"Kiss My Hand, please."

This week has been a tough week for Sabrina. Monday started with a trip to the doctor's office when Sabrina woke up with a whoopy cough and super high fever. The doctor thought Sabrina had liquid in her lungs, so she sent us down for x-rays. The trauma was not in the actually zapping of the x-rays but in the contraption Sabrina had to sit on and then be "viced" into place so her lungs were not blocked by her arms. "I feel your pain" was really going through my mind as our daughter cried in fear of the contraption. Needless to say, she did not have pneumonia or any other breathing disorder. So, round the clock infant drops to reduce the fever.

Yesterday the trauma was found at Grandma and Grandpa's house when she shut a kitchen door and pinched the side of her hand which bled. We tried getting a bandage on. She took it off. Grandma bandaged a bear to show bandages were not scary. She didn't buy it. I put a bandage on my hand to model wearing a bandage. She picked at the wrap but did not want anything on her own hand. Neosporin was all we could put on her wound with the help of tricky Grandpa. This morning the wound looks better and there is a curiosity to band-aids but the closest we get is kissing the hand. Sabrina plays and then suddenly realizes that her hand hurts and runs over for a kiss. Then as if magically better, she runs off to play.

Cabinet play

A couple of weeks ago, Sabrina made a kitchen discovery for us: our two corner cabinets are connected and if she goes in one door, she can pop out the other. Up until this discovery, this was the favorite place to place items: stuffed animals, milk, Mom's things. The cabinet door would be closed and then it would be forgotten where the precious items were placed. (or found when the milk started to stink!)

So, Sabrina's new indoor activity is to go in one door and hang out for a while and re-enter the world through the other. I suppose it gives her a "Narnia" experience like she going to a new world.

Knock, Knock!

The adventures of our little climber continue. Her new thing is to throw all blankets and stuff animals out of the bed and climb out of bed and jump on the soft pile to freedom in the room. The first night she did this we did not have her room door shut as we were trying to get more heat in her room at night. On that night she was able to roam around the house... In the morning, we discovered the kitchen door closed, the stair block moved and a little girl emptying all the movies in the movie cabinet downstairs. These movies were not just removed from the cabinet, but removed from the cases....tapes and DVDs! So we had a little game of match the movie with its cover!

This week's adventures have been confined to her room as we have wised up a little. However, two mornings ago I awoke at six in the morning to a slam and some knocks. She had shut herself in her closet and could not get out and so was knocking for the door to be opened! To my horror, yesterday when I opened the door after nap, Sabrina was up lying on the changing table! I hope she makes it safely to two!

Library Day

Wednesdays are library days. We go and hear stories, sing songs and network with other mom's and toddlers. It is here we met our friends Hope and Payton. Usually, we get together after story time or during the week to play. Today went to Fred Meyer's and Payton and Sabrina drove the shopping cart. It gave the moms a chance to talk without worrying about toddlers de-shelving items or running down isles.