Isis is starting to develop a bald spot on the back of her head, but its no wonder. She slept for 11 hours last night!! This does not mean 11 hours with a couple of feedings in there. 11 hours straight!!
She won't let us put her on her tummy to sleep. If we put her on her side, she just rolls to her back. She won't let me "wear" her in a sling. She absolutely loathes "tummy time." She just spends a lot of time on her back, so her baby pattern baldness will continue.
We are getting a lot better at not feeling like ogres when we leave her to cry or play by herself in her crib. She taught us this. We read so many different things. I was worried that if we let her cry we would be teaching her helplessness. But, then we noticed something important. We would put her down for bedtime and she would cry. If we went in and picked her up, she would cry for hours and be inconsolable. If we left her there to cry a bit, she went to sleep and slept for hours and was happier in the morning. I hate to hear her cry, but the smiles when she wakes up make me a believer.
She is starting to cry just to see us too. She will cry for a while in her crib and when we peek over the side she looks at us and grins. She just wants to know we're there. It is getting better like everyone said it would. We are getting close to three months and now I am starting to feel like a person. Its not great. She still screams a lot and it is really trying to take her anywhere. But, I feel like this too will pass. I just would like the teething thing to wait as long as possible.
