What a night! Penelope has been fussy all afternoon, basically just eating and crying. I'm really not sure what's going on. It was a beautiful afternoon though so when it was time to pick Micah up, we all drove up to the resevoir to walk a little bit. She was pretty good though still not really satisfied. In any case, it was a nice evening.
When we got home, Micah stayed outside for a while with Michael, he rode his bike around the block, played in the front yard, had a good time. He came in and watched a bit of tv after a while and when it came time to feed him dinner, shit hit the fan. He just broke down all of a sudden, nothing but crying. He didn't want to pick something to eat. After he did pick something, he didn't want to eat his food, he wanted glass after glass of orange juice, he complained that he was tired (it was after his bedtime and we were just trying to get some food in him before bringing him up). We finally settled on getting him some yogurt with protein powder just to give him something to tide him over until morning. He had already had some pretzels and some nuts earlier so he probably wasn't terribly hungry. When I got him upstairs for bed, he was crying because he didn't want to use the toilet, he didn't want to brush his teeth, the washcloth was too hot for washing his face, he was tired and wanted to go to bed, he was cold with his clothes off, I was being too rough as I speedily undressed him, he needed a tissue to blow his nose while he was laying on the floor naked and I was trying to get his diaper on him, it just didn't end. He finally settled down when we started to read Frog and Toad, and then we snuggled for a little while before I hurried downstairs to help with Penelope who was screaming her fool head off.
It seems like she's feeling lazy about eating lately, it's like she really really wants to eat but just can't latch, which is nonsense because she can definitely latch with no problem when she just calms down. I got her to eat and she lazily suckled for a full 30 minutes but I couldn't tell if she was really getting anything, sh she seemed like she was sucking only hard enough to keep my nipple in her mouth but not really to get anything out of it. Then she was quiet for a little while while she looked around the room, and then she went into screaming mode again. She calmed down when Michael put her in the carrier and bounced her a bit, but good lord was this a rough night! Hopefully the overnight will be better!
When we got home, Micah stayed outside for a while with Michael, he rode his bike around the block, played in the front yard, had a good time. He came in and watched a bit of tv after a while and when it came time to feed him dinner, shit hit the fan. He just broke down all of a sudden, nothing but crying. He didn't want to pick something to eat. After he did pick something, he didn't want to eat his food, he wanted glass after glass of orange juice, he complained that he was tired (it was after his bedtime and we were just trying to get some food in him before bringing him up). We finally settled on getting him some yogurt with protein powder just to give him something to tide him over until morning. He had already had some pretzels and some nuts earlier so he probably wasn't terribly hungry. When I got him upstairs for bed, he was crying because he didn't want to use the toilet, he didn't want to brush his teeth, the washcloth was too hot for washing his face, he was tired and wanted to go to bed, he was cold with his clothes off, I was being too rough as I speedily undressed him, he needed a tissue to blow his nose while he was laying on the floor naked and I was trying to get his diaper on him, it just didn't end. He finally settled down when we started to read Frog and Toad, and then we snuggled for a little while before I hurried downstairs to help with Penelope who was screaming her fool head off.
It seems like she's feeling lazy about eating lately, it's like she really really wants to eat but just can't latch, which is nonsense because she can definitely latch with no problem when she just calms down. I got her to eat and she lazily suckled for a full 30 minutes but I couldn't tell if she was really getting anything, sh she seemed like she was sucking only hard enough to keep my nipple in her mouth but not really to get anything out of it. Then she was quiet for a little while while she looked around the room, and then she went into screaming mode again. She calmed down when Michael put her in the carrier and bounced her a bit, but good lord was this a rough night! Hopefully the overnight will be better!
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