Oh, Deborah, I need to vent. I feel like I've worked pretty hard to get Adalyn happy and rested. But today I had a dr appointment and had to leave her with my MIL. She is an 80-something yr old and has a dozen kids of her own...literally. She's always been great with all kids. The problem is she lives with her "husband" (they've been separated forever) in the house right next door. He comes in whenever he wants, her dog barks constantly, she has chimes right outside the bedroom window, and visitors come all the time and just walk in as if it were their house. So when I say 9:45 for a bedtime, she'll put her down,and then one of noise issues listed above will arise, or in today's case 4 of them. So Adalyn woke up and she put her back down at10:30 and slept until 11.
THis totally screwed her up! She was whiny, crying, and cranky all day. Yawning all day...except for nap time. Her second nap was only 40 min! I put her down at 3 hrs A time hoping it would be enough A time but not too much to = OT. So bed at 6...but back to the playing thing where she's so wound up she cant stop her body from twitching. I had to hold her in the chair again in the most uncomfortable position for me. Even when she was "asleep", her left hand kept rubbing my arm up and down, rubbing her blanket, grabbing at her blanket...etc.
It seems to be on these days when dh decides he needs to go play basketball...He is wonderful in many ways, but he is so good at skirting out of work when he wants to...when is it my turn to have a break from the hard stuff?
Anyway, that' smy day. It just ticks me off that I finally found a good balance for her, and it's blown so easily from what I consider to be someones inconsideration for her needs. It's n ot like this is the first time noise has been an issue at grandma's...I've considered finding someone else to take care of her when I have dr appointments. It's like this almost every single time she goes over there. Very frustrating!!!
