Hands and holding

When Maddy sleeps, she sucks on her hands. I'm figuring out that she actually eats her hands - it pacifiers her some. She's constantly moving her mouth, sucking on her hands or chewing on her shirt. I haven't figured that out quite yet because that's also a cue for hunger. Hmmm.

The other thing I've noticed is that she tries to hold things. When I am feeding her, she either holds on to "me" or to the bottle. Reagan never really did that.

Maddy's like a melody

She is so active. If she is left alone too long or if she is "bored", she fusses until she's on the floor or sitting up interacting with someone. It's cute. She will play and smile the second she's put down. The best is turning on her mobile, in her bed, and watching her kick. She will kick the entire time the music is going. She just loves it.

Today, I put her on a blanket and got a bunch of the baby toys out. Some stuff she will track, others she will not. I haven't figured out which items interest her yet. Today I tried the puppets from the Baby Einstein shows.

When she gets done playing, she just starts fussing. But she LOVES to play. Second to that, she loves to sit up and watch. She would rather sit up on your lap than lay down.

Jim's birthday

Jim had a rough start to his birthday today. Maddy woke up at 3:30 am with a blow out diaper... literally. She woke up at her normal time to eat. I picked her up and went into the bedroom to change her - purposefully not waking Jim because it was his birthday. That didn't work out. I touched her diaper and it oozed poop. Ugh. It was so bad that it was up her front and back. She got a bath. He finally got back to be about 30 minutes later.

At 7:30 am, Jordan woke up and started hollering from the upstairs. She didn't feel well at all. She was sore, shaking and nauseated. Nice. He took her to the doctor. She has the flu. Even better huh?

Needless to say, it was a rough morning. We did, however, have a nice dinner of leftovers, eat some homemade cake and ice cream and chill out after the kids went to bed. At least it ended nice. :)

Reagan and sleep

Tonight is night three for Reagan to sleep with no pull up on. Woo hooo. I hope she really is trained to not pee in the middle of the night. We have hardly had any issues with that since we started potty training.

Said Hi today

Maddy said Hi today. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I swear she did.

Jordan was playing with her on my lap. She was, of course, repeating "Hi" over and over again. It was obnoxious to listen to, but after the 10th time, Maddy cooed. The coo sounded like "Hi!" in a very positive and upbeat manner.

Jordan and I both giggled like we had a great secret. It sounded real to us even though I know she probably didn't really say "Hi!"

We'll just pretend she did. :)

Mama

Madelynn is a mama's girl so far. She seems to cry if she goes to anyone but me (or Jim). I keep trying to let Reagan hold her, but she fusses every time. Tonight, I picked her up to calm her down and didn't "provide suction" for her and she started crying. I thought it was nothing at first but a fussy cry. Boy was I wrong. She went into "meltdown mode" pretty fast.

She creid so hard that shed had tears rolling down her face and was turning red and purple. Wow was all I could say. She calmed down after I sat down in the chair and let her nurse for a few minutes.

Back to normal

Today, Maddy went back to normal. She took a few bottles, took normal naps and overall seemed happier and more alert. I guess the shots effected her more than I thought they would. I was really worried for a bit, but hoped she'd get back to normal. The only bad thing is I think her new bed time is 11pm. Ugh. I hope not because I could really use some more sleep than that will allow.