Screaming Meemee!
Sydney has taken to screaming at the top of her lungs now when she is tired or hungry. No tears. Just very high pitched screaming. The thought that has ran through my mind: "Is it too soon to say, 'No no?' " Can she understand at such a young age that screaming until mommy either has a headache or produces a bottle is not the right way to communicate?
We are still sleeping 10-12 hours a night, which is awesome, so I guess I can't complain too much. She's such a good, quiet baby... except for the screaming.
Eating is going well. But, I think she is either losing weight or just getting taller. Her diapers seem a lot looser than they did last week and her clothes are fitting different. She is still in some 3-6 months clothing and a week ago, it was getting too small. She is not a big fan of fruits but loves her veggies! Her favorite is creamed spinach.
We worked in the yard this weekend. Aunt Sheri came over on Sunday so that I could pay attention to the stones that we were putting in the flowerbed. It's going slowly but hopefully, this weekend, we will finish. Sydney is going with her grandparents this weekend to Oklahoma City again. She will be gone tomorrow night through Sunday. There will be tears (from me), but it's good for both of us. She loves spending time with her grandparents and last time, when I came to pick her up, she just kind of looked at me like "oh, yeah, there you are."
Two weeks till Mother's Day! I can't wait.
Daycare starts Monday. I've noticed that she has a little bit of stranger anxiety so I hope that passes quickly, for both our sakes. I don't think I could imagine her crying for very long. I'd have to just pull her out and strap her to my back and take her everywhere. But, this will be good for her, to be with other kids and interact. She will be going three days a week and staying with grandma the other two. I had her here with me at the office yesterday and I got zilch done, but I loved having her here. She's going to a Tutor Time. It's a gorgeous facility. They have the cameras where I can watch her all day if I wanted to and they scan the thumbprint of whoever is picking her up. You have to scan your thumb to even get in the building.
Something I Want to Try:
I've noticed lately that with all the new, "all natural" bath products for kids, I have come to not like the smell of Johnson's Baby Lotion. I used to love it so much and now, it just smells weird to me. There is a new product out though that I am dying to try. It's a product line called "Noodle & Boo" (Buy Direct).
I am going to try and order some. If anyone has tried it, let me know!
Something I Love:
Her jumparoo (Buy Direct) is still my favorite toy. She has really taken to it and will jump in it up to 30 minutes. She laughs and smiles the whole time she is playing in it.
Must Have Product of the Week:
But, my MUST HAVE product of the week is her playmat. It's the Gymini Super Deluxe Light and Music Tiny Love (Buy Direct) and it is awesome! I replaced her old one with this one when grandma bought one for her house. I have never seen a child so in love with something before. She would play on it for hours if we let her.
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It’s not nessessary for you to use the word no. Sydney has been setting a pattern and you have been following it she screams and you do everything to make her happy so she will stop. This pattern is better stopped now then later and believe me she wont grow out of this, it will continue in one form or another right into her teens. What you can do is when ever she screams put her in her crib, play pen,car seat anywhere that she is safely left alone and you leave the room or at least leave her line of vision. She will soon learn that her screaming doesnt get her anything but left alone. It will take a couple of weeks depending how long you have been letting her get away with it,but i promise she will stop as long as you stick to it she will learn she cant pull the screaming with mommy. It’s also important that you dont give in to giving her a bottle or food when she is upset as you stated at the beginning her screaming give mom a headach and her a bottle. If she is rewarded with food when shes upset she will soon figure that food is comfort and its a very unhealthy habit that so many adults have all it bring us is obesity and not happiness. Good luck
Sorry, no screaming advice. You may try looking at “The Baby Book” by Dr. Sears for some good tips (or check out askdrsears.com- they have some great articles posted there).
Natural baby products are really nice because I feel the fewer chemicals against a baby (or adults!) can’t be a bad thing. The worry wart inside me always worries that in our life time they will decide that deoderant, chemicals in disposable diapers or chemicals in everyday things will be shown to cause cancer. You never know, right? Lots of things used to be thought of as perfectly safe (asbestos) but now we all know better. Things like bath care products I don’t tend to stress much about but I do think about it. I have a good supply of Burts’ Bees, California Baby and other products I pick up at the natural food store.
ABout the size…my breastfed son was at his peak in the 90% for weight and 95% for height. He hit those around 2 months. At 9 months he was 25% for weight and 75% for height and he has stayed in those parameters ever since then, and he is almost 4. I think that you will start to see genetics kicking in soon- tall, skinny parents tend to have tally, skinny children (and your sizes as kids really play a role too).
There will be new challenges all the time. Good luck and just roll with it. Remember, everything is just a phase! They grow out of them.
SHE IS SOOOOOOO FRIGGEN CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!