Tonight, twice, she cried over the dinner table…
We were not sure why? But out of a sudden, she just cried…
The first cry, I changed her carrot/potato to the normal rice cereal…
Then, she seemed happy, and ate again…
Then, we started chatting…
Then, she cried again…
Both time…
I kind of happened to notice…
We're too engrossed in our conversation (just the 2 of us) and she's kind of ignored for a while, seriously, just a while, maybe 1 minute, or 2, the most..
She's sitting in her own highchair, next to us, next to the dining table..
Both time…
The second I saw her looking at us, who're busy talking, anxiously…
The next second, she started crying…
Well, I really am not sure of the real reason why she cried,
Maybe she's sleepy (cos, I took out one of her naps, left with 1 only, as for the past 2 nights, she's been refusing to sleep, and cried for nearly 30 min, before she got tired, and fell asleep, so, today I decided to let her nap only once… well, considering both of us actually got out of the bed, as in officially getting up, pretty late)
Maybe she felt ignored… ie. here comes the separation anxiety (even when we're in front of her??)
Least likely is she doesn't like the food, though after I've changed her carrot/potato to her favourite rice cereal… she looked joyful for a while.. But then she also cried after that…
Out of three…
My guess is, she felt ignored, which… in a sense is good…
Cos, since born, she's been with us whenever we're having our dinner at home…
For some reason (maybe my own instinct) I thought I wanna train her to be with us, whenever we're having our food…
Contrary to the common practice, let the baby play alone, while the adults are eating… don't ask me why, just my instinct.. And so far baby's been coping just alright..
Mm… after I've deprived her from her sleep…
Now, as I'm writing… she's sleeping well in her own bed…
So, big mama here went on to do her online research…
Her bedtime protest has been kind of "enlarged"…, ie. more dramatic…
Again, maybe it's because of the new environment - it's been 4 nights, she's sleeping in her own bed, on the floor, maybe she's still trying to adapt to it, though I think, she's already doing very well…
Maybe simply because she's just too tired, due to the deprived nap…
Or, maybe she just doesn't want to sleep…
Cos, twice, I've tried, when she cries, in order to soothe her non-stop crying, I actually carried her (which, according to 'experts' - drgreene, babycenter, and so on, we should not do that in fact, cos, eventually, baby will learn what she can 'gain' by crying at night..)
And the moment I carried her, I could see her smiling…. Happily and brightly… (oh, so cut!! Mama surrender!!)
So.. It actually makes me think that she doesn't want to sleep yet, however, she's rubbing her eyes constantly… so, she's tired right??
Anyway, as for the past 2 nights, she cried to sleep (not that I'm using the 'cry-it-out' method, k?)..
And therefore, I followed one of my ex-colleague's advice, ie. not to let her sleep after 7pm…
This seems to work…
We'll see, for tomorrow...
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