February 28, 2011

Monday:

Something has been going on with Annabelle, and I think it's now changing. A few days ago, she'd been quite fussy when we put her down for both her evening nap and bedtime. She also stopped drinking as much milk. She dropped down to eating only 5-6 ounces per feeding, and sometimes, that was us really pushing and trying to get her to finish her bottle. Today and yesterday have been very different. She woke up, and 8 ounces, easy nap, another 8 ounces, another easy nap, then another 8 and a very calm evening. She did a little nap on the way home in her car seat, so to make sure she kept napping, instead of moving her out of her car seat to her bed, I simply unhitched the car seat from the base and put her car seat in her bed. She never even flinched. I turned the fan on and pulled the door almost closed. I later fed her after dinner, her usual last feeding and putting her to bed took only a little coaxing and the a binkie and swaddle. I don't know. She did start ooching backwards today. I left her on her blanket and then heard her fuss while I was helping Liam in the back and went in and she was on the tile, 2 feet back from where I left her. Maybe she was just working on this milestone? Maybe she's ready for solids soon? Maybe she's working on crawling? Teething? You never can tell with babies what is going on till they are past it. It's a year long strain of riddle after riddle.