This stomach bug was not nice. She woke up a lot Friday night and we finally just slept on the couch together. Saturday all she wanted to do was sit on the couch and have mommy sit with her. She looked sick, she acted sick and I couldn’t help giving in to everything she wanted. Saturday night since she was still not feeling good, we were back on the couch.
Sunday she was feeling better wanting to eat and running around the house. I was glad to see her feeling better. I hate it when the kids get sick. The only probably was she had been babied for a day and a half and still expected that same treatment. I want to baby her when she is sick, but retraining her afterwards is awful! I tried to have patience with her on Sunday since she was still a not 100%, but when Monday came we were in full break the mommy habit mode. A week later she is back to her somewhat normal self. I don’t think I treat her differently than I did the boys at her age, but she has me at home since she was about seven months old. Why does she have such a mommy attachment? Is it because she is so used to me being around? Do I unconsciously treat her different since there is not another baby on the way? Is it because she is a girl? I’m sure it is a combination of all of the above. Now we just have to figure out where to go from here so we can have a healthy mother daughter relationship. One where she doesn’t feel like she has to have all the attention and I don’t feel overwhelmed by her neediness.