Zoe is now a big sister... she is very wary of her brother, keeps her distance, but likes to make faces at him; Today she found a burp cloth and covered him up while I was nursing.. "to keep him warm".
Zoe's fits have gotten stronger and more often. In particular, her night time routine is severely under adjustment. She's napped most days since we brought Finn home, and that has caused no end of trouble for trying to put her to bed. On most nights, a nap day would mean I spent a long time putting her to bed.. with Finn almost always interupting my putting her to bed, this has been awful. Last night, I had her almost asleep in our bed (I was probably more asleep than her) and Bruce bought a hungry Finn in... Zoe had a real breakdown.. she wanted me next to her. Bruce tried to help and I finally told him it would never work, Zoe would not allow him to help. So Zoe cried on the floor, the whole time I fed Finn. I finally put her in bed (not done with Finn yet) and she continued to cry.. she finally crawled up in the rocking chair with me, while I finished feeding Finn. Then I got them both down.. at this point I should have made myself a strong drink.. but I just said good night to Bruce (it was 11pm) and went to bed, asking him to move Zoe back to her room, figuring she'd sleep better without the baby interruptions throughout the night. However, at about 3am, just in time for Finn to wake up, Zoe came into our room, and I put her next to me, Finn woke.. Zoe again spent the whole time screaming "I want Mommy." She finally fell asleep, I sang to her and fed Finn.
Rough night.
Today was better.. even though Anna was off today.. and it was just the family. We went to breakfast (Finn's first at Pluto's) and then to the Dr.; Zoe was mostly good. The office has really good toys, including this shape sorter with over 15 shapes.. she is really good at this task. The rest of the time was with us. It worked out well.. even the 1.5 hours I was alone for the first time with both.
She is infinitely naughty though... yogurt spit out and rubbed around the front room; throwing avocados... putting her finger in raw meet and licking said finger.
Other small changes in Zoe include:
refusal to wear diapers.. luckily I found some Princess Pull-ups and those have helped
refusal to take a bath.. two nights she took a shower...One night she said the water was "too wavy"; last night she heard the baby cry and instantly got out. She hasn't had a long bath since Finn came home.
So now the Zoe rules are:
Declare war on all naps
Leave the room when she is throwing a tantrum
Zoe has unlimited access to Mom, even if she is sleeping, Anna is here, whatever
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