Friday, April 17, 2009

Paybacks are Heck!

Well, I believe we are experiencing some sort of cosmic payback for the way I cried when I was a baby :P Little Amelia has some lungs on her, let me tell you! She has a really fussy period from about 4:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. everyday. During this time, she just refused to go to sleep. All she wants to do is either eat or be out of her crib so she can look around at things. The problem is that by 11:00, she (and her parents) are so tired from her crying that she's over-tired and still has trouble falling asleep. We've tried her swing, her bouncy seat, swaddled, unswaddled, burping, just about everything and nothing helps. We think she is wanted to cluster feed at 7, 9, and 11 at night, so we're trying that tonight to see if it helps her calm down. Hopefully, this fussy time will start to go away as we near that golden 8 week mark. Joe and I are getting a little frustrated that we can't even watch our T.V. shows or play our game for 30 minutes in the evenings because Millie G is crying so much :( My sister-in-law reminds me that this time will pass and soon she'll be up and around wanting to play instead of crying (thanks for the inspiration and advice Michelle :)). Until then, Joe and I will be taking lots of Advil :)

Here's some pics I snapped right after bathtime and in the bouncy seat.



2 comments:

grammie said...

Hang in there you two! Someday soon you will look back on this and see how it has made you stronger! Sounds like you are doing everything you can. I would love to come up and give you an afternoon off to do whatever you wanted to....even just to sleep!!!

Pappy V. said...

Ah Ha!!! Told you it would come back to haunt you!!! Just kidding!! Seriously, I am not a bad baby-sitter if you need some relief, maybe just a little rusty but it is just like riding a bike...right?? Be glad to spell you two for a quick outing so call. Pappy V. said it.....