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We coslept, again. I finally got her to sleep after a lot of kicking and screaming. I laid her down, but of course she woke up screaming, both times. I knew if I wanted any sleep, she's have to sleep with me. Surprisingly she didn't wake up too many times. When she woke up at 7, she smiled at me and pooped. What a way to wake up. I guess she had to christen her new pink bumGenius. At least it was mostly solid and fell off into the toilet without any help. The diaper also washed up nicely when I washed diapers today. She bounced in her jumperoo for a little bit and then we had breakfast. She ate some pears and sweet potatoes, but wasn't really that hungry. I dressed her and got ready for our walk. I thought I'd try using the wrap today. I got it all ready to go and headed out. I guess I didn't wrap it tight enough because she started to slide and it was digging into my back. We didn't end up walking the whole way because it was just too painful. I also knew I couldn't just rewrap it out on the street. She was very happy though. A few people that drove by smiled and laughed when they saw her. She was kicking her feet and talking at the top of her lungs. One of the people we passed even said, "Wow! What a happy baby!" She didn't fall asleep. I guess there was just too much to look at. When we got back, she sneezed and shot snot everywhere.

I unwrapped and took my shower. Adia was playing in the bouncy seat, trying to rip the toy bar off. When I got out of the shower I saw that she had succeeded. She was chewing on it and grabbing the tag. When she dropped it, she was bent in two trying to reach it on the floor. She started fussing after I was dressed so I gave her a bottle. She fell asleep on the couch for a hour and woke up happy. Scott was up just a little bit afterwards. Adia was happy to see him and wanted to play. Scott was still sick though so he wasn't too up to playing. I did show him how much she liked to be in the wrap and got him to take pictures. It looks way more complicated than it really is.


After Adia spent some time playing on the floor and in the jumperoo, she started to get tired again. She happily laid on Scott while she drank a bottle. She then fell asleep next to him. We played Halo while she slept. She woke up with a start, but was still happy. She reached up and started playing with the cords on his pjs. She thinks they're the coolest things ever. I bet she could play with them for hours.


She then went back to playing on the floor when she did get bored with the strings. When she got fussy again, only Mommy would do. She clung to me and wouldn't let me set her down. That's when we decided to go take a walk to get the mail. I put on the wrap again and tried a different position. It was called the hug hold and Adia wasn't too thrilled by it. She does not like facing towards me, she only likes to face out. I did find out that some of my pregnancy clothes will still come in handy. I order to keep us both warm and dry while we got the mail, I grabbed my pregnancy raincoat. I put in on over the wrap and zipped it up most of the way. It worked really well except being a little short. Her toes hung out the bottom, but she didn't seem to mind. She smiled at Scott the whole way there and back. We happened to miss the torrential rain showers we got today. Just minutes after getting back in, the sky let loose again. There was even thunder. Adia wasn't phased in the least.


After another nap and more playtime, Adia went back into Mommy mode. I think she's really hit the whole separation anxiety thing. She's ok with Scott as long as I'm nearby and will even have fun with her grandmas, but it always goes back to Mommy Mommy Mommy. I think it's the biggest reason why she can no longer sleep in her crib. I don't know how we're going to overcome it, but neither of us or sleeping well lately. I thought I'd try the hip hold with her so I could get some things done while holding her. I wrapped myself and tried to put her in it. No luck, her legs aren't long enough and she kept trying to wiggle out. I guess I'm going to have to wait until she's older.

We played a little more and she fell back asleep on Scott, but not for long. When she woke up, she grabbed her bottle and put it in her mouth. She finished it and looked upset. She kept sucking on the bottle. I made her more and she grabbed that bottle too. She didn't drink much of it though. She ended up playing with Scott while I made dinner. She started to get fussy around dinnertime. Scott stripped her and she got happy once she was strapped into the high chair. I handed her her spoon and she started banging it on the tray before chewing on it. She wasn't too eager to eat though. She just wanted to stare and smile at Scott. In the process, making a huge mess with her sweet potatoes and pears. When I gave her the sippy cup, it was even more of a disaster. She'd drink a bunch and fill her mouth. Then she'd look at Scott, smile and drool it all down her chin. It did a good job of cleaning her chin, but she soaked herself. She only got upset when I cleaned her off, but cheered up the second Scott carried her into the bathroom.


