3/25/09 Wed.
Mommy took Grandma to the airport. Mommy is in a mood of distress. Gladly, a good friend at work took me to the famous Bob Chinn’s Crab House for lunch. I had Shrimp Alfredo. Hmmm … yummy! What a great mood booster for me! I’m really grateful for my friend, and thinking of taking my family to dine in there some time. (Although it is kind of far away from where I live L )
Dinner time! It’s such a blessing to have dinner hot and ready waiting for you after a long day at work … Now it is all over! Daddy made the proposal to eat out, which sound very tempting to me … but I declined … simply didn’t want to make eating out a habit. I made eggplant with pork meat, and micro waved the leftover dish from the day before. Yoyo had one “shao bing” plus s fish cake sausage. (Luckily she is not very picky!)
Then the difficult time comes. Yoyo would not go to bed with either Dad or Mom. She wants her Grandma. We told her Grandma went to
That night, yoyo woke up 3~4 times, turning round and round like a clock hand. Each time I had to make her bed again and make sure she is tucked under her comforter.
3/26/09 Thur.
I got up at 7:30 am, feeling tired and sore, from having to sleep on the edge of the bed for the whole night. Around 8:00 am, Daddy went in Yoyo’s room to wake her up. She was not in a good mood. Part of the reason is due to lack of sleep from last night. Daddy and Mommy struggled to put clothes and socks on her as she was whining and kicking. Good news is: She has another dry diaper! Are we one more step closer to being fully potty trained? :-)
After Daddy left, Yoyo's whining escalated to a major melt-down. She refused to put on her pants, refused to go downstairs, and refused to go in the car ... with strong will. She sat on the floor, bare-bottomed, crying and screaming. I tried to leave her alone and let her calm down by herself, but it was almost 8:30 am, and I was already late for work. I had to grab her and force her into the car (I hate doing this!), and dressed her while she was bucked up in the car seat.
I left the screaming baby at daycare, and raced to work. At 9:04 am, I sat in the conference room. Again, late for my meeting. Oh, well, who cares, they are already used to it anyway.
At 6:00 pm, I got home. Yoyo and Daddy came in right after me. Yoyo is smiling and talking, like nothing ever happend before. After all, she is a 2 year old. 6:35 pm, We all sat down and have dinner together. Yoyo ate a lot. I mean, a lot - 5 fish sticks, half of a steamed bun, a bowl of corn flour meal, some brocolli, some scrambled egg and mushroom. Mommy was amazed ... and delighted to see that she was eating that well.
Grandma called, told us that she made to Shanghai ok. We didn't put Yoyo on the phone. Anything we can do to try to avoid another melt-down, yeah, we'll just do it.
The evening went surprisingly smooth too. Except for that little frustration when we washed her hair, Yoyo was actually pretty collaborating. She fell asleep fast too, without much struggling. By 10:25 pm, she was sound asleep, in her own bed. Mommy managed to indulge in a facial mask after that ... :-)
