Okay, I'm the only one who has been feeding my child for over a week now, I know what I'm putting in there. How the heck does she create so much energy?! Honestly!!! This 16, almost 17 month old child is running circles around me. I need to do something to catch up with her! Okay, so I know part of it, thanks to our egg hunt on Tuesday, Delanah has discovered jelly beans and has discovered that she likes them! That little shot of sugar sure goes a long way!
We were finally able to return to ISR today. I don't know what's worse, her lessons when she was 7 months old and couldn't communicate other than through crying or now, when she was asking for me and shaking her head know every time Cindy asked if she wanted to show her kicks. This is hard! Emotionally, physically (trying to get her to go into the pool area and get her suit on), these lessons are going to absolutely drain me! Thankfully Delanah recovers quickly and is back to her normal, happy self in no time. We got home and it was all about her puppy, had to take Bay-ee Woo on a walk! My vote was to sit and relax, but 2 to 1, I lost. It's funny that just recently, if it means we're taking Bay on a walk, Delanah very willingly gets into her stroller and settles in. She loves that dog SO much!
Tonight was not my best mommy moment. Delanah, right as I was getting things ready to clean her up, decided that shooting all of her dinner onto the floor was hilarious. Sometime this afternoon I apparently lost my sense of humor. As much as I told her it wasn't okay and to stop, she laughed all the more. I needed a serious mommy time-out. I am ashamed of how I reacted, but proud that I took her to another room to play and giggle while I tried to get control. I cleaned, all morning, trying to get the house in shape. I was so proud, and now there was rice as far as the eye could see. Trivial, yes, but when you are an exhausted mom, trying to do it all and be everything for your daughter (and not complain about things to your husband who can't do anything about it from another country anyway), it was the tipping point. The thing is, I didn't even realize that I was at that point. It has been 2 days since I've been able to have more than a 2-3min conversation with someone face to face, I need adult interaction!!! I have errands to run this weekend and no idea how I am going to do that with an active toddler. Could I briber her with food? Sure. But is that how I want to raise her?
I am done with being a single mom!!!! Okay, I seriously need some sleep because I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be more of the endless energy toddler!
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