Her bath started off really well. She was playing, smiling and babbling like crazy. She kept saying, "bob bob bob" so we've decided Mirror Baby's real name is Bob. She even smiles when you say it. Since she had gotten sweet potatoes in her hair, I had to wash it. Adia started crying the second I laid her back. She didn't stop until I started saying bob. Then she was all smiles again. Scott dressed her while I got a bottle ready


I can hear the ocean, I swear




showing off her fuzzy buns
After trying to get her to sleep, I gave up and let her play some more. She eventually ended up standing on Scott, smiling at me. She then went back to playing for at least a hour before getting fussy. I got her back and tried to give her the bottle, but she just arched her back. After a lot of perseverance, I got her to take it. She drank 2oz before falling asleep. She's still laying on me. I'm debating whether it's worth trying to lay her down.

Adia ended up cosleeping last night. She started off in her crib, but just as I was about to fall asleep, she woke up screaming. She woke a couple times during the night and was up bright and early at 6:30. Every time she woke up I debated changing her diaper since she was in cloth. I was so worried it would leak or feel wet against her. When I did change her this morning, she hadn't leaked and yes, she was soaked, but her skin was dry. The hemp "stuffin" had soaked it all up. I was shocked and can now totally understand why so many people spend the extra on pocket dipes. I may really have to consider them for the next baby and continue to build up my stash for Adia. If you buy them over time it doesn't seem quite so bad. Not to mention the bumGenius ones are one sized. I would need some newborn ones though since there is no way I'm having a 8+lb baby.

Adia jumped in the jumperoo, like always. I tried to take a nap on the couch. I felt exhausted and didn't know why. She didn't last too long in the jumperoo. I thought she'd pooped, but she hadn't. She was just hungry. I gave her a bottle and she dozed briefly. When she woke up she wanted to play. I snagged some breakfast while she played, but when she saw my food she wanted it too. Since I was eating applesauce, I shared. She liked my applesauce even though it's unsweetened. It does taste better than the Gerber stuff. I think she also liked eating off the big person spoon.

After some more playtime, Adia was acting tired again. I wanted to take a shower though. I showered quickly and she didn't seem to mind. Then I gave her a bottle and we fell asleep on the couch for a hour. I felt refreshed when we woke up and so did Adia. She was all smiles and wanted more playtime. We woke Scott up around 11 and after he took a shower, we played Halo. Adia was perfectly happy in the jumperoo until she did what she almost always does in the jumperoo. She started fussing and when I checked her, she had blown out the side of the cloth dipe. I had happened to use a liner, but it couldn't catch all of it. She's been going through covers lately like nobody's business. At this rate they might as well be all in ones. Scott put another diaper on her while I cleaned up the mess of the poopy one. She was very happy after that and let us beat Halo while she played on the floor.

Scott had to go into work early today and I wanted to pick up a Moby wrap before he had to work. We left early and headed to get the Moby. They only had one color, natural with UV protection. I was a little bummed that there wasn't a selection, but I was also happy to have one. We drove Scott to work and when we came home, Adia took another nap. She cried all the way home from dropping him off. I knew she was hungry and tired. I fed her and she fell asleep for another hour.


When she woke up, I thought we could try the wrap. The pictured didn't look too bad, but I couldn't believe how long and heavy it was. After a few botched attempts, I succeeded. Adia loved it from the second she was in it. We went and got the mail. When I came back I thought she'd play on the floor for a while. I was wrong, she started grabbing at me and the wrap. I wrapped us back up and thought we could go for a walk. Since it was took cold outside to walk, we headed to the mall.


