A friend asked me recently if I missed the days shortly after we brought Hadley home when she was so little and new and I quickly responded that, no, I didn't miss that because as she learns more things and is able to do more, it is really exciting and fun and I am just trying to enjoy each stage. It's been fun seeing her try to crawl and talk and sit up but the last week or two have been somewhat difficult.
As she tries to crawl, she's figured out how to push off with her legs, but she still hasn't put that together with moving her arms forward so sometimes she falls right on her face. I really don't know of any way I can keep that from happening, but I hate to see her cry. I just try to keep her away from the legs of the coffee table or anything else hard...but there's not much I can do about the floor.
She's also figured out how to push herself up from a crawling position up to a sitting position. She's pretty good at sitting on her own but every now and then she will still fall over. Because of this, I get so nervous when I see that she's pushed herself up to sitting and I run over to sit next to her so I can catch her if I need to, but she's still fallen over a couple times and bonked her head on the floor. I know it's all part of what happens as she figures out how to do things, but man, do I feel so bad when she hurts herself!
This week we've had a couple days where she has just been SO fussy. She's usually such a happy baby so I have no idea what's had her so out of sorts. I'd try putting her in her Jumperoo or on the floor so she can crawl or in her swing and she just starts fussing or flat out cries with everything. She calms down when one of us holds her in our lap, but even then she'll start crying after a few minutes sometimes. She doesn't have a fever and she still doesn't have teeth coming in as far as I can tell, so the only thing I can figure is that she's just been getting tired more often and needs more sleep during the day. Maybe it's a growth spurt? Whatever it is, I hope it passes quickly.
