Lucy is on a sleeping strike now. She has decided that it is WAY more fun to stay up all day and all night and get super over-tired and scream. Mommy and Daddy don't think it is so fun.
Poor little Lucy got her 2 month vaccines on Friday. I can't say enough good things about our pediatrician and the nurse. The nurse seriously had those shots over with so fast I didn't even know she had done them. Poor Lucy didn't even cry until she was finished, but she was so sad. She opened her mouth to scream but was so upset, no sound came out. She just turned bright purple and then a few seconds later, super sad screams. I was very proud of her, though - she calmed down as soon as I fed her and then took a LONG nap. She was pretty fussy for the next three days, so I know she wasn't feeling great. Poor baby.
As for her sleeping strike, we don't really know what to do at this point. She hates to be swaddled. HATES IT. She spends so much time fighting it that it almost isn't worth it to swaddle her anymore. On the other hand, when she isn't swaddled, she wakes herself up by flailing her arms. Its pretty frustrating. Last week (Feb. 2 to be exact) we had some minor success with getting her to sleep in her crib. She only did two hour stretches, but it was a start. Since then, though, she screams as soon as we put her on her back. She falls asleep fine in my arms, but the minute we lie her down, it all goes downhill. She won't sleep in her pack and play anymore, either. Sunday night we were so tired we just lugged her swing upstairs and let her sleep in it (which she hasn't done at night for about three weeks). She did pretty well, but then refused to nap in it on Monday. And her swing is the only place she will nap! Arg. That little Lucy is an enigma. Last night we let her sleep in bed with us. Not ideal, but we all got some
rest. I feel sure this saga is to be continued! :)
*I should say that I don't by any means expect Lucy to be sleeping through the night at this point. She is still a tiny baby and breastfed babies digest their food much faster than formula-fed babies. I don't want to give her formula or add anything to her food to make her sleep longer. I just would like for her to go back to having at least one fourish hour stretch of sleep.*
Lucy is still a smiling machine. She loves to smile at Andrew and she tries to mimic him when he sticks his tongue out at her. She's pretty cute! She has been sitting in her Bumbo seat for short periods of time, and still loves playing on her playmat. We think she is getting pretty close to being able to laugh! Sometimes she smiles so big and with such an open mouth it rea
lly looks like she is laughing - she just needs some sound to go with it!
The purple-face scream is awful. :(
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