I always used to get looks when Adia was in the Bijorn, but never as many as when she was in the wrap. There were some people who commented on how cute/happy/alert she was. The whole time she was kicking her feet and talking. Then there were the others who looked at me like I was an alien. Those looks came from mostly parents who had their young children with them. One of which had theirs in a stroller. You would think people in Eugene would have seen a Moby Wrap before. We're like the hippie capital. Anyway, Adia was happy and I was surprisingly comfortable, even though I hadn't retied it after taking it out of it to get her in the car. It was kinda loose which meant she was lower than I would have liked. It still didn't hurt my back though.

She cried when I took her out of it to put her back in the car. She cried most of the way home. She was happy when I took her back out because I was holding her tight again. She was rubbing her eyes so I made her another bottle and she fell asleep on the couch for another hour. While she was sleeping, I made chicken soup for Scott, who told me he might be coming home early because he was sick. She was happy when she woke up and I stripped her for dinner. She ate 3/4 jar of sweet potatoes and the remaining 2nd food pears. Well, she didn't actually eat it all. It was partially a food fight. I would be coming in with a spoonful and she'd get really excited, flail her arms and shoot food everywhere. We had a splatter painted tray and baby. She also drank out of her sippy cup and did really well. I could even hear her swallowing water. Then she had her fluoride which she happily took without spitting any out.

Bath time was very happy tonight. I added her aveeno to the bath so she had bubbles. She was fascinated by them and her cups. She kept banging cups together and smiling. Every time I tried to take a picture though, she'd move. While she was in the bath, Scott texted to let me know we could come pick him up. I got Adia out of the tub, luckily she was starting to act like she wanted out. I put on another bumGenius diaper (pink tonight) and her pjs. She was still smiling and happy. She tried to help me make her bottle and got a little confused when we headed out the door. She didn't get upset when I buckled her in, but fussed off and on the whole way there. She was happy to see Scott though. He tried to get her to drink her bottle, but she kept smiling at him and drooling milk down her chin. She was happy to see me again when I took her out of the car.


When we got in the house, I got her cuddled up on the couch for her bottle. She drank half of it, but then started smiling at me while grabbing her feet. It was obvious she didn't want to sleep. I set her on the floor and she started playing. That's when she noticed that Scott was laying on the floor nearby. She grabbed her phone and rolled towards him, trying to hand him her phone. She really wanted to play with him. She then rolled the other direction because she noticed my laptop cord. Before I knew it, I could see her little hands wrapped around it. She started smiling at me when I stole the cord back. Then she went back to her toys. She was smiling and rolling, perfectly happy. I took her back to try the bottle again when she grabbed onto Scott's arm and tried to eat his hand.


She took the bottle right away, but was still wiggling like crazy. She finished off the bottle, but still wasn't asleep. Scott made her two more ounces, but she didn't want them. She went back to wiggling. Hopefully I can get her to sleep eventually tonight.

After a rough beginning, Adia's night wasn't too bad. Scott's mom got her to sleep and Scott laid her down in the crib. She slept for a little over a hour before waking again. I tried rocking her to sleep, but it didn't work. I ended up bringing her out to the living room. She slept in my lap while I played Halo with Scott. I didn't want to risk laying her down again so we coslept. Only 5 minutes after we went to bed, Adia woke up screaming and wouldn't go back to sleep. Scott made her a bottle and I fell asleep feeding her. She woke me again around 3:30. I discovered I was sleeping on her bottle and Scott had just come to bed. I made her another bottle and she slept until 6:30.

I actually wasn't too tired when we got up. Adia went into the jumperoo and shortly thereafter I could hear her grunting. I was dreading the diaper change, but it wasn't too bad. We had breakfast afterwards. She ate sweet potatoes, but didn't eat too many. I got her dressed and set her on the floor with her toys. While I was putting on my shoes, I heard her make an odd noise and then started crying. I looked up to see pale orange puke on her bib. I took off her bib and picked her up, only to notice puke on her pants too. I stripped those off and put on another pair. Good thing my mom bought her 3 pairs of them. I set her back down to finish getting ready. I heard it again and looked over to see more puke on her bib and on the blanket. After cleaning both up, we headed out on our walk.


