Week of sickness

It wasn't a great week at the Kroeker house. First, Lynsey got sick (started on Sunday), and soon we noticed Adam coughing, and then I got a sore throat. Somehow, Brian has managed to elude this madness, which is really weird because I'm usually the one that stays healthy (awesome immune system:)). It was a bit miserable - I didn't do the things I normally do during the week (Bible study, Mom's group) because I didn't want Lynsey to infect other kids, so I felt a bit cooped up, especially when it got a bit colder towards the end of the week. It seems like both kids are getting better now and I know I'm feeling much better, so I'm thinking this week should be a lot better.

Adam is becoming a drool machine. He's even getting a rash around his mouth from his soother because of the increased wetness! He is constantly sucking on his hands, and if you try to give him your finger to hold (which he has always taken some comfort in) he just guides it into his mouth. I am really hoping this does not mean he will be an early teether - we thought Lynsey would be because she was drooling from a really early age as well, but she didn't get a tooth until she turned 8 months so there are no guarantees. No great improvements in the sleeping area this week because of the sickness, but he has pretty much gone down to one feeding at night now. I am hoping he will start sleeping through to that feeding soon, but we'll have to wait and see what he does now that he's feeling better. Before he got sick he was starting to giggle a bit more which is really fun:).

Lynsey is becoming quite bossy in her play (I have no idea where she could have inherited that from - must be Brian:)). She wants me to play with her, but she is so specific in what she wants me to do that it makes it quite hard. There are so many days where I just wish Adam was old enough to play with her so she could boss him around instead! It's fun, though - she is growing up so much. She pays more and more attention to Adam now and is always hijacking his toys - a bit annoying, but he doesn't really care yet. She isn't always very gentle with him, but he's getting a bit tougher finally and doesn't always cry when she gets near him like he used to. No real developments in the potty training area - in the last few weeks she's only had a couple of accidents, and even went three days in a row without peeing at night. I'm sure that when she is wet in the morning it's because she is peeing as soon as she gets up. I'm sure she will gradually just be dry more often until she stops being wet altogether. She still fights us when we want her to go pee before we go somewhere, which I don't really understand, but she does go eventually.