Even after

Even after I force MLO to let me change her diaper.

Then later throw her (screaming) into the bathtub and hold her still so I can wash her hair and body.

Scoop her out of the bathtub and force her to put on a clean diaper and jammies (with more screaming and much squirming).

All she wants to do, to be happy and content again, is sit in my lap and have me give her hugs. Even after I was the one who did all the horrible things to her.

And this is part of why words can't even express how much I love her.

Thor "kibby"

I love watching MLO play with her "kibby" (though it is now kitty more often).

We bought Thor some toys and MLO loves to "play" with her.

She makes me throw the balls really far and we watch Thor run after the ball, then MLO follows behind screaming, "no, Thor" wanting to fetch the ball and have me throw it again.

This has lead to Thor being protective of her "toys".

Case in point, we popped some popcorn in our air popper and unpopped kernals made mad dashes for freedom all over the kitchen floor. MLO and I picked most of them up, but as Thor proved we missed some.

Thor had a great time pushing them around the floor and chasing them. Whenever MLO got interested Thor would practically sit on the kernel and look up at her when she came over pretending that there was nothing there.

MLO would try to move Thor and have success part of the time, not every time. They both seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the game.

I had a great time watching too, my belly still hurts.

Bedtime

After much protest how it wasn't bed time and she was okay and just wanted to sit on the couch with mommy, I finally got MLO into her bed.

We read her favorite book (still One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish). I turned on the "music" and turned off her big light.

She asked me to lay down with her (a bad habit I need to figure out how to break without breaking both our hearts). I climbed into her bed and reached over to give her a hug.

Her little arm encircled my head pulling me gently to her chest. Then her wee little hand started patting me. She rubbed my head, gently played with my hair and otherwise totally comforted me.

Perhaps needless to say, we curled up together on her bed and both fell asleep.

Note: Still no sign of the digestion problem - yeah!

Contrary child getting better

Well, we have gone two nights with MLO sleeping straight through and no signs of throwing up or upset digestion. Success to the extra detox stuff she is eating, she even went to daycare!

Need two more nights for me to feel totally in the clear on it.

Last night grandma picked MLO up from daycare so I could catch up on some work. However grandma also had other friends come over and they didn't eat dinner. Now MLO gets dinner at daycare, but insists on another meal afterwards (she has two hollow legs). So she was a little cranky and just wanted to eat.

Luckily I had some snacks in the car (dried fruit which is great for longish storage in the car for emergencies). I also had some leftover chicken from dinner the night before which I quickly warmed up and she scarfed it down.

She didn't want to take a bath, but I had let her skip one the night before so she went anyway. After some protest she remembered how much fun she haves and then I couldn't get her out.

Didn't want to put PJs on, just the diaper, but it is a little chilly so I wrestled them on her.

Didn't want to go to bed, and I basically had to hold her down (not really) and read her favorite book while I was laying down. She then quickly fell asleep.

This morning, didn't want to get dressed, just stay in PJs. More wrestling so she could go to daycare.

I tell people she is my contrary child.

Children's rights

Sitting with daddy

MLO has been home (because of her illness, which I will cover below) a lot and so when daddy finally came home last night I rushed off to take a shower.

While I was enjoying my hot shower and no little one underfoot apparently MLO and daddy were really bonding.

When I came back out he told me how she sat down next to him and put an arm around him like I do sometimes. She drew Christmas trees with him and helped him finish up a snake he was eating.

I love it when they bond!!

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On her illness, it appears her liver isn't operating at proper levels and her body is having trouble detoxing. She is therefore throwing up after it builds up and that is how her body is taking care of it.

I have her on some special stuff to help detox and get her liver working again. This includes peppermint tea, chamomile tea and beets. Still waiting to hear back on a parasite test (which included the lovely benefit of me having to get her #2 into two small sample containers).

MLO still sick

MLO is still throwing up at night (this puts it at over two weeks). She throws up just once, around 2-3am and not every night.

We have gone beyond stomach flu and I have several doctor appointments lined up so we can figure out what is happening.

Trying to tell myself it is probably just an allergy she developed to something, but can't help being a little worried.