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Poor Mina had a tough start of the night yesterday. He was just odd in the bath, and not interested in coloring with her tub crayons which have been OH MY GOD THE BEST THING EVAH since we gave them to her. She fought me to get a diaper on and start to get into her PJs after her bath, so I just let her run around shirtless for a while. She was so freaking worked up, like a building anxiety attack with the start of hyperventolating and all of that. Maybe normal toddler stuff? Maybe she may be more likely to suffer from this kind of stress reaction since her Mom did (worst of it in high school, though it never required medication). Poor muffin.
I was able to calm her down, and cheer her up by putting her PJ shirt on her toy rabbit, then taking it off and letting her put it on herself (with some help). Then we picked out another shirt of hers to put on her bunny. She thought it was hilarious.
The rest of the bedtime routine was nice, but still odd. She was exhausted but just kept fighting, fighting to sleep. She clearly needed some time/love from Mom, so I spent an extra half hour in there. She woke up crazy/confused/sad/needy around 1 AM and we brought her into our bed, where after some time to get her settled, she spent the rest of the night.
She has actually been doing quite well at night! No more overnight bottles! We've moved to only 6 oz of milk before bed. A couple of nights ago we gave her a cup instead of the baby bottle, and she took to it. 2 nights in a row now, she'd drunk the cup of milk. We brush her teeth, read some books, sing some songs/dance/rock, and put her in bed. We sit and hold her hand a bit and rub her back or belly and continue to sing/talk. When the time seems right, we tell her we love her, goodnight, and we walk out. She will scream for less than a minute most nights, but then she settles into bed to sleep. She has been sleeping through the whole night, and waking up around 5 or 6 am. If she wakes up super early we try and settle her back to sleep snuggling with us in our bed, and we'll usually get another hour out of her.
Something is definitely going on. Maybe it is back to school transition? Her routine is the same, but we had that break over vacation, and there have been changes around her in school (new paint, new supplies, the vibe of a new school year). Growth spurt? Coming down with another cold?
Her rash seems to be getting better. Still there, but not as enflamed.
She starts swimming lessons with me on Monday: 8 weeks at the Woburn YMCA. Their schedule just worked out better than the one in Waltham, and hopefully we will see G and I there too.
She starts Saturday dance class on the 21st. Just crazy!
I was able to calm her down, and cheer her up by putting her PJ shirt on her toy rabbit, then taking it off and letting her put it on herself (with some help). Then we picked out another shirt of hers to put on her bunny. She thought it was hilarious.
The rest of the bedtime routine was nice, but still odd. She was exhausted but just kept fighting, fighting to sleep. She clearly needed some time/love from Mom, so I spent an extra half hour in there. She woke up crazy/confused/sad/needy around 1 AM and we brought her into our bed, where after some time to get her settled, she spent the rest of the night.
She has actually been doing quite well at night! No more overnight bottles! We've moved to only 6 oz of milk before bed. A couple of nights ago we gave her a cup instead of the baby bottle, and she took to it. 2 nights in a row now, she'd drunk the cup of milk. We brush her teeth, read some books, sing some songs/dance/rock, and put her in bed. We sit and hold her hand a bit and rub her back or belly and continue to sing/talk. When the time seems right, we tell her we love her, goodnight, and we walk out. She will scream for less than a minute most nights, but then she settles into bed to sleep. She has been sleeping through the whole night, and waking up around 5 or 6 am. If she wakes up super early we try and settle her back to sleep snuggling with us in our bed, and we'll usually get another hour out of her.
Something is definitely going on. Maybe it is back to school transition? Her routine is the same, but we had that break over vacation, and there have been changes around her in school (new paint, new supplies, the vibe of a new school year). Growth spurt? Coming down with another cold?
Her rash seems to be getting better. Still there, but not as enflamed.
She starts swimming lessons with me on Monday: 8 weeks at the Woburn YMCA. Their schedule just worked out better than the one in Waltham, and hopefully we will see G and I there too.
She starts Saturday dance class on the 21st. Just crazy!
