Got My Baby Back

The title says it all, folks.

I haven't blogged in quite a while.  There hasn't been much going on around here and I'd been, quite frankly, frustrated and tired dealing with Bailey and her complete change in behavior over the last few weeks.  It was like being back in that newborn/PPD/can't-look-her-in-the-eye-because-it-might-cause-her-to-totally-freak-out state that I was in last year...crazy and awful and seemingly all-consuming.  But I think we've figured it out and we're all happier for it!

I posted about a week or so ago about how difficult a time we were having with Bailey.  She was miserable and grumpy and just generally not great to be around.  I worried that she was tired of spending so much time with me.  Then I worried that she felt like, with the daycare here, she wasn't getting enough one-on-one time with me and Scott.  Then I moved on to wondering if her latest round of shots could be causing the behavior.  I went through every single scenario trying to figure out what the heck happened to cause this complete 180 my normally sweet and happy baby.

Turns out it was a combination of teething and not enough sleep.  She's getting her molars in and it looks like she was getting more than one in at a time.  She kind of weaned herself off of her 2-nap-a-day schedule and was only taking one nap every day for about 2 hours max.  Of course she was grumpy!  I don't know why it took me so long to figure that out.  Once those teeth popped through and I got her back on her normal 2 naps a day, it seemed to solve the problem.  And now it's glaringly clear when she doesn't get enough sleep...she goes straight into tantrum mode.  Thankfully, I think I've solved the problem and I've got my happy girl back...I missed her!