
But this evening, I went against my every instinct & better judgment, and allowed her to have a small serving of vanilla ice-cream at a birthday celebration. - After all, how many kids get to celebrate their Great-great-Grandma's 98th birthday?!
But now... OMW! NEVER, EVER again! (or at least not for a REEEALLY long time!!) She was SO hyped up tonight, that I thought she'd NEVER go to sleep! We started her bed time routine, but although I could tell she was tired, and really wanted to oblige (she seems to love having a routine, and knowing what's coming next)... she just could not sit still. - let alone focus on any one thing, for more than a brief second. (not even nursing! - which for her is huge!) She was literally *buzzing* around the house... running, jumping, rolling, arms flailing, daddy jumping, laughing uncontrollably .... totally over stimulated and excited. ~ It was a regular adrenaline overload! ~ Seriously. She put a new meaning to the phrase "bouncing off the walls"! She was crazy! I kept asking B "who put the quarter in her nickel slot??" As she has *never* acted like this before! And honestly, as hilarious as it was to watch her go.... I did feel really bad for her, because it was like she had no control of anything her little body was doing. - she was on total auto-pilot... which was majorly malfunctioning from it's normal rhythm. :(
Finally, over an hour later... after lots of chasing her around the house, and just letting work off & expel some of that crazy energy... she was at long last, able to settle in & focus enough to nurse. But it was a little bit longer before she completely crashed. Poor baby.
Whew! What a night! I am seriously tired from just watching her! I've never seen anything like it.... and hope to not see it again for a really long time! :) ~ Hey! At least now I can honestly say to people "she has a reaction to it" when they harass me about not letting her have it... rather than being looked at, as the cruel mother who is depriving her poor child. LoL. ~ Whatever.
3 comments:
it makes you realize just how much of a drug sugar really is huh?
Absolutely! She only had maybe 2-3oz (?)... and she was that worked up! It's nasty stuff!
I went through the same thing when Nicole was KB's age. I let her LICK a piece of german chocolate that a friend brought from over there and she was still bouncing off the walls :) after all lights were out and we were all in bed around midnight! She was a little over 2 then. I had then people tell me 'you need to give her sugar so she gets used to it'... HA.. I wish I had all of you guys back then for support! :)
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