Annie is 30 weeks old today! Another month birthday is just around the corner. You already heard ALL about one of the days of this week in my day in the life post. Those cranky evenings after daycare really do just wear on a person. Annie was even MORE cranky on Tuesday, and I really hadn't slept well the night before so the mood in our house was pretty dismal that day. She was really awesome on Wednesday, and Thursday and Friday we had some activities and company to distract her from being angry :) I do hope we can figure out a way to make the cranky evenings more of a rare thing... probably it will just happen as she gets older, hopefully!
This toy fresh from the freezer provided a bit of relief one evening
It made her cheeks rosy :)
There are definitely times where I just feel horrible and like I am a bad mother when Annie is super cranky in the evening. So many people I hear say that motherhood comes naturally to them, and that you pick up what every single cry means. Well... I am here to tell you that isn't always the case! While I can usually figure out in general what's wrong in Annie's world, I do not have some sense of what every single cry means or even how to fix it. I can make a pretty good guess based on factors such as when she last ate, slept, pooped, etc, but that's about it. Motherhood isn't really something that I feel has come naturally to me at all. There are times when I still think, "Wow, this is my life and my kid? Weird!" Luckily, the good times DEFINITELY far overwhelm the bad times right now!
Chomping on a cucumber with Kate
Annie has really started moving this week! If you'll recall, last weekend she started getting up on all fours and rocking - now by the end of this weekend she has progressed to doing a worm like maneuver to get a toy - she hasn't figured out that she can always move to get anywhere, but she will move a few feet in the direction of a toy if you move it - it's HILARIOUS to watch :)
This is her creeping toward a toy yesterday - you will see her technique improve in a video of her today further down in this post :)
She also has started banging things together, and holding a toy in each hand, as well as attempting to clap (but can't quite figure out how to make the noise yet). The only reason I mention these things is because, thanks to my PT sister, I know these are motor milestones :) Still no mama, but lots more dadas, and sometimes she'll repeat sounds. It also sometimes seems like she responds to her name. She really is changing every single day right now - it's so fun to watch! Oh, and the drooling and chomping on stuff also has continued, but still no tooth. EVERYONE is waiting with bated breath for that to appear :)
We started giving Annie breakfast this weekend, so she'll start it at daycare tomorrow. Hopefully that change in schedule goes okay. She seemed to LOVE bananas, and actually opened her mouth for more, versus us kind of having to trick her into opening her mouth for other food :) She's actually been doing pretty well on eating - it's just hard to know what the appropriate amount to feed is - right now she gets approximately 2oz of fruit or veggie with about a tablespoon of rice cereal mixed into it at dinner time, and when we gave her banana it was 1/2 a banana mashed up - she didn't quite finish it, but pretty close.
Sweet potatoes and green beans was her first combo meal - she ate it all!
We had an exciting weekend that started off with meeting Mindy's baby girl Abigail June! Holy moly, is it crazy to hold a 3 day old baby again. Abby was about 6lbs, 11oz when we saw her, so smaller than Annie ever was, but still - she seemed just SO TINY and fragile and I was a little nervous to hold her!! I have to admit, when I hear about people having babies now, one of the first things I feel after happiness that they had their baby and everything went well is just a sense of dread for them... because I just remember how hard those first 2 months were. There were some good parts, of course, but..... not too many, to be honest :) I again am so interested to see how that changes with the 2nd child!
Yesterday, Ben hosted a bachelor party, so he was gone from noon on Saturday until about 10am today. I am definitely much more confident when he's not around now - plus Annie really is pretty easy, especially on weekends. I had my high school girlfriends over (it was our official 10 year reunion last night too, but none of us had any interest in going since facebook pretty much took away any of the curiosity factor!) so they all had a great time seeing Annie and then we hung out on the porch after she went to bed - I think Annie definitely gives a few of my friends baby fever, especially when she's all smiles and cuteness when they see her! That's why I make sure to be EXTRA honest about the bad parts on the blog :) Gotta keep it real!
She was really loving this bag :)
Today, we went out to brunch after Ben got home, and attempted to take a walk around Lake of the Isles (we did this same outing a few months ago) but it was pretty hot and Annie started getting pissy in her stroller. It's been so long since she has gotten upset during a walk... so I'm hoping it was just because of the heat!
Loved feeling the wind in her hair!
Clearly it is time for us to use the shoulder straps too... which of course she hates!
We also went down to my parents' house for dinner and watched Annie perfect her lurching movements toward a toy :) It won't be long now before she's moving all over the place... as Liz noted as we ate dinner while Annie rolled around on a blanket. We probably won't be able to do that much longer!
Annie doing the worm
4 comments:
I too feel "this is my life, my kid?" type feelings at random times. And yesterday Mason was fussy a lot of day and I just didn't know why. He was probably tired, but sometimes it's really hard to know.
Do you ever feel like motherhood is easier for everyone else other than you? I do sometimes. Which is why I love your blog. :)
I can't believe she's nearly crawling. SO SO awesome!
A - yes, I do definitely feel that way sometimes :) Actually, my Mom & Baby group helped me to feel less like that more than anything else! Someone in that group asked me pretty much the same question a few months ago - "Do you ever feel like every other baby is better than yours?" at the time I said yes, definitely! Now I don't feel like that at all, but in the first 3 months... yes. Sorry to hear Mason had a rough day yesterday... hopefully he's more cheerful for you tonight!
I was just telling a coworker today about that "is this my kid?" feeling. I SO don't feel like The Mom most days. I have little flashes where I feel like, "hey! I'm a mom! I'm really doing this!" but most times, not so much.
I know exactly what you mean about that little feeling of dread you have for new parents. When things were really rough with Lila (those weeks where she wasn't sleeping AT ALL) I could hardly be around pregnant women because I was so overwhelmed. It was all I could do to not grab them by the shoulders and say, "what were you thinking?! Do you have any idea how hard this is going to be?!" Which would have made me a super awesome friend, of course. Thankfully that feeling has passed, mostly. It does make me wonder what my friends were thinking and feeling and not saying to me when I was pregnant!
Julie - with regards to pregnant women - ME TOO - I seriously have lost any feeling of happiness for pregnant women. I didn't even have a rough pregnancy, but I just think, well the next 7 or so months are going to be not so great, and then 2 months after the baby is born are going to be EVEN WORSE... but I try not to say those exact words out loud. As you may guess, even in person, I'm not one to sugar coat things, but I think I can at least sound excited for the person. Hopefully at least :)
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