Trying to get back in the groove

Since we have been home we have been having quite a few misses. I went to my mom's Sunday and stayed the night and then came home late last night. We had lots of misses over night there. I think I was just absolutely exhausted and was having a really hard time waking up. I am still trying to catch up on sleep but Sammy still isn't sleeping as much as she used to at night. She has gotten a little better; waking up about every 3 hours. But oh how I miss that good 6 hour stretch.

Her bottom gums are starting to get a little swollen and mushier. Not sure what that means but she has been incredibly fussy today! It could be that she has gotten used to being held all day long from last week or she is teething. Not sure which or if its both but little bit is throwing icky tantrums left and right. It has been a pretty hard day today to say the least. Thankfully she finally settled down and I nursed her to sleep for her afternoon nap.

Hmmm, now that I think about it I  have heard other EC moms say that they start having more misses when teeth are coming in. i wonder if that could be why. I have also heard that some babies don't like laying down when they are teething... maybe! We shall see.

So that's my day, how is yours?

Attitude

Notice her middle finger!

The other day I was working on sewing a new mei tai wrap for Sammy and I can't do so while holding her. So I put her in her Bumbo for the first time. She doesn't have perfect head control but she can hold her head up for a while so I placed her in front of me so she could watch what I was doing... but this wasn't good enough for little Sammy. She wasn't having it and decided to tell me all about it. She threw her first fit! It was pretty funny to watch. I know some people don't believe in letting your children cry especially at such a young age, but I do. It was very evident that she was just pissed that I wasn't holding her. She has recently started doing that. But this wasn't just a way of communicating her want this was a cry that was to make her desires known in a very selfish way! I could see that oh so lovely selfish flesh rising up in her yelling at me, "You will serve me and my desires or you will pay." Fortunately I am not so easily swayed, plus I love her way too much to let that rule me. So instead of picking her up... I took pictures.

Chris keeps saying that the Lord equates us like babies which makes me laugh. Its true! We freak out and think the world is caving in in us while God knows it isn't and that we are just fine. That's why I can laugh at my beautiful naive daughter who thinks that she MUST be held in that moment. I know that she is fine and there is absolutely nothing wrong. She was fed, dry, awake, and happy until she was placed in the Bumbo. So I let her cry and continued on with my sewing until she became happy again. Then I picked her up and snuggled her! I love my daughter very much and will train her in the way she should go so that when she is older she will not depart from truth.