I’m pregnant again…

Not really, but I’m up all night, not sleeping well when I do, and for the better part of the day, I have a baby attached to me. Sweet Mary Clare has really been showing her true colors lately. She is still a “good baby, but her personality has altered ever so slightly.

I spoke too soon when I bragged that she began to sleep through the night! She was up every three hours last night, not to eat, though,….she was up to just stare in the night with her “raccoon eyes,” as Mel says. Looks like I have another night owl on my hands! (Hopefully that will change; I still have time.)

As I’m typing this, she is strapped to me in the BabyBjorn, quite early I might add. The BabyBjorn “fanny pack” is a true lifesaver. Gone are the days of placing her in the bouncy seat and just watching her smile and coo for hours. Gone are the days of laying her in her crib to happily gaze at her moblie and finding her peacefully sleeping. The child is going to have abs of steel soon because she literally lifts her back and head up (sit up syle) when we sit or lay her anywhere. She loves to be upright and looking all around.

We have already been up, had breakfast, been on a walk, had tummy time, and I even tried to get her to watch cartoons…and she is still not completely satisfied. Looks like I’m going to have to cut this short as well, as she is now bored with staring at the screen, swaying from side side and listening to me read aloud. One good thing about my new night owl infant, and I learned this from McCanless, they crash in early morning. After a morning of playing, she’ll be ready for an early nap!!!

But that isn’t where the new little personality quirks end. She becomes extremely frustrated and quite impatient when she is hungry. I guess that comes from three months of being stuffed every two hours. She expects to be fed ASAP. She doesn’t cry out, she grunts and arches and literally throws a fit, kicking and swaying her arms. She HATES her meds now. She used to love her lasix and now she gags and many times throws it up, again pitching a fit. She hates to nap/sleep/lay down, and fights it every step of the way….another fit.

But for every fit she throws throughout the day, she giggles even more. She laughs often, and smiles at everyone who looks her way. She is truly a happy baby! (just a happy baby who knows what she wants)