Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Sadbh’s update – October 8th 2014


Since Sadbh was up so early yesterday morning we asked Kim if she could turn out the lights and remain quiet from six am onwards so as to encourage Sadbh to go back to sleep if she woke up early. This worked this morning and despite waking up early Sadbh nodded back to sleep until shortly after seven.
When she woke up Sadbh was very confused, as she could not find anyone in her room. I was keeping an eye on Sadbh through the baby monitor and she just sat there on the side of her bed looking around the room. When I finally came into the room I found Kim hiding behind the chair trying to keep out of sight of Sadbh. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen and I explained to Kim that if Sadbh wakes up anytime after seven it was ok to chat with her and get her up.

Sadbh and I had a much better day today but it was extremely exhausting, as she wanted to play with me every minute of the day.

We got to Skype with my parents back in Cork and Sadbh got to wish her Nana a happy birthday and tell her how much she loved her. It was very sweet.

The rest of the day was fun and after playing in the garden for a while we headed back inside for some food and to read a bunch of books.

Trach care was stressful tonight as Sadbh lost her screen time privileges when it came time to get ready for bed. We usually plug Sadbh in and allow her to watch ten to twenty minutes of her favorite cartoons on the phone while we do trach care. This keeps her calm and allows us to get the job done easily. Unfortunately, since she lost her viewing privileges she got very upset and we had to wrestle with her to get her neck clean and the new polymem and trach ties on.

Once we finished up I got her laughing again and then it was time for a bedtime story from Mommy. Before she knew it she was out like a light.





All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh

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