The Third Prayer

Since I brush my teeth before Mary Rene wakes up, she is now under the impression that she is the only one brushing her teeth and does not need to do it anymore.  I was having the hardest time getting her to brush until I came up with a new plan.  Now, I brush Sophie’s teeth, stop, brush Mary Rene’s teeth, stop, brush Sophie’s teeth some more, stop, brush Mary Rene’s teeth some more, give Mary Rene her tooth brush so she can finish the job while I finish Sophie’s teeth.

And it is working brilliantly.  Now Mary Rene will brush away and smile while I brush Sophie’s teeth.  Every time she stops, I quickly say, “keep brushing” and she’ll start brushing again.  When she is done, I let her brush Sophie’s teeth too.  She is having a lot of fun with this new “game.”

I decided to get some real Vitamin D so we bundled up and went outside for about 10 minutes the other day.

Will winter end soon?  I miss the sun.  I miss playing in the backyard.  I miss our stroller walks.  I’m getting a little depressed here.  And so is Mary Rene.

Have you ever seen a kid in a sandbox wearing a snowsuit?

Now you have.  And yes, we had to wear our necklace outside.

Unfortunately, later that night Mary Rene got a running nose.  I honestly don’t think it was from our trip to the sandbox because we were out there less than 10 minutes.  And as you can see, she is bundled up pretty darn good.  Plus all those kids at daycare are outside so I figured it couldn’t hurt to get outside for a bit.  I am once again going to associate the runny nose with teething.  There are two teeth about to pop through and nearly every time that happens she gets a runny nose.  Plus, when your daughter wakes up screaming two to four times in the middle of the night, I highly doubt it is because she has snot in her throat.  Sounds like pain to me!

I still got milk!  Wooh!  I don’t know how much but Mary Rene hasn’t slowed down.  She is double nursing more but she seems satisfied.  Plus, she is still nursing to sleep for her afternoon nap so there must be something there that helps her get into dream land so quickly.

Mary Rene has added a few more words to her list: milk, night and thanks.  Her thanks is so freakin’ cute because she says it every time she hands me something.  Since she was born, every time I handed her something, I would always say “thank you.”  I figured it was never to early to teach manners.  It is finally catching on and she likes to say “thanks” every time she gives me something.  I guess I should have been saying “your welcome” instead but “thank you” seemed like an easier word to learn.

I’ve been working a lot more lately and I feel like I am always standing by my laptop during the day.  A part of me feels like I am neglecting her and I feel like this horrible mother.  I still have a hard time focusing 100% of my attention at the given task and I need to do a better job of it.  After working throughout the morning, during her nap, conference call for 58 minutes after her nap, I decided to shut my computer and play with her.  I mean, that’s why I’m part-time right?  I just need to remember that more often.  She is growing up so fast and I need to enjoy this playtime while I can.  Soon I won’t be any fun to play with and she’ll want to play with Sweet Pea instead!

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