Cranky, cranky baby last night. She yelled pretty consistently from about 8 pm to 10pm. I brought Sam’s picture to Roche Bros so they can airbrush it on her cake, and came home to find everyone on edge. I took her and she calmed down for five minutes, which gave me great maternal pride. My fall from grace only took five minutes when she started screaming quite nicely for me too. “Pride goeth before a fall” and all that. We never did figure out what made her scream like that. She slept for a few hours when she finally collapsed. She went from screaming at 40 miles an hour to a dead stop conked out completely. Pretty amusing if we hadn’t been conked ourselves. I understand that babies are designed to get under our skin so we pay attention, but it is still difficult emotionally when she keeps screaming and we are trying so hard to help and we have no idea other than the basics what to do to help.
Good parent advice of the day: “Babies sometimes cry to get their exercise” author: Pat Bennett.
I call these crying jags ‘gym time,’ thinking that as long as she is warm, fed, dry and cuddled, she must be getting her exercise in the only way she can. We still ask Dr. Pangburn about her crying, but I get the feeling all his new parents ask that. We have been told various remedies: have her sleep sitting up, give simethicone drops for gas, take her clothes off, hold her skin to skin and turn the lights low to reduce stimulation and soothe her. She usually likes sitting on the green ball and being bounced and sung to. Last night she really enjoyed my rendition of “Oseh Shalom.”
Her acne is pretty bad today. It is even on her earlobe and her neck. Maybe it is a heat rash? I’ll have to call Dr. Pangburn and ask today. With mom coming this morning, I may actually have a chance to take her in for someone to see her. It is too bad that her face has to be so broken out when she is in front of everyone at temple tomorrow night. Oh well, we all know she is gorgeous, acne or no. I’m looking forward to Mom’s visit! I need to sweep the front stairs and clean up outside a bit and mom can help with that. I wonder if Sam would like to be with me in her Bjorn carrier while I do rake up? The motion might help soothe her crankiness. I am starting to think of it as a title. Along with princess, she is also known as ‘her crankiness.’
There are crocuses up in the front of the house! They showed up last week in front of the house, and I took Samantha out front to look at them. She can’t see them, but I wanted to show them to her anyway. The flowers on the side of the house are coming up too, but no blossoms yet. I’ll have to plant more bulbs this fall; I really like watching them come up in the spring.
Good parent advice of the day: “Babies sometimes cry to get their exercise” author: Pat Bennett.
I call these crying jags ‘gym time,’ thinking that as long as she is warm, fed, dry and cuddled, she must be getting her exercise in the only way she can. We still ask Dr. Pangburn about her crying, but I get the feeling all his new parents ask that. We have been told various remedies: have her sleep sitting up, give simethicone drops for gas, take her clothes off, hold her skin to skin and turn the lights low to reduce stimulation and soothe her. She usually likes sitting on the green ball and being bounced and sung to. Last night she really enjoyed my rendition of “Oseh Shalom.”
Her acne is pretty bad today. It is even on her earlobe and her neck. Maybe it is a heat rash? I’ll have to call Dr. Pangburn and ask today. With mom coming this morning, I may actually have a chance to take her in for someone to see her. It is too bad that her face has to be so broken out when she is in front of everyone at temple tomorrow night. Oh well, we all know she is gorgeous, acne or no. I’m looking forward to Mom’s visit! I need to sweep the front stairs and clean up outside a bit and mom can help with that. I wonder if Sam would like to be with me in her Bjorn carrier while I do rake up? The motion might help soothe her crankiness. I am starting to think of it as a title. Along with princess, she is also known as ‘her crankiness.’
There are crocuses up in the front of the house! They showed up last week in front of the house, and I took Samantha out front to look at them. She can’t see them, but I wanted to show them to her anyway. The flowers on the side of the house are coming up too, but no blossoms yet. I’ll have to plant more bulbs this fall; I really like watching them come up in the spring.
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