Nadia's bedroom is located over our garage. We selected it as her room since #1 it was already painted pink by the previous owner's who had one daughter and #2 it is the largest of the other 3 bedrooms (not including our master bedroom which is of course larger than hers). If baby #2 is a girl then probably that room will stay the nursery, and Nadia will move to what is now the guest bedroom. If baby #2 is a boy, then the guest bedroom will become his nursery, and Nadia will stay put. Well one disadvantage to her bedroom's location is that sometimes the garage door opener wakes her up. It doesn't happen often as usually when she's at home napping, I'm the only one at home so obviously I'm not leaving the house! When I come home from school she's always asleep, and up until last night it never woke her up in the evening. However last night when I got home about 8:15pm (she had been asleep since 7pm), it woke her up. I wasn't sure what to do as it's been over 6 months since she's awakened during the night and cried for more than say 30 seconds. I waited a couple of minutes and decided to go rock her and put her back down. She was very calm while I was rocking her, but then she just screamed as soon as I put her down. I let her cry for about 20 minutes and then decided to give her some milk to see if that would help her go back to sleep. She drank some milk and was practically asleep in my arms, but again started screaming in the crib. I let her cry longer this time. I wasn't sure what to do. She hasn't been crying AT ALL for her naps or bedtime lately, but usually when I go get her then we start in a bad cycle again of her crying before every nap. However it was really hard to listen to her cry. Ironically I had planned to go to bed early last night, but I certainly wasn't going to bed while she was screaming. So finally I went and got her a 3rd time as it now had been a whole hour since she had first awakened. I brought her downstairs hoping a change of scenery would break the cycle. I gave her more milk and some Tylenol as she's still teething. Well the third time was the charm, and she didn't cry at all when I put her down. Paul thought maybe she'd sleep in since she was up for 90 minutes when she would normally be sleeping, but I figured she'd get up the same time as always - which she did (about 6:10am). However, she did make up for the lost sleep today as her nap this morning was the longest ever - 2 1/2 hours! WOW! She's taking her afternoon nap right now and so far has been down 80 minutes. Her naps are usually 90 minutes at the longest.
There has been a vacant lot very near our home (a corner of our backyard touches a corner of that yard). Today they started construction building a new home there. The ironic thing is that there are several houses in our very small subdivision which are for sale - actually the house right beside this property is one of them that has been for sale since last fall. I guess they'd prefer to build the house exactly the way they want it to be. I hope the sounds of building a home don't wake her up from her naps over the coming months.
Speaking of construction, they have been doing a lot of it on I-80 which is the road I'm on for most of my commute to and from work. In the last couple of weeks it's lengthened my trip a few times, but yesterday was the worst. After it took me 35 minutes to go two miles, I got off I-80 the first chance possible and took back roads (which are usually slower than I-80) the rest of the way. From Nadia's babysitter to work is usually 30-35 minutes, but yesterday it took EIGHTY minutes. I missed my office hours, but thankfully I made it to class on time (with maybe 5 minutes to spare). I called the janitor at 4pm to ask him to tell a student who had an appt with me that I was caught in traffic. I met her with after class instead. She waited for me up until 4:50 (according to a nursing prof on my hall). I felt badly, but I left my house at 3:15 which should have meant I would arrive at school early or at least on time not very, very late! The trip home took the usual 35 minutes. I could start avoiding I-80 altogether for awhile. My trip would take longer than 35 minutes, but it wouldn't take 80 minutes! I wish there was a way of knowing which days I should go the back routes and which days it would work out fine to go the usual route. I will be glad when that road construction is done that is for sure!!! Thankfully Paul hasn't encountered any as his trip is much longer than mine (normally anyhow - yesterday mine was longer than his).
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When Tyler was about her age people were shooting fireworks in the neighborhood. He was in the bed asleep and it woke him up and scared him. It must have triggered his night terrors b/c for a month he woke up during the night screaming and he would not stop. Taking her for a change in scenery was probably just what she needed.
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