Thanksgiving was really chill for 2011. We spent it again with the Scottorn family. It's so nice because Melissa also has a newborn - Karynn who is exactly 3 weeks older than Sydney. We hung out at their place all day. We enjoyed ham, potatoes, rolls, green bean casserole and cheesecake. We watched "the persuit of happyness" and "family man"
Sydney did fairly well. We stuck to her routine and she took two good naps. We also braved Black Friday because I wanted to price match diapers from Babies R Us to Walmart. We go to Walmat at 9:40 pm and it was already packed. Luckely we were going only for dipaers, wipes and some small stuff so we were out in 45 minutes. We got home at 10:40 pm
Sydney has been really rough the last week or so - mostly just at night. She sleeps great during the day and follows her routine like a dream but man after 7 pm she just cries and will not go down. We think she has gas issues and we have been to the ER twice because she won't poop for more than 30 hours. We have switched her formula and they think that might be it but it's been almost two weeks since we have changed it. It's been really hard to not want to quit with the routine but she does sooo good during the day. We will try to take her bedtime up because maybe she is just too tired. We will keep going at it :)
Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child says that babies peak at their fussiest between 6-8 weeks and then calm back down because their brain chemistry is regulating and they don't know how to cope with all that internal activity. I found the same night time fussiness to be distressing with Addison but felt better doing some research and reading that book. Just a thought...wish you were closer so you could borrow a copy. Good luck - it gets easier!
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