Adessa - Oct 31st, 2012

Hi gorgeous!

Man, you are teething up a little storm.  You've got two very tiny, needle sharp teeth on the bottom now and MAN, do they hurt when you bite while you nurse.

Yeah.

And then you smile up at me and I have no ability to be mad or annoyed or anything at you.  Seriously, child, you are just toooooo cute for your own good.

So, update, update.

You've been rolling around a bunch now, back to front and front to back and have taken to sleeping on your tummy now.  I'm kind of relieved because you're less likely to rip out your own pacifier, cry, repeat now.  I used to have to swaddle you, with these fantastic muslin blankets, all airy and soft...but you hated being swaddled after a certain point and would worm out of them, popping your arms out like a little daisy...so finally I only swaddled one arm and you managed it, then both arms were undone and that lasted for about a week before you decided that tummy sleeping was the way to go.

Sounds good to me.

I feel like everything is going by so fast.  You're already nearly seven months!  You're getting close to sitting up, you would bounce in your bouncer all day (Ha!  The day you figured out you could bounce, you had this look of pure GLEE and shook those springs for all they were worth).  You've nearly outgrown your swing, and you've discovered that I leave you in your crib.  How dare I?

You go to sleep pretty darn well, I have to plug you with your pacifier once or twice, but for the most part, you settle right down and go to sleep.  But I can't stay in there at.all. while you're getting yourself to sleep, because you'll twist your little blondred head up to look at me, and then look at me accusingly like, hey, you're up there and...I'm DOWN HERE!!!  What the heck, woman?  It's best just to cork and run and then you just play with your scorpion and your chicken until you fall asleep.

You've been off your schedule for the past week or so.  The teething plus a combo of mastitis where I wasn't making enough milk for you, so I just pretty much let you nurse whenever you wanted.  We're paying for it now, you're waking up earlier and earlier and you're struggling to stay asleep for your whole nap.  Unfortunately, I have to let you work some of it out while I rub your back (usually while you're twisting up to look at me) until you start to calm back down and then I run away.  Then you'll fall asleep, go figure.

Sometimes, I really like feeding you in the middle of the night because you'll MAYBE fall asleep on me.  Ena was the same way.  Cranmer girls sleep in their beds, thank you very much.  Which is good.  But I miss sleepy cuddles.  Those are some of the best.

I hear you rustling in your crib a bit now, and I love going to get you because you beam that huge smile of yours.  I love your joy, baby girl.  You light up every room and can get a smile out of anyone.  You're a gift.

Love,
Momma