Slap, Clap, & Escape

Laine was playing with a tupperware dish last week and I showed her how it could be made into a drum. I showed her how to hit it so that it would make noise. She mimicked my actions and got the noise too. The problem? That behavior has generalized. Now, everything is a drum. Her toys, her blocks, Daddy’s head... yes, Daddy’s head! Daddy gives Laine shoulder rides around the house. This last time she wiggled her legs like she was saying, “Giddy up!” and then took her right hand and whapped Daddy on top of the head three times.

I have been working with Laine to show her that she can clap and make noise. She always watched my hands in amazement when I clapped. Tuesday I got her to keep her fingers out of the way so that I could clap her hands for her. Then today when I picked her up from daycare she showed me how she could clap on her own.

Laine decided that she was going to escape the living room while I was pumping yesterday. Too bad for her that she crawls very slowly and she giggled the entire time she tried to make a break for it. She kinda made it easy for me to determine what she was up to.

Tummy Bug

Thanks to a classmate of Laine's, she acquired a tummy bug. I had to pick her up early from daycare on Friday because she wasn't keeping anything down. Saturday was the same. Sunday was much better.

Unfortunately, Daddy and I both have gotten said tummy bug. (I guess that is what we get for taking care of a sick puking baby on Friday and Saturday.) Mommy got the bug much worse than Daddy. Daddy came home from work on Tuesday to find Laine laying down in her crib and Mommy hugging the toilet. I won't give details about the rest of Mommy's evening... just know that it was not pleasant.

Today Mommy and Daddy needed to take a sick day. Daddy was feeling much better by morning but it took until 5 or 6 PM before Mommy started feeling better.

Note- I finally updated the Shutterfly. I have XMas pics up along with the rest of December and January. January was taken with my new camera!

Have I mentioned...?

Laine is able to go from a laying down position to a sitting position. It is very odd to hear her talking in the baby monitor, then turn on the camera to see her sitting up in her crib staring at the monitor with a, "Well, I'm waaaaaiiting!" look on her face.

Laine can crawl 4 inches before flopping on her tummy and out-stretching her arms. She kicks her feet and does a side-to-side rocking motion to move herself the last several inches/feet to her destination. Hey, at least she is trying.

Laine loves paper. She loves to hear it crinkle and she likes to rip it too. (I hope Daddy didn't need those paper on the floor by his desk that said H&R Block on them.) Give her a phone book and she will glady rip the pages out for you.

I've decided to cut out my 2 AM pumping session. This means I can go to bed at 10-10:30 after my last pump of the day, then get out of bed at 5:45 (in pain) to start my first pump of the day. I have done this for the past two nights and I honestly think my body does not know what to do with all this time to sleep. Both mornings I woke up at 3:30 AM thinking, "Yup, I am awake. Wide awake. This sucks." I then manage to get a 45 minute nap at some point between 4 and 5:30. But seriously, this the most sleep I've gotten in months! It feels amazing!