A Really Nice Day

I'm starting to think that a good portion of Raquel's mood swings are food related. My girl, not being at all overweight for her age, absolutely LOVES to eat. I've been experimenting with giving her meals and snacks at different times throughout the day, and I've started to see a very familiar pattern. She definitely does not prefer to have a few big meals. She loves to graze throughout the day. And by using the word "graze", I'm not implying that she eats like a bird. Instead, she has an insatiable appetite - another possible side effect to the medication. It can either make you really hungry, or not hungry at all.

As far as snacks and meals went today, I gave them to her before I usually do. She was happy and content all morning until around 9am (very typical) when she wanted to leave and go do something. Once we came home from a few errands, she continued to be the happiest, most playful thing for the rest of the afternoon, even taking a 2 1/2 hour nap! Today I was able to do my workout with her in the room - something that NEVER happens. She hates when I do it - don't know if it's the loud Turbo music & sirens going off or her just knowing I'm going to be somewhat unavailable for awhile. But today she did great and was all smiles. At one point, when I asked her to get out of the way, she went up to the tv and acted like she was going to turn it off, and when I said, "No!", she cracked up. I've got to say that she was genuinely messing with me at that point, and I couldn't be happier about it.

Another change is that she is really turning into a "Daddy's Girl." The hubby has been putting in long hours and works the majority of the weekends so both girls (well, the 3 of us) are typically starved for his attention once he makes it home. Raquel now wants Dad to get her to sleep at night - not me - and when she wakes in the morning, runs to HIM instead of ME! What?!! So not liking that part but at the same time, the break is kind of nice and it gives me a chance to relax and have some alone time with Gabby.

I still haven't had the blood work done, but at this point, we see Dr. Mower in a week so figure I'll just do it then. Again, he didn't stress an urgency (and because I'll use any excuse to get out of anyone's blood work), and since I've been noticing her adjusting to the medications better (I think), I'm feeling a lot more optimistic these days than when I first called him voicing my concerns. But I am really looking forward to getting his input on Tuesday morning.