around town to ourselves, it totally brought me back to times before Paige where we would just do random stuff all day. It felt really weird. Now we are so bound by, and used to, Paige's nap in the afternoon. I don't mind the routine of going out in the morning and being home for the afternoon to read or go on the internet, or whatever. But it was fun to have a different sort of weekend, and definitely fun to go to a matinee.
Friday, January 23, 2009
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