Current mood: accomplished
As you probably remember, something happened to Mia where she REFUSED to get her diaper changed and if you did pin her down to change it, she wouldn't go down without a fight. She would scream at the top of her lungs, attempt to roll over as fast as she could, cried till her little voice reached the ear piercing pitch, and flooded her face in tears. I have no clue what brought this on but it has lasted DAYS!
I was afriad it was a new stage she was going into. Each diaper change was a battle and was horrible. By the end of what should be a 2min. thing turned into 10mins and both of us were exhausted from the war we put each other through. It wasn't just me, Daddy also had his share of battles as well. NOTHING worked! We tired everything from, calm talking, singing, demanding, stern voices, distracting toys, everything.. you name it we tried it.
However now she is FINALLY going back to the baby I once knew. She still doesn't like her diaper to be changed but she is tolerating it more and more. It started yesterday. I decided to completely ignore her while I was changing her diaper. I wouldn't make any eye contact, I didn't talk to her, all I did was sing her favorite songs in a comforting voice and did my business. At first she struggled but after notcing I wasn't even lookin at her she calmed down and played alittle with whatever was around her. I thought it was a fluke but after doing this for the rest of the diaper changes throughout the day, it got better and better. Today was the big test though. I wanted to see if she would contiune to be on good behavior and what do you know.. she still is! YAY!!!
I know this is all temporary and more battles will rise in the near future... but at least I can rest and really enjoy the calm before the storm! haha
