My nausea is still kicking around, but I’m at least feeling like I have more life in me – I haven’t felt like I needed to be permanently attached to the couch this week. Some food stays down, some food comes up. Hopefully it improves.<\/p>\n
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Kate has been very bored lately. We realized that she had all the same toys in the living room as she’s had pretty much since her birthday. She’d play with something for 5 seconds, then toss it to the side and whine. She’s been demanding TV all the time recently, which does NOT make me happy. I have been turning on her shows more often lately, just because I’ve felt so sick…. and I feel bad enough about that. But then to have her yanking on my hand and yelling because she wants more? Umm. No. So today I cleaned out the living room, storing most of the toys in the basement for a month or two until they are “new” again. I picked her up a few new things that she didn’t have, like a xylophone.<\/p>\n
One of the things I got today is one of those inflatable bouncie horses. I’d been debating getting one for a while and I saw one at BRU for $15. Can’t beat that. Unfortunately Kate is apparently scared<\/i> of it. She practiced some cow[horse]-tipping, but that was it. Later Den sat her on it and bounced her gently, saying, “Wheeee!” She lost her balance and tipped forward, touching its head and ears<\/i>. She freaked out crying. FAIL. WTF?<\/p>\n
Tonight the three of us had a lot of fun playing with a ball. And reading books. And playing peek-a-boo with old hats and scarves. I’d like to find\/make more things for her to play with, but I’m at a loss. She still eats things, so crayons\/coloring is out, same with beans\/sensory tubs. I am definitely not bringing a water table inside. She likes to climb, but other than the couch there’s not much else that’s safe, as judged by the large bump she has on her cheek from falling off of our end table yesterday.<\/p>\n
I’ve been trying my best to take her out places. There’s a local gymnastics place that does drop-in open play for toddlers – basically just turning them loose on all the mats, bars, trampoline and ropes. She’s not an extremely adventurous kid, but she does enjoy herself, and it’s one place she’s allowed to climb everything! Thursday morning there’s a local place that has a drop-in open swim, and I may be brave enough to try that tomorrow, if I’m not feeling too sick….. although the thought makes me shiver. (Even indoor pools… getting out is cold!) I think the library does a toddler reading time, I need to put that on my calendar as well. I’d take her outside, but in the front yard she wants to run for the road, and in the (fenced) backyard she runs to the door and just stands there. I do NOT understand that. We have fun toys, a slide, a HUGE yard… and she whines at the door. WTF. There are local parks, but I must say how exhausting it is to constantly be grabbing your toddler as they try to tackle things that are too much for them. Most playgrounds are not made for 1 year olds.<\/p>\n
Trying to keep her occupied and engaged is definitely tiring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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