Fussiness

     Phew, what a week! Last weekend my husband and I took our daughter down to visit with his family, approximately a 3 hour drive from home.  She kept her schedule just fine while we were there, napping and playing and eating and so forth.  We came home sunday night and she seemed very pleased to be home.  But then, babies are rarely consistent or predictable. lol This was my week...

Monday - She refused to be put down, AT ALL! If I even turned her around to set her on my lap (so I could at least sit down) she would fuss!

Tuesday - She handled being put down, but wanted me in sight at all times!  One good thing that came out of this, was that I discovered some new positions she enjoyed.  The mother of all inventions is necessity they say, and I discovered that she liked sitting in her stroller...presumably because it allowed her to sit more upright.  I tried her in my mother's antique highchair too but it wasn't quite enough support for her, even with stuffing a blanket around her. lol.

Wednesday - She fought pretty much EVERY nap, sometimes for almost an hour! I discovered that crying is super stressfull and very exhausting to listen to!  She also got tired of everything very quickly and kept wanting a different toy, a different position, a different view...also very tiring.

Thursday - She was almost back to her normal self and able to occupy herself for about 20mins at a time, but I was exhausted so I was a zombie while she was awake and slept when she slept! lol

Friday - she was back to normal and I started doing all the things I didn't have time or energy to do before! :-p

It didn't help that she didn't have a bowel movement from monday night untill saturday morning and boy, when she did it was a douzy!  Phew!  She had a stink radius!  I feel sort of like her fussiness this week is teaching her to be generally more fussy and dissatisfied with things but hey, maybe she just needs different stimulation at this stage and I haven't figured out what that is yet....she could also be teething...but man do I find crying (and particularly whinny crying) soooo irritating! Gah! It grates on my ears like nails on a chalk board!  Fortunately, she is still the cutest little goober you've ever met. :-p  Here are some pictures of my sweet peanut from times when she was momentarially satisfied. :-p

She does love her bouncy seat! :)

 

In the highchair

 

Enjoying a book with mommy

 

 

     It's been a pretty stressful week and it doesn't make it any easier that we are currently living with my mother and sister and her fussiness disrupts them too.  Sadly, she seems to be back to being dissatisfied with everything this morning and of course it is happening at the WORST time.  *sigh*  Parenting is hard enough without other people criticising how you do it.  But, I WILL praise God because she is healthy, generally happy, and a little blessing.