Poopy week

This week has been a bit of a nasty one for the Kulhan family.

Both girls are still struggling with cutting their molars and as a result have been drool-ey, whing-ey, off their food-ey {had to make it rhyme!-couldn't resist!} and guaranteed one or the other has had a rough night, each night.

With Kendall it's early on in the evening. She'll cry and fuss for hours on end. The only way around it is to cuddle her for an hour or so and then sing the "nigh-nigh" song. She'll usually go down but may still have an opinion about it on the way in.

Now with Syd, it varies from early, early morning (12.30-1.00am) to mid-sleep (3.30-4.30am) or too early to get up yet morning (6.00-6.30am). I tell a lie. She always stirs around 12.30am-1.00am as this when she needs her "di-di" {her words} and invariably can never find it. I think that this is when her circadian rhythms transition and she needs that familiarity.

Either way every night it means one of two things.

1)I plan ahead and place two "di-di's" into her crib and hope that she doesn't knock them out with her frenetic sleeping style.

2)I stay awake {even after turning out the lights - or alternatively I stay up watching TV} waiting for her to stir.

The issue with Syd not having her "di-di" {and yes I know that some of you purists out there are judging me for the fact that she still has a "di-di" at this age but rest assured that when we move to TX and we have an extra set of hands - in the shape of Mavis -  we are starting the weaning process. Wish us luck cos' this girl loves her "di-di"} is that if she wakes up and starts screaming and crying she pretty much wakes herself up and can take up a couple of hours to get back to sleep. God forbid should she wake up sleeping beauty #2 {K} because she's fairly much on a similar circadian rhythm thingey because then we have two babies giggling and rattling their cribs sides {bless}. Note that this can go on for hours with both girls having the time of their lives in their darkened room, in the light of streetlamp sprinkled through the curtains or the torchlight of their classical music toy. Yes, I said hours. Hours.

The same thing goes for the other two wake-up times except that when we have teething issues she will wake up fully both times and will not be placated by her "di-di". It's cuddles or nothing.

So, as I wrote in the beginning - this week has been a week of alternating children's issues. One night it's Kendall and one night it's Sydney, the next night Kendall, the next night Syd. It's been fun - NOT!

Oh and by the way - their molars are still not cutting! Both girls have lovely mounds on their gums where the teeth should be emerging from their gummy beds but no - they're still buried with both kiddoes sticking fingers right up to {what seems} their elbows!

Anyway, so the girls have been rather testy this week and between the finalization of the magazine lists, getting quotes from removalists {nightmare!} and packing, it's been a nasty week.

Real poopy.

Fingers crossed next week will be better.

On a happier note - my mum just managed to book flights from Sydney into Houston on Qantas for just over $1000! Unbelievable price. So she will be joining us in TX for late June/all July.

Also, only something like 9 weeks until Mavis meets us in L.A. Woo hoo!

BTW - I'll be taking piccies of the RV soon as it's getting closer to being somewhat presentable! So excited!