Shopping and playing in the park

Sofia woke up at 5.30am so I got her, gave her a snack and played with her. Then we all went for a walk. Sofia did not want to walk, just wanted me (or Mike) to hold her. When got back we had breakfast, and then Mike left for work. Sofia and I only played for a little bit because she was tired. She had rubbed her eyes a few times, but maybe I was too late? Sofia started protesting and getting hyper when I put her down for her nap, and spent a good 15minutes sitting and standing before she got comfortable. She also only slept for 30minutes.

When Sofia woke up she had a snack and then I took her shopping. We needed some more baby wipes, plus I wanted to see if I could find some toy cars etc to keep the boys (2-2,5 years old) entertained at the party. Everything I saw seemed to be 3years and up so I started getting frustrated. In addition Sofia wanted out if the pram, but as soon as I held her she dove down towards the floor. That girl is dangerous! When she got on the floor she wanted to explore and touch everything she saw (of course!), but that proved to be very tiering very quickly. I pulled her back up and told her she couldn’t be on the floor. Wow she let me know pretty well she wasn’t happy. She cried loud and frustrated, but it ended pretty quick luckily. It got me seeing forward a bit and I can’t say I look forward to it getting more difficult like that :/. I also got her a fantastic book about anatomy – I know it’s too soon, but it was only $6. After shopping we went home and had lunch. Then she was rubbing her eyes quite a bit so I put her down for her afternoon nap. Sofia slept for 40-50minutes. I put her in the boob and she fell asleep again pretty quickly and slept for another 20minutes.

When Sofia woke up she had a snack and then we went to the park where we met up with Rebekah and Evahnia from mothers group. It was nice to see them. When they were climbing up the slide (with our help) I saw a gigantic beetle on her sock. My poor girl had bare legs(!). I flung it off her whilst crying out in horror. On a much nicer note… there was a little girl there who fell in love with Sofia and ran around and tickled her. Sofia loved it, and when they left she started following them. I put her in the swing with me and went quite quick and high. Sofia was squealing with joy and arms and legs were going crazy. She was laughing and smiling :). Then it was time to go home and have dinner. Afterwards I went through the nighttime routine and she was in bed by 6am. Mike got home about 20minutes after that.