Poor Maddie, Poor Kacey, Poor Me

Maddie has been struggling.  She is going through big time separation anxiety.  She only wants Kacey when she gets tired or she is crabby.  Kacey has now accused me of manipulating our young child to support this premise, but in all actuality, it is just hard.  As much as I would love to convince Maddie that she needs to cry for me at night so I can get out of getting up in the middle of the night to take care of her, she doesn't seem to understand the words that are coming out of my mouth.  She stares and then cries like usual.  Only to be calmed by Kacey's angelic presence.  It is hard to believe that anyone wouldn't be calmed by my proximity, but Maddie is only soothed by Kacey being within arms reach.  It is also hard to believe that anyone would classify Kacey's presence in the middle of the night as angelic, but I am reaching a little. Just Joking Kacey...  

While it has been a long couple of weeks, I am actually hoping it will change soon, because I love it when she snuggles with me in the evening.  And believe me, she is not a snuggler most of the time, so those evenings are oh so precious.