"That which does not kill you will make you strong" is my new motto. I like to think I have a lot of patience with my daughter, but it has been tested more recently. New activity has arisen which is really testing my patience. Let me review for you; She just turned one on June 27 and in the past month these events have occurred: Crawling, pulling up, getting into EVERYTHING, mini tantrums, eating all real food and not being sure what she likes and dislikes. She has discovered the cat food and water, and now three times has managed to throw it around the kitchen and dump water on herself. She has been the best baby at night because I could get her calm and relaxed and then just put her in her crib and she would go to sleep. The past three nights, she screams unless we hold her till she is sound asleep. She is cutting multiple teeth at a time and loves to bite only mommy's shoulder. I think it is funny how badly we want our kids to crawl and walk, and then when they do we are kicking ourselves ;)
On a positive note, when attended her one year check up last week. The timing was awful since it occurred during prime nap time, so naturally she was not pleased. The short conversation I got with her doctor was about dealing with behavior. His advice to me about the biting and tantrums were to say "No biting" and to sit her down and leave the room. So far it has worked okay, I have not been bitten in four days, which my should loves. She was on liquid gold (aka Nutramgen) and now is on Lactaid 2% Milk which is MUCH CHEAPER! whoo!! On the downside she got four shots, which is always more painful for me rather than her.
As any milestone, I realize you have to roll with the change, which I am doing. It just takes a little adjusting and it scares me a little for the future. I was the child who responded to my mom telling me to go into timeout by saying, " Make me!!". I think I was so defiant at one point she took me to a child shrink, ha ha! So I worry about her inheriting that side of me, but my husband was no picnic as a young adult so I worry about that too. I am going back to work next week which I know will add more stress and change, but hopefully it will run smoother than I envision it. My parents adore my baby and she adores them and they are my daycare. God bless them!
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