Andrea’s Weblog

Elizabeth found out how to get my attention yesterday. She started
saying the “ma ma ma ma ma” sound. Of course, I dropped everything to
go over and encourage this sound. I guess it will be awhile before she
figures out that sound is my name. I tried to get the point across by
pointing to each cat, saying the cats’ names and pointing to me and
saying mama. I think it will be a long time before this clicks.

I started the Pantley No Cry Sleep Method last week. Basically, this
entails getting into a routine that involves winding down for nap and
bedtimes. She slept for 1.25 hours this morning, so we might be making
progress. When she starts looking/acting sleepy, I take her back to our
bedroom, swaddle her in a blankie, nurse her, and put her in bed
half-way asleep. I used to have to get her real sleepy before she would
consent to being put down, but now she’s getting less picky. Since
she’s teething, I don’t have high hopes that she will be consistent.

Oh yeah… she’s teething again. Her front top teeth should be coming
through any day now. I took her to the doctor last week just to be sure
she really was teething because she kept tugging on her left ear. (The
nerves that run around the ear and teeth are somehow connected.) I
panicked when her ear was covered with scratch marks from her tugging
at it. She had all the typical teething signs: drool, irritability,
gnawing on the table, sucking her fingers, irritability, diarrhea,
irritability… While I’ll be glad when this is over, I’m scared for my
nipples–she’ll have a set of very sharp teeth.