My Lady of the Lantern

There are two solid reasons: a. Once you start, repeating the behaviour becomes easier...the resolve to not do it has to be stronger. I think it is the underlying notion of all violence. b. Because I am raising a sponge. She hit me on the knee today, and told me, "Yes, you do want to know why I hit you, right? No?" --- Got my fourth Vitco.fol injection today. Rainbows and Unicorns, I have lost a kg since last week! I should be pregnant more often.  --- My craving for fried food has been duly rewarded by a ball of fart stuck somewhere down under inside me. Help me. --- Figlia has napped once this week (on Tuesday, the day I recorded the awful Monday) and she was a happy bee till night. However, getting her to repeat the behaviour, and ensuring quiet time is actually quiet time has not happened in the household.  So here's the golden rule: No nap, 8 o'clock. You nap, your o'clock. --- Profound lessons for the toddler this...

** Story of violence ahead, please do not read if you would like to judge me. It has been hard yesterday.  The day started fine. Fine is a variable term, by the way. I noticed that Figlia was up at 7:30 a.m., which is early by about half an hour for her. Lately, I have been putting my nap-avoider to bed around 8 p.m., because I do want a hold on my sanity. She begged for drinking my cup of tea, which I successfully got away from her by finishing the thing in big gulps. She went to school, and she came back. She went to pick up her grandpa from the hospital (we have a driver). She came back home, and refused to come inside. I knew she was hungry, and my father who is extremely impatient is extremely irritable if the meal is not on the table when he reaches it. So, I tried all known routes to get her to come in, since we usually have our lunch together. The whining had started already.  She got in, and I coaxed her to sit on her table and chair, but then she i...

Figzy was in playgroup at her daycare. When I brought her here, she was admitted in the Nursery class in a neighbourhood school. She is one of the younger ones in her class, and started there last week. It is just three hours a day, and for the first week, she was there for only an hour. It was not great last week. She resisted going in, and cried horribly when she saw that I had come to pick her up. She also asked for her friends (from her previous setting), and I could not arrange any meeting with any of them. This week, on Monday, she pulled in 90 minutes, and after confirming with her class teacher, she has been doing two hours there since yesterday. Her abject refusal to go in has gone, and is happy to see me, but does not cry, which is pleasant in itself. If she continues being this settled, she will get to be there for full three hours. She is relishing the rides and toys in her new school, and this is a huge plus. - - -  I can write a few lines on potty tra...

- My nephew was born yesterday... - Figlia is celebrating her 32 month milestone by completely giving up on siesta....she is switched on from the morning till 9:30 p.m. Is it too early to give up napping?  - I was completely flabbergasted by her absolute denial to nap for the first couple of days....but it became easier once I came to expect it. - Figlia asks me to 'get up' / 'not sleep' once she is up or at any other point of the day. I had awful pelvic girdle pain the night before. - Figlia had a strong attack of night terror last night. It is a good thing we co-sleep.  - My mum is away and currently with my bro and family to help them transition smoothly,,,,which leaves three people at my home currently - my father, Figzy and I. - It is exasperating to disentangle the quarrels between Figzy and my father. They fight like they are the same age. Figzy says her grandpa is a bad boy. Ugh. - She gave up on napping. Can you believe it? - Me...

I am on leave now...and six months of it. I will be shifting to my hometown by this weekend and that's where Figzy and I will be for the next few months. I have an appointment with SuperGyn this Saturday, and hopefully will also get an ultrasound.  - - - I am busy packing and relaxing and finishing some things before I leave. I hope Figzy will cope up well, in her new environment, minus the daily presence of her dad, and a new school. Her new school is just three minutes walk from our house, and I hope she will settle well.   - - - I am itching to get a haircut, not just a trim, but a really short style. I have crazy hairfall and I despise leaving 'evidence' everywhere I go.  - - - I missed taking the belly pic last week at 25w1d. I could have taken it next day, but I just don't want to do it on an odd day.