Something is Up With Baby Girl
If I didn’t know my baby and the blue of her eyes and every freckle on her arms and legs, I would say that maybe this baby in my house isn’t my baby. Maybe Blue Eyes was with her at the grocery store and when he wasn’t looking, Baby Girl switched places with another baby in a nearby cart, just for fun, to see what would happen, because the baby in our house is so different from the baby we know.
Baby Girl is a very good natured baby, laid back and pleasant and full of smiles and blown kisses. When she wakes up in the morning, she talks to herself in her crib, sweet sounds and little giggles, giving us a little extra sleep. She’s happy going out or staying home and when she is tired, she falls asleep easily, on her own.
Since Friday, when Baby Girl is at home, she is fussy and upset and crying most of the time. Nothing makes her happy. She doesn’t want to play with her toys and she doesn’t want to be held. All she wants to do is go outside. And when she is on a walk or at the store or somewhere outside, she is our old Baby Girl again, as happy as can be. When she gets home, she starts crying again.
She doesn’t seem to be sick or uncomfortable, especially since she is fine when she is outside. The only think I can think of is that she is getting more aware and she is very aware that she likes outside better and she is letting us know. But what can we do with that? We’ve tried playing with her more, giving her more attention and giving her more baths when we are home. (She loves baths!) But nothing works for more than a few minutes. We tried making extra trips and taking extra walks in the stroller, but we can’t do that all the time. We’ve tried letting her cry it out, but, do you know how big our house is? About as big as Baby Girl’s cry. When Baby Girl is crying like this, it affects everyone and everything that is normal stops.
Have ya’ll seen something like this with your kids? Any ideas?
I am still learning but what I have learned is that babies are so inconsistent and just when you feel like you have it down, they change. It is good that she can be pacified with some activities. Just do those as much as you can and the other times love and hug her because my bet would be that soon enough she will not be crying like this, but she will be doing something else that perplexes you!