Not yet! NOT YET!

I heard these screamed through tears for fifteen minutes this evening. I was trying to get Ciara into her jammies, hair brushed, story read and it to bed. Just getting the Pull-up on was a fighting match as she screamed "NOT YET!" and attempted to pull it back down. I gave in, wrapped her in a fleece blanket and rocked her until the tears stopped. Then my husband started to read the bedtime story to our older girl. The screaming started once again at full force. I was baffled. Never has this child resisted bed time like this. The usually giggles or stall tactics, sure, but screaming her head off?

I expected some behavior changes along with this new diet. I was hoping Ciara would start sleeping better, be happier and even, maybe, more social. She is sleeping better. She is still in our bed but she is not squeaking or crying during the night. We haven't had a bad dream in over a week. She's even sleeping from 8 pm to 8 am or later most days. However, she has gotten moodier. Happy one minute, screaming at her sister the next. She kicked her sister today while pretending to ignore her and color. She spent most of the afternoon screaming at her sister to stop or go away. It made for a trying day.

And the new diet? Well, we are trying our best. The directions the dietitian gave us are vague at best. Avoid all foods with more than 0.2 fructose and no candy (Sucrose, fructose). Does that mean I should avoid sucrose too? I have done tons of research but I have trouble remembering what other say is okay and what is not. Add the fact that many of the "okay" things contain more thatn 0.2 fructose according to the USDA and I am starting to think I will jst give her water for two months. And avocados, they do seem to agree on that.

I am trying to avoid wheat, even though it is a questionable one. I have looked up all sorts of gluten free bread recipes and have the shopping list ready to go. I need to go shopping anyway, there is not much here for her to eat. But we are a one car and one paycheck family. Payday is Friday. It has been five weeks since the last one. This is not a week I can just wander off to the grocery store. So I gave her half a bagel for lunch, loaded with ham. We had Shepherd's pie dinner. Peas are supposed to be okay, right? And corn? I think I managed to avoid green beans and carrots in her's. She had peas last night, too. She used to hate them. She ate them all. No runs so far so I suppose they are okay. I wish she could/would tell me if they make her hurt.

And what was the problem at bed time? I didn't give her a hooded towel, all four were in the wash. Instead she got a beach towel I dug out from the bottom of the towel pile. Apparently, Nemo was not good enough. It took 45 minutes to get that out of her.