June 15, 2011

Wednesday:

I finally managed to get out of the house today to get to the grocery store. I was assuming Annabelle would nap in the wrap the whole time and that wouldn't be a big deal. It seems though, today, more people than usual stopped to ooo and aahh at her, which kept her awake, leading to a very cranky baby come time to eat again at home and nap. It was about a 30 minute ordeal trying to get her drink her bottle, and a lot of that was filled with crying and squirming. She will scream, and then ravenously go to the bottle and drink a few drinks, and then stop and scream again. I really was proud for keeping my patience and tried to connect with what was going on to try and help her. After a while, I figured out that the nipple of the bottle was letting milk out too fast for her. It's such a difference between her and Liam, it's hard to remember to examine those things. With him, the faster the better, he would just gulp it down. Not her. Any amount of dripping of milk from the bottle is too much for her. I wonder why that is. In the back of my mind, I start to think that it could be due to the trauma she may have had directly after she was born, with the suctioning, tubes, etc. When I think that, it makes sense, and it really makes my heart break for her. Either way, she just needs to take some things, a little slower and gentler. I can do that as her Mom.