Freaky Friday

So have you ever seen that movie with Jamie Lee Curtis where she is a mom and somehow she and her daughter get "zapped" and switch bodies? I think it was called Freaky Friday. I've never seen it, but I've seen commercials. Anyhow, I'm beginning to think we have had our very own "Freaky Friday" here. You may recall that at the beginning of our time with the girls E seemed like so much work and good, old A was such an easy baby. Well, they've done a role-reversal. E has really turned into a grinning, good-natured baby - even with not a lot of sleep last night -- and A has reverted to previous E-behaviour. It's a lot of work to get her to smile, and she seems to cry for no reason quite often. I'm sure there is a reason, but we can't seem to figure it out. She doesn't need a diaper change, she's not hungry, she cries when picked up, cries when put down, cries no matter what toy we put before her. I think she is just stressed and tired, and I'm starting to relate. :-) DoT has her out for a car ride right now in an effort to get her to sleep. (She did go down for a nap this afternoon, but it was only about 40 minutes.)

Last night was not a great night for either girl. They both went to sleep at about 8 p.m., but A woke up screaming at about 9:30 and then again at 10:45, and both times was very hard to calm down. They both slept between midnight and 3 a.m., but then E woke up screaming and I never got her back down. Oh, she slept some more, but whenever I tried to put her down the screaming would start again. I finally took her downstairs (figured one of us should get some sleep, and DoT won that one) and I watched the movie 'Ghost' while I held her.

And then today, they've been tag-teaming us again. E went to sleep for her afternoon nap just fine, but A absolutely refused. Just as I put A down in her crib after finally getting her to sleep, E woke up and started to cry. *Sigh* Oh well, hopefully tonight they will both be tired out and we'll have a better night.

Today I made an appointment for the girls at the International Adoption Clinic at the Children's Hospital. They specialize in international adoptions, and so are the perfect place to take the girls to get them checked out. Hopefully they can also answer some of our questions. I also had a call from a pediatrician who we had put our name in with (thanks to C & W for the heads-up on that one!) and he is willing to take on the girls. So it is all falling into place. And this after I've heard for years about how impossible it is to get a pediatrician in Ottawa. We've lucked out. The appointment with the International Adoption Clinic means that we need to get OHIP cards for E and A pronto. We plan to take a trip into the Ministry's offices on Thursday morning.

Well, that's it for now.