I want to keep up with Sara's medication therapy and use my blog to document. She started her new meds on Wednesday night. She has been sleeping thru the night since then (which is super HUGE good news for Nigel and I). While she still wakes up at the ass crack of dawn, bedtime is MUCH easier as she falls right to sleep instead of an hour of doing whatever she can to avoid going to sleep. However, I have noticed that she is EXTREMELY emotional in the mornings. Even after sleeping 10-11 hours, she is very quick to whine and cry in the morning when things don't go her way.
This morning, we almost didn't go to the beach for fear of a day of meltdowns in public. BUT, after getting her something to eat and popping a DVD in, she was pretty quiet all the way to the beach. Even without a nap, she did well. A couple of times she crawled up in Nigel's lap in the shade and just about nodded off, but then would pop back up and be ready for more sand, sun and waves.
The girl has NO fear of water, and we had to keep a close eye on her several times. The other thing that struck both Nigel and I was that she played by herself for quite some time. Usually she wants one of use to entertain her, but today she sat at our feet and played in the sand for at least 30 minutes all by herself. That ended when she realized she was hot and was ready to head back to the water.
Tong ht when we got home she was EXHAUSTED. Bath time, at best, is usually filled with a lot of whining. Tonight, she let me take out her pony tails without a fight (usually a HUGE issue) and only cried when washing her hair. Bedtime was shortly thereafter, and Nigel and I haven't heard a peep out of her.
So, after a morning that was not looking good, the day turned out well. In fact it was so fun, we are hoping for good weather next weekend so that we can do it again. This time, mom and dad will be more frivolous with the sunscreen! :) We were so worried about Sara and the sun, we didn't take care of ourselves. Her new medication makes her sun sensitive, so we were SUPER, SUPER careful with her. She only got burned on one hand and one little butt cheek near the bathing suit line.
It was a good day. I think we all needed some sun, waves and sand.
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