I punish myself!!!

More adventures in Toddledum.

Nora has taken to liking soap, any kind of soap. Bottled, bar, liquid, detergent, you name it she's got to have it. Problem being she wants to EAT it! So far I've caught her playing in my box of Tide like a sandbox a half dozen times. She's tried to eat it once. Yuck! Not to worry we did call in some advice to the Nana on that one since she's a nurse. No harm done.

Then today I was unloading the dishwasher and all the soap hadn't washed out of the compartment. I turn around to see Nora stick her finger in it and then into her mouth. She then smiled at me and went back for more. The audacity and stubborness of toddlers astounds me some days.

Typically 'punishment' would be washing out the mouth with soap but it's already in her mouth! And she doesn't seem to mind. So now I must find a correct 'no' punishment for soap in the mouth....

Sleep Deprived!

Oh how I want sleep, Rich wants sleep, Nora needs sleep. Although she seems to be functioning better than mom and dad.

This weeks "Fun" Nora has a severely infected left ear. We did not know about this until we took her to the Dr. for a congested cough and low grade fever. The infection was apparently there for a while. Nora actually couldn't keep her balance and was veering into things on Monday morning. More or less her equilibrium was 'drunk' So Rich and I get no parenting awards for this! There are now the endless doses of antibiotics for 10 days.

On TOP of ear infection she has a really bad cold. No amount of Vicks, Benedryl, or other medicines help her. The humidifier runs and runs to no avail. The tissues are plentiful as is the running away from the tissue game.

THEN, just to put the proverbial nail in my coffin she has 3 molars, yes 3 abrupting. Are you kidding me? God is laughing right now, he has to be as I stumble through my day trying to keep my eyes open and patience on high. Nora just starts crying out of no where grabbing at her mouth, as a mom I feel so sorry for her. It must feel like her head is going to explode at times with all this going on inside.

The nights are filled with screaming, the days with tantrums and screaming, and LOTS of cartoons. It is the only way I can keep my sanity right now! She's happy, I get to lay on the couch trying to tank up for the next night.

In other news...she now says 'happy' and 'apple' These are very similar sounding so you have to listen close. Knows where her 'footie' and 'mouth' are.

Found It!

This is an update to the previous post. I figured out how the weight happened! I stopped taking my diuretic right before Xmas, because the prescription ran out! Now that I started taking the pills again I'm losing about a lb. a day. So far 3 lbs gone! I know that eventually it won't be water weight but until then I'll take the water weight going away!

Thanks for the support to everyone that emailed me!