Well, Ashley is cutting all four of her 1-year molars. I can assure you that we are having a BLAST with that! I'm sure everyone can probably sense my frustration. She was good for Jenee on Monday and she was good for Vickie on Tuesday, but today was a different story. She has reverted back to the whiny, screaming, fit-thrower that we've all come to call Ashley. I went and picked her up a little early today because of the weather. From the minute we got home, she was all over me, crying and wanting me to hold her. As I'm sure everyone is aware, it's really hard to hold a child in one hand and manage to do EVERYTHING else with just one. I'm just not sure what to do to remedy this situation. I know that she is a baby and will be a baby, but I'm fearful that I'll lose my babysitter if she doesn't stop this behavior! I know that if it drives me crazy and she is MY child, it would drive anyone else completely bonkers. The only thing that keeps me sane is that when I look at her, she is so dadgum cute that I just want to eat her up :-)
On a different note, it seems as though Ashley has gone from being "semi-mobile" to "full fledged mobile" overnight. She's started doing things and getting into things today that she didn't yesterday. She managed to pull the oven door all the way open (yes, it was on) while I was looking in the pantry. It's about five steps from the pantry to the stove and I never even heard the door open or anything, just her shrill scream. She was fine, no burns or anything, I think it just scared her. Can you imagine how I would have explained that to the ER doc if she had burned herself??? They probably would have put me in jail or something...She has started climbing on everything and I fear that we're going to have a little trapese artist on our hands. She is also about to walk. She took about eight steps for Jenee on Monday and Chet said that she took some steps for him this morning and she took some this evening for me. It looks like the mobility will just keep expanding. It makes me happy, but at the same time, it makes me sad. I think I view walking as the final "step" to being a little girl versus being my little baby.
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She'll get better. She is just going through a lot of new changes right now. Han threw fits--on the floor screaming and kicking--I ignored her and walked out of the room. It all passes. Good thing is--She is a normal child!!! :)
I promise you, she will be okay and You will live through it. It wont be long and you will be wishing she still wanted you around. (remember those teenage years??????)
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