zeptember

This week, the father began handing off the baby to me in the mornings instead of the mother, and that made all the world of difference. The baby cried when daddy left but didn’t freak the fuck out. She settled down within minutes of his departure.

And in a complete turn around from last week, where she wanted nothing to do with me, this week she started out not wanting to be away from my arms for a minute.

By today, she exhibited willingness to be independent, and was able to scoot around on the floor or sit in her exersaucer for minutes on end without crying for me.

I’ve gotten quite the workout from this child, because when she wants to be held, she doesn’t want to just sit in my lap. No, she wants to be held in my arms, facing outwards, while I rock or bounce so she can treat me as her human bouncy swing.

Yesterday she let me use the ergo baby sling, even though it only works for the baby facing my chest. She was okay in it, and my arms got a break. And today she fell asleep in the sling so I could be hands-free during her naps.

Oh and bottle training is coming along awesomely.

Next up - try the sleep training in the crib again so I have a friggin’ break when she naps. Lunch for me this week has been non-existant or super rushed because of the high maintenance child.

We’ll get there. She’s improved leaps and bounds this week.