It was raining, again, and cold. Adia was fully bundled and wearing her new hat. I was going to put on the matching mittens, but she was using her hands to hold her chicken. I secured her rain cover and off we went. She really noticed the rain cover this time and started kicking it. Within minutes though she was asleep. She slept all the way and only woke briefy when a bus stopped next to us. The breaks squealed so loud, I jumped and so did she. She startled so much the stroller jumped, but went right back to sleep. She then slept all the way home and through ,e carrying her up the stairs. I got her, stroller and all, inside and she was still asleep. I took my shower with her still sleeping in the stroller. I could hear her babbling when I got out. She was happily playing with her chicken. She smiled when she saw me and reached out.


After a quick diaper change, Adia started fussing for a bottle. I got a bottle ready and we snuggled up on the couch. We both fell asleep for a hour. When we woke up, Scott was just getting up. Adia was smiling at me and somehow her smile got even bigger when she saw Scott. He changed her diaper and then brought her back to me. Adia and I played while he went for his run. When he came back Adia was playing on the floor while I tried to make lunch. It took me lots longer than it should have because I had to keep checking on her when she complained. Scott gave her a bottle and she dozed on the couch. When she woke up, she played on the floor while Scott and I played Halo.

It was soon time to take Scott to work. I went to change Adia's diaper before we left and the moment I unsnapped her onesie, I noticed a big problem. She had a massive blowout, in cloth, out of the cover. It was on her onesie, the outside of the cover, basically a total mess. Scott held onto her while I cleaned her up. I guess whatever made her puke also had consequences on the other end. Luckily the traffic wasn't bad and Scott got to work on time. Adia was great on the way there, but just seconds after Scott got out of the car, she was crying. When we got home and I took her out of the car, she had tears and snot running down her face. I gave her another bottle when we got in the house by laying her on the couch and propping her up. I have her the bottle and she held it while I made myself a quick snack. When I came back she was still holding it. She then dozed for a little while.


When she woke up she wanted to jump. I put her in the jumperoo and she went crazy. She was jumping and spinning so she could play with everything. I made dinner and then stripped her down to her diaper. She grabbed her spoon right away. Tonight she had sweet potatoes and 2nd foods pears. She didn't have any trouble with the pears so I'm thinking once she's finished the last two jars of sweet potatoes, we'll move onto 2nd foods. She still needs to try peas and green beans. She had a blast with her new sippy cup. I got some with detachable handles that will work on her other sippy cups. It made a ton of difference in her ability to bring the cup to her mouth and hold it there. She was using it really well until she tipped it on its side so she could chew on the handles.


On our way to the bathroom, Adia lunged for the counter. I had no idea what she was doing until I remembered I hadn't given her fluoride yet. When I picked up the bottle she smiled. She kept reaching for it. After I had it measured out and brought the syringe towards her mouth, she opened huge. She doesn't even open that big for food. She happily swallowed it. She talked to mirror baby before the bath. She had fun in the bath until I laid her down to wash her hair. She got upset, but then started grabbing my arm and smiling. I sat her back up and she played a little longer. Then she tried to use my arm to pull herself up and out of the tub. I had her wrapped in a towel, sitting in my lap until she pulled herself to standing and tried to pull herself into her bouncy seat. Since she wanted in it so bad I set her down. She started playing with the toys and trying to pull herself up. I was able to ring out the towel from the tub and throw her diaper in the pail.


Tonight is the first night she'll be in cloth at night too. She's wearing one of her new bumGenius pocket dipe. I hope I stuffed it enough. Most nights she doesn't even pee, but saves it for the morning. She wasn't happy about laying flat to get her diaper or pjs on. After getting her to the couch, she slowly drank 4oz before falling asleep. She didn't stay asleep long though. She was awake, but happy less than a hour later. I hadn't even tried to set her down yet. She wanted to play, but I made her another 2oz to get her back to sleep.


I'm hoping it's a good night. She didn't need teething tablets today, so I don't think her teeth are bothering her anymore. She does have a nasty cold though and is horribly congested.