Samantha was up last night from 1:30 to about 3:30 screaming most of the time. If I put her down, she yelled, but if I held her she'd laugh and babble at herself, well, laugh after I gave her Motrin. Her teeth really are bothering her, I imagine. She didn't do anything projectile this morning, not yet, so I imagine her tummy is doing better. We'll see if she eats this morning. Matt was pretty sick again by yesterday afternoon, and he was up with Sam for most of the yelling, certainly awake through all of it. He's the one who actually got her to sleep at the end. I kept putting her back down last night when she had calmed down enough to start giggling. The minute I left the room, she started shrieking.

So when does the monkey wake up this morning? I walk by on my way downstairs to let Ella out at 7am, and Samantha is singing to herself. By the time Ella is done and we go back upstairs, Sam has started to yell for company.

We are all pretty tired, even Ella this morning, and it is my fervent hope that Samantha is tired too and will soon take a nap.

Two new accomplishments:
She is standing now holding onto things with just one hand and is very steady with it. I can't believe how strong she is. I think she is going to start walking really soon.
She's clearly working on the pincer grasp. She presses her thumb hard against each finger in a pattern. She looks like she's knitting or something. Then she presses her thumb to her forefinger very hard, the pincer grasp. She is able to do it willfully yet, but I noticed that when she is truly hungry, not much food ends up in her bib. She is very good at getting the food from the tray to her mouth.