But tonight is not the night for it! Last night was pure teething hell. Olivia has had a bit of a cough, the best we can figure it's due to molars coming in and causing excessive drooling. Anyway, nursed her to sleep as usual at 8pm. She started coughing in her sleep and wound up throwing up a bit. Woke up, of course, and I cleaned her up. Went to nurse her back to sleep and she bites me!
Ok. Play for a bit? Change diaper? Read a book? She keeps making the sign for "nursies", then goes to latch on and bites me again. This goes on for hours.
Oh and Josh is at work, so I'm going it alone.
After many exasperated hours, I get her to sleep by walking her around the living room until she is so exhausted she falls asleep in my arms. She then is able to nurse twice that night in bed with no issue. But it was 10:45 when we finally got into bed. I don't know what happened, but I felt like I didn't have any other tools in my toolbox to get her to go to sleep. And that sucked.
Today, I began realizing the sign for nursies can also mean she is hungry for food, and doesn't want to nurse at all. So, she only nursed a few times today, and wound up taking one two-hour long nap (as opposed to two one hour naps).
She's in bed now, it's 7pm. I am unsure of what the night will hold... and I am not getting too excited! I will update very soon with birthday pics and stories, because my little girl is ONE! (Don't get me started, I need to save my energy should Olivia wake up for a wee hours party tonight)
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