It's been a weird week, with all the rain and us having the slight sniffles. It's just enough to keep us home bound, only venturing nearby in the neighborhood and going a bit stir crazy. I have nothing specific to write about; just wanted to do a general state of the union.
- On Wednesday we went a baby sing-along in a neighborhood cafe, and Cupcake LOVED it. A few weeks ago we'd gone to check out a music "class" for babies (I have an entire rant on classes for 6 month olds, but I'll save that for another day), and she was wholly uninterested. So we went to this sing along as a lark, since it was raining and it was only 2 blocks away. Cupcake was mesmerized by the songs the entire 40 minutes, and I got to chat with some friends that had gone too. Win-win for everyone.
- We've been battling the mildest and stubbornest of colds since last week. It's just a stuffy now, that will. not. go. away. Aaaargh! Cupcake seems to be dealing fine with it, her mood is unaffected. But it's messing up her sleep, since the stuffy nose will wake her up, and force her to spit out her pacifier. All the wonderful progress we'd made a couple of weeks ago with her 1.5 hour naps? Pretty much gone. At this point we're back to rocking her to sleep. I mean, anything to get the rest her body needs.
- I might be over-dramatic, but I went ahead and called her metabolic doctor for advice on what to do. That's why they're there, right? They told me to not worry about it if she didn't have a fever, but IF she got a fever, her new L-Carnitine dosage is 2.5 ml three times a day. Man, I'm glad she doesn't take it everyday, or we'd be going through it like crazy. They also reassured me that as long as she eats something every 2.5 hours, her sugar levels should be fine. And yes, a snack of solid food does count.
- We've been having crazy naps all week because of the stuffy nose. It seems the discomfort wakes up Cupcake before her sleep cycle is finished, so she's been waking up cranky yet unwilling to go down again. I've been rocking her a lot, and it really feels like her sleep is regressing. Isn't there supposed to be an 8 month sleep regression? I really hope this is it.
- Cupcake is standing like crazy. No longer happy just chilling on her butt, she must now stand at all time or else. Which results in me having to be behind her at all times, because ma'lady hasn't figure out how to fall gracefully yet. We've gotten her foam tiles for the floor (about time), and they look wonderful, but still, must watch her closely. I have a feeling we're gonna skip crawling altogether, she's seriously ready for walking. Any minute now....
- We might be working on another tooth. There's nothing visible on her gum, but she's drooling like crazy. Will it appear soon? It'd be lovely if it could explain why she's having such disturbed sleep.
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