Precious Moments

I almost forgot the most important thing. Gustav called me into his room this evening after we put him to bed. He didn't say anything, but just waited until I got right next to his bed. Then he crawled over to give me a kiss. He just did the same thing again a couple minutes ago. I helped him get out of bed to go pee and when I put him back in bed was a little fussy at first, but then he gave me another kiss and went back to sleep. He's such a love.

The last couple of days since I got home from the hospital have been a little more strenuous than I anticipated. The pain is basically gone, but it still feels sore where the incision is. I have to be careful not to move too far or too fast so that I don't tear it, because there have been a couple of times that I felt like maybe it was opening a little bit. The stitches came out yesterday in the bathtub; hopefully that wasn't too early. Mostly, though, I'm just tired and a little uncomfortable, no big deal.

Pauline has been a little tough lately. She absolutely does not want to go to Maria's right now. I think that it's only because Lena and Zeynep, the 2 other girls her age, don't go to Maria anymore, which basically means that Pauline's alone there. Anyway, on Monday she started crying in the morning when we left the house because she wanted to say with Esther. Then she cried again in the car after we dropped off Gustav, and again at Maria's. I obviously wasn't there Tuesday to know how it went, but it was the same Wednesday and today she cried as she got out of the car at Maria's. We're already picking her up at 1 instead of 4 every day, so I don't know what else we can do. Also, when I picked Pauline up today she was wearing somebody else's pants. She apparently decided that it would be a good idea to pee in her pants, on Maria's sofa, instead of in the toilet. For the third time this week. By the time we got home she was wet again, and then she peed again in her jeans while she was in the garden. That was all just today, and I can't even tell you how many times she's done it in the past couple weeks. In a way she's worse than Gustav was, because with Gustav at least he danced around and you could tell when he had to pee. With Pauline, there's usually no indication that she has to pee until it's too late. A little frustrating. I just put a diaper on her this afternoon because I wasn't going to deal with it again. The good news is that she actually sleeps at night since she's not napping anymore. I guess that's a good consolation :)