Such perfect timing for Liliana to learn how to crawl- 2 days before Father's Day. It was a crazy, stormy day yesterday but even with trees blowing down on the block and a day that looked like night, Liliana finally figured out how to put one knee in front of the other! After describing her "style" to my funny and clever friend Justine, she coined it as "Slacker Crawling". She takes just as many steps as needed to reach the bribing toy then she flattens out to reach it. If I move the toy farther away, she has figured out she can pull the blanket to move the toy towards her. As of this morning though, she is all over the place. It is only a matter of time before she finds the electrical outlets...now where did I put that baby proofing kit? Cross another milestone off the list. Among other achievements are a vague resemblance to babbling and the progression toward eating finger foods. I should go into more detail about this but I have to get something else out there.
Chris and I are having nanny concerns. We both really like our nanny but we are being really hyper critical of her lately. I am not sure where this is coming from. She is very warm and loving to Liliana but we are starting to interpret some of her behaviors as a little careless. Not sticking to the nap schedule, not changing diapers regularly, losing important toys on walks (oh and walks that last for 2 hours which brings me back to the nap schedule thing). I feel really guilty even putting these feelings in writing but I am not sure how to resolve them. Am I being irrational? Is it unrealistic to expect someone to to something exactly as I would? I am not a harsh person and am afraid of being too firm with her for fear of offending her (surely a deep rooted upbringing thing). But this is the welfare of my child so I shouldn't be concerned about that right? So now my fears have escalated. I am beginning to have thoughts of "what ifs". Like, what if they go for a walk and never come back? How much do we really know about her? Then, yesterday, I noticed a bruise on her left forearm. Chr
is and I were not so concerned that she was hurting Liliana but could not understand why, if she had fallen or hurt herself, she didn't tell us about it! Well, fast forward a couple of hours after nap time. Liliana was holding Wally Kowalski, her beloved Koala in her arms and starting sucking on her left forearm- she was giving herself a hickey! See, this is where I think I have crossed the line- I am being unfair, irrational and overly protective. Maybe that is my job as a mother but it is stressing me out.Back to more positive things- enjoy the video of Liliana crawling and recent pictures.
Next post will probably be after our trip to New Mexico next week!
1 comment:
So glad to be able to be able to see all of Liliana's "firsts". Love the crawling video. Just like we were there. And as far as the Nanny thing goes, it sounds like you both have a "gut" feeling about her and you should really go with your gut. The lost toys can happen easily, a 2 hour walk and not having naps on time are the differences in parenting (my kids were always on a very loose schedule) but it still remains that you both have a "feeling" about her. Honor your gut feelings.
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