How do you keep a Two Year awake?

Well this is a question I didn’t think that I would EVER have to ask but if from experience I do know how to keep a two year old awake.

As I wrote in my last update that Lehna was supposed to have an EEG test and she had to is sleep deprived. For those that don’t remember please read my last update to get UPDATED!

So on Wednesday night we put Lehna to bed a bit earlier and we let Lehna her sleep until Midnight. That was a mistake… just so you know. When it was time to wake her up she was NOT ready to get up and she cried and said how tired she was it was very heart breaking. So I tried to get her to do ANYTHING I suggested playing outside, going for a walk, ANYTHING, playing games… and then I suggested to go SHOPPING… she was like “yeah I want to go shopping” and so we were OFF to the store. I kept her awake in the car by singing and rolling down the window… then when we got there I made the baby walk. I didn’t want her to fall asleep in the cart and I figured that the walking would do us both good. So Lehna and I started our LONG walk around Wal-Mart.

I started off in the pharmacy department and that’s where they were stocking the shelves and I just kind of smiled as I went up and down the aisles. They didn’t really ask me anything but I have a feeling they were talking about me when I walked out of ear shot. Well we went to the pet department and there were fishes for Lehna to look at and she liked that.

We walked up every aisle at Super Wal-Mart when we went to the toy department I lingered in each aisle a lot longer b/c she REALLY liked playing with the different toys and I thought… heck it’s keeping her awake. I let her pick out some play dough and she found this stuffed big bird that she goes “I found my big bird” and she proceeded to carry that around. The more I looked at that big bird the more I noticed the big bird didn’t look like it was for sale… the biggest clue was the missing price tag, but it’s Wal-Mart so who knows… but she just loved carrying it around. So after about 2 hours I told that it was time to go b/c we had make it all the way around. I got her Dora movie and play dough… I also managed to get a toilet paper holder for our bathroom… it’s amazing the things you just don’t notice when you’re at Wal-Mart.

When we walked to the front of the store I explained to the cashier why we were out so late so she didn’t think that I was an awful parent. But you know in the 3 hours were there at Wal-Mart not ONE PERSON, sales associate, asked us if we needed any help finding anything… strange hua… that’s customer service for you. Well we went in the arcade for about an hour after walking around so that’s why it took 3 hours. She loved playing on the bob the builder ride she kept asking to go on that a couple of times. We played every game there a couple of times. If Tait would have come I’m sure he would have gotten her a toy in the crane game b/c she kind of stared at that for awhile and I know that I wouldn’t have been successful so I didn’t try.

So we got home and I turned on the TV Louder then normal. The Dora movie was a dancing movie so I made Lehna get up and dance every time it came on so she wouldn’t get tired sitting. We played with play dough and just had a good time playing.

About 4 a.m I woke Tait up and told him to get a shower and stuff b/c we had to feed Lehna. So we were going to go to Bob Evans or Steak N Shake so we could get her fed. We left our house about 5:30 and this was probably the HARDEST part about the whole thing was the car trip. Lehna kept trying to fall asleep I rolled down the windows and she just tried to doze off. It was VERY difficult. We got to Bob Evans and they didn’t open until 6 a.m so we kind of wondered around the parking lot still keeping Lehna moving… the poor baby she was so tired. Well after breakfast we went to the clinic.

We were early but that was okay b/c the tech was early also and invited us back early and that was WONDERFUL. So we got back and the lady asked when Lehna slept last and I told her we got her up and midnight and we have been up since then. She gave us sympathy and told us this should go really fast then. The setting up probably took the longest b/c they had to put these probes on her head with this gue and Lehna wasn’t so excited about that… but I sat next to her and just told her to close her eyes. She fell asleep as soon as they turned off the lights.

The tech didn’t say one word to me during the test UNTIL I broke out my book to read then the lady was ALLLLL TALKY. She explained what the different waves meant and that was pretty neat. And she said that from the test (she isn’t a doctor) but she said it looked normal to her. They did a strobe test where they flashed a strobe test for a couple of seconds.

We got home about 8:30 a.m and Lehna was put in the bed and she didn’t move… she was so tired. Tait went onto work and I slept. Lehna woke up at 10:30 and asked if she could get up and I told her that that was fine but I was going to stay here and lay down. Lehna and I both feel back to sleep… we both woke up at 2:30 p.m.

After a couple of days we did hear back from the doctor after I had to CALL THEM FOR THE RESULTS and the tech was right she is normal. The plan now is to wait and see. This isn’t very fun… I mean I hate the thought that we have to witness another seizure I mean I didn’t see the big one and I don’t want too… just hearing about it was scary enough. So that’s Lehna’s health update. It’s good she’s normal but still frustrating that there’s no other news.

As for update for everyone…

Maya is up on all four trying to crawl… she hasn’t managed to figure it out but I figure in the next week or so she’ll be mobile. She’s already rocking and kind of jumping on all fours when you put her on her tummy on the floor. She is also eating solid food and not liking it too much. I mean it doesn’t look too good to me and Maya makes the FUNNIEST faces when she eats it. She’s getting way too big way too fast. I just want her to be a baby… not be mobile but just let me cuddle her and not grow up. (sigh) I guess that’s not going to happen but still…

Tait and I well we are still pretty boring… nothing really happening right now… I mean besides the normal stuff. Work, Home, Sleep, Repeat. Pretty exciting.

I hope to have pictures next update… have a Good Friday!