Scary day
WOW- what a day. I am unable to sleep, although I am working on only 5 hours of sleep from last night. I was working on school stuff and I lost a quiz that I was generating. I spent way too much time searching for it. I had to completely retype the thing at midnight and then get up at 5:45 - ugh. I am not the fastest typer on the East Coast, that's for sure.
We had quite a scare today - my father-in-law fell off 6 feet of scaffolding and fractured his wrist in 2 places. He will have a 50/50 chance of needing surgery. We are praying that he will not need it. The Lord was definitely with him when it happened because it could have been so much worse- i.e. serious head injury or broken neck or back. Also - it was his non-dominant hand.
He is such a quiet and gentle man. One of his biggest joys in life is being out on his boat fishing and crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay. Now he won't be able to all summer. He is also Samuel's babysitter for me on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I teach at the community college. Samuel loves his grandfather- he lights up with a BIG smile when he sees him - all 6 teeth and gums. We will have to search an alternative in the morning. Fortunately, only 4 weeks of classes left! Anybody who reads this LJ - please pray for Mel for a speedy recovery for his wrist.
Separation anxiety has hit our household with a vengeance. Samuel has decided that he will not go down for a nap or to bed without letting out cries that I never knew my child could produce. And just all of a sudden, like a switch was turned on. When I took him to his 9 mo. check up the doctor asked me if it was happening before I could even ask him about it. He said that it is perfectly normal and that I just need to let him cry. I do, but it is harder than ever because it actually sounds like he is in pain. (He's not, at least as far as I can tell - I was bad and picked him up when it first started happening - you would have thought it was a different baby! SMILES and giggles, the norm for him). Doc says to let him cry for about 15 minutes before going in to check on him... but guess what... he is usually done at about 10 and out like a light! It is definitely not like when I would put him down a few months ago and he would cry. Samuel now has "object permanence" - he knows that I am still there behind the door.
We are also having the problem of him waking up at around 5:00 and wanting to eat. (Today, thank the Lord, he slept late!) The Doctor says that we need to nip this in the bud because he does not need the calories that early. Samuel does go right back down, which is a good thing.
Well, I suppose I should try to get to sleep(especially if Samuel decides to wake early!)
I can only hope that....the sun will come out tomorrow...so you gotta hang on til tomorrow, come what may....etc.. (I know, I am a geek! My friends tell me that all of the time!) But seriously - I desperately need to see the sun!
TTFN
samuelsmom
We had quite a scare today - my father-in-law fell off 6 feet of scaffolding and fractured his wrist in 2 places. He will have a 50/50 chance of needing surgery. We are praying that he will not need it. The Lord was definitely with him when it happened because it could have been so much worse- i.e. serious head injury or broken neck or back. Also - it was his non-dominant hand.
He is such a quiet and gentle man. One of his biggest joys in life is being out on his boat fishing and crabbing in the Chesapeake Bay. Now he won't be able to all summer. He is also Samuel's babysitter for me on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I teach at the community college. Samuel loves his grandfather- he lights up with a BIG smile when he sees him - all 6 teeth and gums. We will have to search an alternative in the morning. Fortunately, only 4 weeks of classes left! Anybody who reads this LJ - please pray for Mel for a speedy recovery for his wrist.
Separation anxiety has hit our household with a vengeance. Samuel has decided that he will not go down for a nap or to bed without letting out cries that I never knew my child could produce. And just all of a sudden, like a switch was turned on. When I took him to his 9 mo. check up the doctor asked me if it was happening before I could even ask him about it. He said that it is perfectly normal and that I just need to let him cry. I do, but it is harder than ever because it actually sounds like he is in pain. (He's not, at least as far as I can tell - I was bad and picked him up when it first started happening - you would have thought it was a different baby! SMILES and giggles, the norm for him). Doc says to let him cry for about 15 minutes before going in to check on him... but guess what... he is usually done at about 10 and out like a light! It is definitely not like when I would put him down a few months ago and he would cry. Samuel now has "object permanence" - he knows that I am still there behind the door.
We are also having the problem of him waking up at around 5:00 and wanting to eat. (Today, thank the Lord, he slept late!) The Doctor says that we need to nip this in the bud because he does not need the calories that early. Samuel does go right back down, which is a good thing.
Well, I suppose I should try to get to sleep(especially if Samuel decides to wake early!)
I can only hope that....the sun will come out tomorrow...so you gotta hang on til tomorrow, come what may....etc.. (I know, I am a geek! My friends tell me that all of the time!) But seriously - I desperately need to see the sun!
TTFN
samuelsmom