We took Pearly to the vet. Her eye ulcer is all better but she will continue to have her eye drops twice a day. With your help, I'm sure momma can keep up with it. :)
We played a whole lot in the morning and you helped momma get some laundry done.
Last night, you woke up only once and came to daddy and momma's bedroom. Momma took you back to your bedroom and you were back asleep within 30 minutes. You slept the rest of the night then. I hope that it's becoming easier on you now to sleep on your big boy bed.
Lately you've been fighting your naps.
Look at this face!!! Breaks my heart. You get so upset when it's time to go to sleep. You want to just play and play and play. I know that if I let you, you would play so well, but momma thinks it's best if you get your sleep in every day. So even if there's a little bit of tears and a whole lot of fuss, we still go through the process of nap time.
Some of your stall tactics at the moment are the following:
1) crying and whining
2) you decide you are hungry or thirsty
3) you start playing peekaboo with momma
4) want to read books
Sometimes it takes me a while to get you calmed down when you are crying. Sometimes I have to be really stern with you. You do eventually settle down and when you do, you are asleep in no time.
Some of momma's tactics to get you to sleep at the moment are the following:
1) talk to you about our day or what we are going to be doing after nap time.
2) tell you a story - sometimes about dinosaurs, sometimes made-up and sometimes just about a cartoon you were watching.
3) sing you a song.
I usually sing you some Brazilian folklore songs. There's one in particular that puts you to sleep in no time. However, you are starting to recognize it now and when you are really fighting sleep you tell me "No Boi momma".
These are the songs:
Boi da Cara Preta
"Boi, boi, boi
Boi da cara preta
Pega este menino
Que tem medo de careta
Boi, boi, boi
Boi do Piauí
Pega este menino
Que não quer ir dormir"
Terezinha de Jesus
Terezinha de Jesus de uma queda
Foi-se ao chão
Acodiram três cavalheiros
Todos de chapéu na mão
O primeiro foi seu pai
O segundo o seu irmão
O terceiro foi aquele
A quem Tereza deu a mão
Terezinha levantou-se
Levantou-se lá do chão
E sorrindo disse ao noivo
Eu te dou meu coração
Da laranja quero um gomo
Do limão quero um pedaço
Da menina mais bonita
Quero um beijo e um abraço"
Se Essa Rua Fosse Minha
"Se essa rua
Se essa rua fosse minha
Eu mandava
Eu mandava ladrilhar
Com pedrinhas
Com pedrinhas de brilhantes
Para o meu
Para o meu amor passar
Nessa rua
Nessa rua tem um bosque
Que se chama
Que se chama solidão
Dentro dele
Dentro dele mora um anjo
Que roubou
Que roubou meu coração
Se eu roubei
Se eu roubei teu coração
Tu roubaste
Tu roubaste o meu também
Se eu roubei
Se roubei teu coração
É porque
É porque te quero bem"
The "Boi da Cara Preta" song usually is the one that does you in. :) Maybe one day you can sing these songs to your babies to put them to sleep.
Tonight we went to have dinner at Devyn and Peyton's house. You and Peyton are so sweet and you play so well together. Here are some pictures of our night:
We are going to miss them in GA! I think you might have a thing for Southern girls already. Peyton and her family are from South Carolina (just like your daddy) and Georgia.
You are sound asleep now and I think momma is going to go to sleep now as well. Only a couple more days till your daddy is back home with us and we can't wait!!
Love you!!
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