Transitions

Just like when traveling, there is always a transitional period after illnesses when everyone needs to adjust back to everyday life; this observation seems even more so with a child. Trung and I started off the week letting Lydia do and have almost whatever she wanted because she was so miserable and she only really wanted to be held. Now at the end of the week, however, she has become awfully complain-y and cry-y because she wants to be held all the time, and since Trung has been busy working all week, she only wants me. I know that Lydia is shedding tears of endearment, but sometimes I too need a little break, especially when I had a stomachache last night.

Most importantly, we want to detach Lydia from me by the time the baby arrives because it will become quite overwhelming with kids dependent on me. She is gradually doing better as she is feeling better, and Trung is being a great sport, so I'm sure she will be up to par by April. We put Lydia to sleep around 7:30 PM since her nap times have been quite short lately, and then we settled down to watch some Korean monster movie called "The Host". Yeah, very interesting.