We stopped using a pacifier this week, with pretty good results. She was a little more restless at night, but I think it only took 3 days to get back to mostly normal. She usually gets up once a night now and whines/cries for about 20 minutes. We generally just let her calm herself (unless we're feeling weak), and she settles down eventually. I know she'd probably sleep a little better with the pacifier, but I'm glad we've broken the habit at this point. The older she gets, the harder it has been to introduce new changes.
This is Maggie's interpretive performance expressing her feelings about bedtime:
I tried to give Maggie milk for her first time today using a bottle... that was a non-starter. But she was happy to eat the milk mixed with rice cereal. I think we just need to introduce it a little slower for her. I'm excited to stop buying formula soon!
Maggie is starting to get more separation anxiety. She was really upset when I dropped her at day care this week, which was never a big deal in the past. She's also more anxious when other people hold her. It all seems pretty normal, so I'm not too worried.
One of Jamie's co-workers got Maggie a stuffed Snoopy doll this week, and Maggie really seems to like the guy! She usually only has interest in stuffed animals for a minute or two, but she keeps going back to Snoopy. We showed her how to kiss Snoopy on the nose, and she of course tried to eat the nose (her way of kissing). Eventually she figured out how to kiss with her mouth closed! Every now and then she tries to give us a little smooch, and it melts me.
We're so happy that our friends Mike and Ashley moved back to Ann Arbor this week! We went to Zingerman's for brunch this morning, and it was wonderful and decadent! Maggie was a little sweetheart.
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| Flirting with Uncle Donut |
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