Acting Up

Well, we figured it was bound to happen. Amelia turned a week old yesterday which is exactly when Lily started acting out. For only the second time in her life, I had to give her a spanking; she kept getting out of her bed at nap time. I had to reminder her today that she would get a spanking if she got out of bed at both nap time and bedtime. She has started ignoring us when we talk to her, throwing toys, climbing on everything, getting out of bed and generally pushing her limits and our patience. We knew this would happen as she adjusts to having Amelia in the picture, but it sure can be frustrating. We're trying to be consistent with our discipline, but that is difficult when we're tired and frustrated. We try to spend as much one-on-one time with her as possible. However, this is especially difficult for me as I have to take a lot of time to nurse and care for Amelia. I know Lily just wants our undivided attention. We both know that Lily is a fantastic child who is just trying to figure out what is going on; we're hoping she adjusts quickly and returns to her normal self soon.

Interesting (to me) side note about her getting out of bed...she gets out of bed to turn off her humidifier. She now hates to have it on. We think this is because of a scene in Finding Nemo where he tries to stop the machine in the fish tank that sounds like the humidifier and he almost gets hurt. Ever since she got the Nemo doll, she has been sleeping with it, and as soon as it's time for her to lay down, if the humidifier is on, she starts saying "oh no Nemo!" She becomes nearly hysterical if we don't turn off the humidifier. I guess this is just something she feels like she can control.