| 5/3/2005 | |
| Elmo To Cookie | |
| This was another milestone day. Juliet graduated from Newborn (Elmo) to Baby (Cookie) diapers. We figured it was about time since she has been shitting herself out of outfits for a week or two now. Congraultations Juliet! Your poop will be contained once more. Julie and I seem to be getting into somewhat of a groove when it comes to the evening feeding and bed time. I started feeding her at about 6:00. She showed minimal interest in the bottle so we did miscellaneous baby activites in between minifeedings. At one point I was belching her, she was quiet, and all of a sudden she let out a blood-curdling scream. It was as if she were in pain, but I had no idea what her problem was. She even had tears in her eyes (which is unusual when she's crying unless it's really bad). I swaddled and bobbed her and she did eventually calm down, but I still have no idea what happened. After her next minifeeding she zonked. I was very surprised at this, but Hannah had her running around all day so it kinda made sense. I took advantage and put her to bed. I guess Julie had a "not so fast Bucko" attitude about this because about twenty minutes later she was screaming. Oh well, so much for early to bed. I picked her up, bobbed her a bit for calming, gave her some more of her bottle, and she zonked again. I swaddled her very tightly and put her back to bed. This time was for real. She was down and out at about 8:30. This is about her usual time, maybe a little bit early. All in all it was a pretty easy time. I may have mentioned this in the previous entry (or entries) but Julie is definitely getting easier to deal with. We seem to be in a much better groove than we have been. We also have more fun than we have had in the past. She becomes more and more responsive and "person-like" every day. We have quasi-conversations where I talk at her and she makes weird noises and faces back at me. I'm starting to reap some of the rewards of my efforts. I also seem to be the preferred put-to-bedder, which works out well for Hannah when it's the middle of the night, Julie is screaming and it's not feeding time. I guess, much as I had to learn to deal with feeding time without resorting to Hannah, Hannah is going to have to learn to deal with bed time without resorting to me. |
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