Lost earring and low grade fever

Thursday morning, I changed Eden and saw that one of her earrings were gone. Shane somehow found it under the cushion of her bassinet, but just before he found it, I thought, I can't go through piercing her ear again. She may just have to grow up with one ear pierced. Haha. Thank goodness the earring was not lost, and we were able to tag team and get it back through her lobe with just a few tears. 

Yesterday, daycare called me at work telling me that Eden had a 101.4 temp. By the time I got the voice message, it was two hours later, and her fever was gone. Not sure what it's from, maybe a cold, maybe teething, maybe something else. But it did make her nap for almost 3 hours this morning. I got her up to eat, but she's currently snoring at my breast. I don't mind one bit. 

I did want to mention that she did wake briefly about 40 minutes into the nap to turn over and complain for a little while that she wasn't able to pick the monkeys off of her sheets. Then she put her head down and went straight back to sleep land. I love this precious little girl. I hope she gets to feeling better before too long. She not really grumpy though, so she must not be feeling too bad. :)  

Solids

So, Eden started on solids this weekend. She ate rice cereal on Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday. Now, three days in, she is opening her mouth when she sees the spoonful of food coming in her direction. She still actively spits most of the food out, but she actually seemed to eat some yesterday. And it made Shane and me so sad that our little girl is growing up. Boo. 

I started solids because she still has had a rash of crying during the night, which, Saturday night she cried for like a couple of hours through the night--so starting solids didn't really fix that. Plus, she will be 6 months in five days now. Plus, Nana and Gramdpa were here this weekend and it seemed like a cute thing to do altogether. 

I didn't give her solids on Monday, just to be sure she wasn't crying so much because of the food, but she still cried. So my official diagnosis is still the teething. Also, to seal the deal, when we give her teething tablets and Tylenol, she goes straight back to sleep and doesn't cry again. She's lying in her bassinet now sweetly talking about "bah," at 5:45 in the morning. I love that girl. She'll prob sleep another hour after this interlude. Or, rather, she would if we didn't have to take her to daycare. Ho hum. 

Naps

we love our daycare, but they're not great about naptime. i know that E is a pretty solid napper, so they kind of have no excuse with her. if she's been up for about 2 hours (it has gradually stretched from about 1 to about 2 over the course of the last 3 months), she is pretty well due for a nap.

this is what you do to put her down for a nap: you take her to her crib and put her down and walk away. she might talk to herself for a bit, but then she will sleep about an hour, sometimes an hour and a half. easy peasy!

but, of course, they usually have about 10 infants in the room and 2 teachers, so i guess it's not so easy peasy. kids often fall asleep on the rug while they're playing, and the teachers might move them to their cribs at that point, or even just leave them there. the problem with this approach is, well, pretty obvious, if kids are tired but playing, they are likely to just keep playing. so, there are days when eden will get only 2 short naps in during a 9 hour period. killer! they told me that she made her way over to the linoleum floor today (i can't believe she's able to move that much!), but instead of having a fit, she just fussed a bit and then put her head down, sucked her thumb, and fell fast asleep. it makes me feel a combination of pride (that she can sleep anywhere) and sadness (that she's so tired that she can sleep anywhere).

so, she's had a little bit of a fitful sleep this evening, but i think it's been because she's been overtired. hopefully she can catch up on some sleep this weekend.

I sometimes hold her for a while after she's fallen asleep. It is something of heaven. 

First little tooth

So, this might be why she's been waking up at night? We'll never really know, but it's just part of having a baby to keep on guessing. She is getting her first little razor-sharp tooth in her cute little gummy gums. I love her. 

She sits in this bumbo, but she bucks so much that I'm usually too nervous to use it too long. Ah well. Makes for a cute photo of our big girl. :) 

ba ba ba

as it turns out, Eden is still a thoroughly delightful child! she is just a pleasure to be around. she laughs or smiles almost every time she and I make eye contact, which makes me just want to look in her face all day long. she had been saying, "ah," and all the open mouth noises and raspberries, but yesterday, for the first time in her life, she started saying, "ba ba ba." and when I do it back to her, she thinks it's the funniest thing. I love that girl.

also, now she wakes up once or twice a night every other night or so. it feels random, but i'm sure it must not be to her. I wonder if she's ready for solids, since that's one of the signs the pediatrician said to look out for. but I don't want to yet. I don't feel ready. exclusively nursing is so much easier. but then again, she is taking about 6+ ounces 3 times at daycare, and that's a whole heck of a lot to produce/pump through my work day. I don't know if I can keep up anymore. this week, especially, my supply has taken a dip. we'll see, but solids may be in our near future.

also, I keep talking about putting her in Moses' room, but I still haven't done it. I did it this weekend at Nana and Grandpa's house, and it worked... sorta. one night, she woke up twice, and one was because of a dirty diaper. so, it was kind of a bad night's sleep. the second night was great though. huh. maybe I need to start solids and be done with this night walking (if it is definitely because she's hungry, but i'm not sure!!)

motherhood can be riddled with doubt. one second, you're super mom with everything figured out, and the next minute, baby changes things up, and you don't know what's happening! :)