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the_rckDelia's cold has been really miserable. I think it's almost completely gone now, but for a little while, she was having a lot of trouble sleeping. She kept waking up and screaming. We ended up leaving her light (on a dimmer) on just a little bit for several nights, and that helped a lot. Scott wasn't happy doing it because he was afraid we wouldn't be able to stop. I also put a pillow in with her for a couple of nights and propped her up on it. She never stayed for more than about 10 minutes, but we did get a couple of very cute pictures of her lying there with her blankets tucked around her as she sucked her thumb and twisted her hair.
She seemed to like the routine of being tucked in. I'm half considering making the pillow a permanent fixture just so we can do that. Of course, once we left her to her own devices, she'd dump all the blankets out of the crib and move the pillow so that she could sleep between it and the head of the crib, with the pillow right up against her back. As far as I can tell, the dumping stuff is more an assertion of power than a wish to be rid of the things she drops. She doesn't always drop everything, and I know she occasionally regrets the loss of her water filled sippy cup and her toys. I generally go in at night and put the sippy cup back and put a blanket over her again. Sometimes, that wakes her up, but I'm getting better at sneaking.
The hair twisting thing seems to be her comfort gesture. She always does it while she's settling down, whether she's in her crib or cuddling with one of us. It does mean that I can't put barrettes in her hair and expect them to stay more than a few minutes, and it means that there's one bit of her hair that always has pieces of whatever she's been eating in it.
Several people have commented that it's time to cut her bangs, but I really don't want to. I've got a couple of reasons for that-- The first is that I'd like to let her hair get long enough that we can part it and tuck it behind her ears. The second is that I really don't want to deal with the need for trimming. With my hand tremors, I *can't* do it myself, and I don't want to have to rely on my mother-in-law or sister-in-law. I also don't want to pay $14 to get it done by a professional (not to mention the travel involved). Scott could probably do it, but... When? Besides, if we cut Delia's hair, what's she going to have to use for self soothing?
She seemed to like the routine of being tucked in. I'm half considering making the pillow a permanent fixture just so we can do that. Of course, once we left her to her own devices, she'd dump all the blankets out of the crib and move the pillow so that she could sleep between it and the head of the crib, with the pillow right up against her back. As far as I can tell, the dumping stuff is more an assertion of power than a wish to be rid of the things she drops. She doesn't always drop everything, and I know she occasionally regrets the loss of her water filled sippy cup and her toys. I generally go in at night and put the sippy cup back and put a blanket over her again. Sometimes, that wakes her up, but I'm getting better at sneaking.
The hair twisting thing seems to be her comfort gesture. She always does it while she's settling down, whether she's in her crib or cuddling with one of us. It does mean that I can't put barrettes in her hair and expect them to stay more than a few minutes, and it means that there's one bit of her hair that always has pieces of whatever she's been eating in it.
Several people have commented that it's time to cut her bangs, but I really don't want to. I've got a couple of reasons for that-- The first is that I'd like to let her hair get long enough that we can part it and tuck it behind her ears. The second is that I really don't want to deal with the need for trimming. With my hand tremors, I *can't* do it myself, and I don't want to have to rely on my mother-in-law or sister-in-law. I also don't want to pay $14 to get it done by a professional (not to mention the travel involved). Scott could probably do it, but... When? Besides, if we cut Delia's hair, what's she going to have to use for self soothing?
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Date: 2004-12-04 01:53 pm (UTC)But then, I've only read books and taken child development classes, I don't have one of the things.
er. probably awkward word choice. *sweatdrops*
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Date: 2004-12-05 12:53 pm (UTC)Self soothing saves the parents a *lot* of work.
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Date: 2004-12-05 02:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-05 12:20 pm (UTC)