Good Night

Whew, what a night. Poor baby girl is having a lot of trouble with a tooth that's coming in. I think it's been the most painful. It's her lower right cuspid(third from the middle). She took an early nap, around noon. And she usually only takes an hour nap, around 2pm; or two naps if she's up from the first one around noon, like today. But she never took a second nap. So she's tired, her tooth is hurting, and she's fighting off a runny nose/congestion. All it took was one little thing not to go her way, and it happened just after 7. She cried for most the hour. We gave her some Tylenol then some Orajel. The only thing that is a sure thing to stop the crying is to take her outside. It was too cold for her to be out for more than a couple minutes. And of course when we came in, she started crying again. Thinking that she just needs a nice rest, we took her upstairs to get her ready for bed, at 8. What a challenge that was. After we changed her diaper and put on the pj's, we decided to see if a bath would help. At first she wanted to get in with her pj's still on. But Tim was able to convince her it was okay to go in sans clothes. What a guy. She loved it! Playing, laughing, happy splashing kid. She was in there for about 45 minutes, her longest. We didn't even think of washing her; plus she'd just had a bath last night. After the bath it was a regular night. She went to bed, after some stories, without a fuss. Whew. It wasn't the screaming and crying that was getting to us. It was the frustration of not being able to console her. Even though you know better, you still feel rejected when your kid doesn't want to be held by you, or anything to do with you. Just one of those things. I guess it's supposed to prepare me for her adolescent years.

Now for some good. Aeryn is doing so well with her signing. She's even picked up on some just from the video, one's that we haven't worked on with her. One that really surprised us was 'laughing.' It's in the theme song that plays when every video starts.
I have also noticed that she knows which way is up with people/dolls and animals. When she plays with her baby dolls, she never has them head down. Today she was playing with a felt cut out of a horse the right way. She knows which keys go to the car and which goes to the house; and how to put them in. She's amazing.