EEG Scan 2

The scan was rescheduled for Friday so no sleeping for Soph on Thursday night. After picking her up from daycare, she gave up her evening nap by rolling around the bed and I did not persist. She even rolled onto my lap and gave me big smiles. Sweet. I think it was the first time she showed affection for me. I felt bad for what we were going to do to her later.

After dinner, we went to Target again to while away time till midnight and get her distracted. She was struggling to stay awake midway but eventually gave up and dozed. Since she did not take an evening nap we let her doze for half an hour till we left. Back at home, she played with her toys and knocked out at midnight again with her grab ball in her face.
dd tried to wake her at two but she would not budge. I was unconscious. At four, we woke her and turned on all the lights. I pumped and went back to sleep while dd took the first shift from 4 till 6. I woke up and took over from him. Entertaining a baby and playing with her for five hours is not easy! We even broke a house rule and watched Barney on TV. Poor Soph was struggling to stay awake and there were times when she was rubbing away at her eyes. But we are so lucky that even when she's tired she does not cry and kick up a fuss. I guess she potentially makes a good traveller. Finally everyone was awake at daybreak and we were out of things to do. I suggested bringing her for a stroll for the last hour before leaving. She stayed awake and even laughed when I did peek-a-boo with her on the ride. Such a happy-go-lucky baby.
On the car ride S was dozing off. Oh no, I could not let our efforts go to waste. I nudged her and she cried. She dozed I nudge and she cried repeatedly until we finally reached.
The scan was a terrible experience. This time the technician hooked her up while she was awake. She swaddled her tightly and stuck each probe on. Soph was wailing for help. I felt so heartbroken and helpless and could only pat and comfort her. After it was finally done, the technician tried to force feed her while she was crying. I yelled "she won't take a bottle if she's crying!" I took over her spot, holding Soph's neck in one hand and patted her with the other. I wanted to calm her down before offering her a bottle again. But she was so tired that she just dozed off to dreamland with her head still in my hand. I had to hold her head in that position for a good thirty minutes while she took the measurements. dd and I sang 'Twinkle twinkle little star' and 'Toe-knee chest-nut' the whole time. Soph did not wake up throughout. Phew! But she was having those little hyperventilating breaths from over crying.
She could not really wake up for the awake bit of the experiment because she was so tired out from crying. The scan was finally over and I removed the probes from her head. Ouch because they were stuck on with some sticky pasty stuff. I never want to do this again! I wanted to take a picture of her with wires on her head but I doubt I can bear looking at it again so I did not take it.
Soph fell asleep almost immediately once she got into the car. She continued sleeping when dd carried her into the house. It was heart wrenching to see her poor head with blobs of sticky stuff and all weak on daddy's shoulder.

We gave her a bath and packed her off to bed where she slept a good four hours.
Now we wait for the results. Still very lucky overall because Soph stayed cheery even though the times she was so tired. Proud of her!