A little Korean Snack

We scoped out a local Korean Market this Saturday so that my mom could buy some staples for our house...and some food for post delivery (seaweed soup will be my main diet for a few weeks after delivery of this kid!)

While we were there, we found Allie's favorite little snack that we always have to get whenever we are at an Asian Market. I'm not even sure the name of this snack, but they are little cookie sticks with cream or icing that you can dip the cookies in. Check out that face...


Allie has been struggling lately since we tried to switch her over to her big girl bed...and since my mom has been here babying her. Honestly...it's worse than having a newborn in the house. We decided that she may still be a little young to transition to a big girl bed...especially now that she has been calling her big girl bed and bedroom, Kaiya's bed and Kaiya's room! So we've reverted back to her crib and as much of her normal nightly routine as possible. I think we tried doing too much at once.

So now that she's back in her crib - she insists that one of us stay in her room until she falls asleep. Typically she wants me, but she stays awake longer if I'm in there and here lately, I've been so exhausted that I physically don't have the energy. She's been demanding for me to rub her back...and I'm not sure where that even came from....I never used to rub her back...but I think it's her comfort to know that I'm there, even when she has her eyes closed. Since the house we are renting is older, the hardwoods creak and if she hears it creak, she'll yell out - "Mommy - don't go outside my door!"

Brad and I have both been going in at night for the past few nights and then I'll leave and Brad will stay in there with her. She goes to bed much quicker with him in there...but then she'll wake up 1-2 times during the night yelling for one of us. Since we've moved our bedroom downstairs (once my mom moved in) we have to scurry upstairs to get her. (I've asked my mom to let us go in and console her because I think her separation anxiety has to do with us.) Since I've been so tired...I've been making Brad get up - and fell totally guilty about it! But she just WON'T go back to sleep if I go up there...

So, we're at a loss and super frustrated!!! But we're going to keep pressing...so we need your thoughts and prayers!!!