Sesame Street is Evil!

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Last month when we visited my parents, they mentioned (in reference to Yeled not wanting to finish breakfast) that they put his older cousin in front of Sesame Street when he has trouble with breakfast and eating becomes rather automatic.  So yesterday when Yeled didn't want to finish his grits, I waited till 9, sat him on the couch, and started spooning in the grits while we watched Sesame Street (ironically one of the same episodes we watched in Wisconsin).  At my parents, Yeled didn't really watch the program, he was too busy playing with toys and his cousin(s).  This time, I had the stereotypical zoned out toddler automatically popping his mouth open every couple minutes for another bite.  It was nice to get him to eat without a struggle.

But.

For some reason, that program turned him into a little monster for the rest of the day.  Even after a nap, he was still a grouch.  He was a grouch from 9:45 when he got tired of the TV program until he went to bed at the unheard of hour of 6 pm.  He wouldn't eat, wouldn't sit still, his attention span was completely shot, he wanted attention but didn't REALLY want attention, etc.  It was one of the most miserable days I've had with him since he was a newborn.  

So Sesame Street on TV is officially banned from the house.  Yeled can watch web-isodes with us since they're short and we can watch just as much as needed to get breakfast down, when necessary.  We're downloading full episodes to watch in fifteen to twenty minutes bursts.  I am NOT putting myself through another day like yesterday though!

*****

Prenatal this morning.  My blood pressure is still low (90/48) and blood sugar gets lower practically every time they test.  Today, WITH breakfast an hour before, mine was 79.  THAT I'm not at all happy about.  Baby needs glucose to gain weight.  Alice and I talked about the bad dreams i've been having; ridiculously over the top bad dreams about badly positioned babies and emergency c sections that go as badly wrong as possible.  We talked about how worrying through our fears is the work of being pregnant and it's fine to have the fears, as long as I can process through it before going into labor.  What we fear can slow labor down.  As far as realities, this baby is positioned just fine, is agressively head down and just as aggressively looking for more room.  I have elbows and knees pointing out at all angles regularly.  She said to start taking probiotics 3 x day and 1000 mg vitamin C to help keep down GBS.

Tags: sesame street, prenatal, grouchy, toddler, blood sugar, blood pressure, emergency, c section, emergency c section

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