Current mood: blissful
Today was not one of those happy go lucky days with Mia. Actually it started off good. She woke up in a chipper and happy mood. She even went down for a morning nap pretty good.. it wasn't until she woke from that nap did things take a turn for the worse.
I should have known it was going to be "one of those days" when she woke up from her nap screaming and crying. I comforted her and attempted to lay down with her on the guest bed. She wanted no part of that and just wanted to play, so I let her play. Over time she became moodier and moodier to the point where everything was making her whine and cry. I would chase her and play with her but the instant I stopped she would burst out crying. Sigh..... Daddy was getting the same results when he played with her too. So we decided it was nap time.
We put her in the bed with us (since Daddy and I needed a nap to) but she REFUSED to settle down and sleep. She thought it was fun game time and everytime we told her its "mimi mimi time" she would get mad, stand up and try to play again. We finally had enough and laid her down in her playpen, thats when she just lost it. She blew up so loud! The silent cry followed by the eyes piercing scream. She just was out of control. I eventually had to leave the room since I hate hearing her like that but knew there was nothing I could do. Daddy on the other hand has a better tolerance level for that sort of thing and he stuck around, however, eventually he even had to just leave the room too. She just screamed and cried and refused to sleep. After about 10 mins I couldn't take it anymore and I got her up. I KNEW it was a bad idea since I knew she would be even more tired and crankier after that long cry. I tried to cuddle her and she still blew up. She didn't want me to hold her at all. So I just put her down and let her run around. The rest of the afternoon was spent hearing her whine and cry and play. I gave her some tylonal incase teething was causing her to act up. It helped alittle but she was still moody.
It wasn't until right before bed did she get cuddly. I held her on the couch as I finished up a phone call from my Sis in Law, Lauren. She was actually being good. After my phone call I got her ready for bed and instead of just laying her down and kissing her goodnight and walking out, I decided it was time for some Mama Mia bonding time. I grabbed her blankey and sat with her on the rocking chair next to her crib in her room. I slowly rocked her and cuddled with her. I hummed quietly to the music coming from her boombox and that little angel fell asleep in my arms! I melted, it has been a good 6 or more months since she has actually fallen asleep in my arms. I was in heaven and all that stuff I had to deal with ealier in the day just melted away and all that I cared about was the warm fuzzy feeling I got inside holding my little sleeping baby in my arms. As she floated away into la-la land, the sucking sound of her sucking her two fingers grew quieter and quieter until it stopped. I slowly got up and craddled her in my arms and went to lay her down in her crib. Unfortunately I am so short I can't reach the bottom of her crib with her so she woke up as blopped her down. She rolled a bit, looked up at me and grabbed her blankey and tried to go back to sleep. I said goodnight and walked out of the room feeling like a good Mama and on cloud nine.
What a good end to a very difficult day
