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Short post today, mainly to ask for prayer... Lilly was sick most of last week, and wasn't sleeping well. She was developing pneumonia after a nasty cold (she is still coughing and has a runny nose) with fevers for 4-5 days. She got some antibiotics last Friday, and the fevers have ceased and she is acting more like herself for the most part.
She is, however, continuing to wake up several times a night, and she has also started to wake up from naps extremely grumpy and irrationally upset again--something she did for the first few weeks we were home, but had started to diminish. She also has been getting extremely fussy/cranky throughout the day for reasons that escape me and is not responding to my attempts to engage her verbally to understand what is going on.
I don't mean to overlook the fact that she is still, for the most part, a very happy little girl who has come leaps and bounds in the nearly 3 months that she has been ours. And the fact that she gains new English words each day and is making great strides in communication.
It is just that I am weary from lack of solid sleep, baffled by the backward steps in terms of irrational screaming and crying, and--putting the two of those things together--not quite feeling 100% myself. When I start to feel frustrated by her screaming, the other edge of the sword is the guilt that I then heap upon myself for my own negative feelings, which, of course, spill over into the ways that I respond and treat the rest of the family.
I am reading 'The Connected Child" which is helping me to gain great insights into Lilly's mental and emotional state, so hopefully I will soon be better equipped to cope with her behavior and her emotions.
As I learn and am stretched immensely, I thank You for your friendship and your prayers.
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2 comments:
Amy, Not to oversimplify, but Lilly may be grumpy and more needy because she just doesn't feel well yet. I know that after I've been sick it takes me a while to get back to feeling like myself. Sometimes I feel tired and just off balance for a time. I know without a doubt that you are an extraordinary mother to your children so try to avoid that other side of the sword - guilt. No need to be so hard on yourself. Aunt Paula
I haven't been on here lately and therefore I was just catching up on your posts. I can only imagine what you are dealing with but am even more impressed with the wonderful way you deal with the stress that is thrown your way. I wish I had half of the patience and understanding you have. Hopefully things are already better but if not I know it will be soon...
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