Today was a exhausting day all around. Emma was up at 7am, I put her back down for a nap at 9:30 since it takes her at the least an hour to settle down and go to sleep. I only put her down so early because we had a doctor appointment this afternoon and wanted her rested for it. It took her 2 plus hours to go to sleep. I had to wake her up to give her a shower before we left. She cried because Archie was feeding her lunch instead of me (because of being sick). We got to the doctor's office early, luckily because they handed me a 4 page questionnaire to fill out so they could score her apparently. I tried to fill this out while Emma intermittently played with toys or ran either back into the patient area or back out into the hallway. She had to stand in the corner at least 2x at in the waiting area. We finally got in 25 minutes after our appointment time, by then Emma didn't want to come at all when I called her, so it entailed me carrying her like a football past all the waiting patients into the doctor's office. I then undressed her all the while she is trying to stand up and grab some picture off the wall that looks like it is going to fall in 10 pieces if you blow on it (guess all the other kids had the same idea). So after the nurse hears me tell her not to touch it because it will break like 5x, she tries to take it off the wall, well someone used 50 nails and superglue to put it on so it stayed but she took off the most treacherous piece..... She actually sat still on the baby scale to get weighed, which is now 28lbs. After the nurse left, but not before she snuck in ANOTHER questionnaire, Emma ran around the office like a caged monkey. She literally grabbed the door handle and hung on it like she was tarzan... Why don't they mail the questionnaire's? Seriously people I am trying to corral a 2 year old here but you want to know if she stacks blocks and kicks a ball. Well she climbs on everything, that conveniently wasn't on there! The doctor said she is looking very good her assessment was that "Emma has great motor skill's" as she is trying to climb on the rolling stool while it is rolling across the room. She did say it was ok to start giving her melatonin at dinner to get her into a better sleeping pattern. Hopefully this will fix the midnight romper room episodes. She does have fluid in one ear and the other is cloudy so she started her on antibiotics for an ear infection. When I finally got her dressed she took off out of the office thru the maze of the patient care area and I hear one of the nurses say, "There she goes again". I wanted to say, "Bite me!"
We then headed down to the prescription area, got in line, if it was the right one I have no idea. There are 3 signs one says to stand here if you are waiting for this, wasn't us. The second one says check in here for new prescriptions or refills, ok that is us. Well no one called us or they couldn't see us so I move to the next sign 3 feet ahead which says the exact same thing. We got called right away at that sign. Lucky us the doctor forgot to put in the prescription for the antibiotics, so they will just call up there and it will be just a little bit. Well I give in and let Emma watch Handy Manny on my phone because there is no other way I can keep her still in this room and there are too many people coming and going. That lasted for about 20 minutes, then she wanted up. The room had thinned out so I let her go play with the wood toy with the beads (cringing the whole time imagining all the germs from the sick kids touching it). Well she kept going from the toy to me at a high rate of speed (ok she was running) but I was ok with that because she wasn't running out the door, until some jerk head thought he was in a quiet coffee shop and leans forward to look at me like I am not watching my child well enough. I just ignored him and went to sit closer to her, but wouldn't you know it then she wanted to go sit where we had been but now the seat was taken. Since they still hadn't called our name and I smelled a faint aroma coming from her diaper we went to the restroom to check it out. Just gas, but we sat on the toilet anyway to see if anything would happen, it's not like they were going to call our name anytime soon. Of course it was on the board when we got back, so I went to the first line I started in and people kept coming in the opposite door and cutting so I moved up to the 2nd one, wouldn't you know they called on the girl who just took my place from the first sign? She graciously let me go first, just to find out they put her name up to tell me the Dr hadn't called back yet and it would be a while longer. GRRRRRRRR. We left, went to Costco to get some stuff for Arch. When that errand was done I called to see if the prescription was now ready, it was but the lady informed me to get back in line when I got there then they would have to mix it. What? I said I will be there in 20 minutes just mix it now. "Sorry ma'am we have to wait till you are here because the shelf life starts when we mix it." 20 minutes !!!! Who Cares????? I don't. I took Emma (in the stroller) this time back in to get the prescription. I went right to the 3rd sign this time, no going to the right one, I was going to the fastest one! Wouldn't you know the prescription was all mixed up and ready to go and I think the lady that helped me was the one I talked to because she wouldn't look at me or say any more than she had to. Oh well....
Tonight was a KFC night because I probably would have thrown any dishes I picked up out the window. Emma didn't want any of it except the cole slaw but she wanted to eat it with her fingers. Then she started spitting her milk out (which she has done since we started swimming again she spits out all her drinks) I absolutely made sure to give her the melatonin tonight! Then she proceeded to run around and grab my phone, push buttons on the computer, grab her milk run into the hall and spit it out on the floor. I lost count of how many times she was in the corner. By the last couple times I would walk her to the corner and she would lean back into my hands and climb up the wall with her feet. I finally got things cleaned up and we played play dough for a while nice and quietly till she grabbed all the cutters and threw them on the floor. We then went in the bedroom to read and try to settle down, finally she did and went to sleep at 7:45. Yeah melatonin!!
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Whew-that was a rant, but I can identify with just about every second of it. Man, is she ever a classic two year old. The ones that sit with their hands in their laps are not the normal ones, I'm afraid. These girls will be running the country someday with their curiosity and energy! I was at the SKIP program last week and a couple of mothers said,
"Oh, I just don't know how you do it, they have so much energy". grrrrr-the mother bear always comes out in me. Than, inside I felt like crying. There are days when I just about can't do it, but I plug on and the moment passes and there are always the kisses and hugs that make it all better and worth it!
I laughed so hard I was crying, that girl is so like E and E, the 3 of them together would be a blast.don't believe Annmarie, she came home from Skip crying, all 3 were TIRED. I can't wait to meet Emma.She is so absolutely adorable just like "our" girls, one smile and your heart melts and all is forgotten.Yesterday was DR.day here but Dwight went with them and I got to care for Evia who slept the whole time.
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