Sorry...my posts have been boring and picture-free. I've just been busy chasing around my crawling babe and journaling every. single. bite. that goes into my mouth. Those 2 things alone are enough to keep a girl occupied!

I felt bad for Scout today. After church, we were invited over to a couple's house to have dinner while DH finished fixing their computer. The trouble was, Scout was WAY ready for a nap by the time church let out. She was whining and rubbing her eyes when we stopped at home to grab the baby seat, her food, and to change her diaper. I knew right then that it would probably be a mistake to go, but I didn't want to skip out - our hosts were cooking enough food for all of us and I really enjoy going over there.

Poor girl. She fell asleep during the 2 minute drive and then was pseudo-refreshed enough to play and be her normal, chipper self while we were there. She fell asleep on the way home and actually stayed asleep as I unbuckled her and carried her into the house. That is unheard of.

I laid her down at about 3:00, and then I fell asleep while watching t.v. in the recliner. I woke up when I heard Scout awake in the other room and looked at the clock and it said 6:49. "In the morning??", I thought. It took my brain a while to compute that it was indeed still Sunday and that Scout and I had slept the whole day away and were late for church.

I fed Scout and we headed out the door for church. (Well, there wasn't an actual church service - just a potluck dinner) I mingled and talked to people, but didn't eat because I had splurged a lot of my points on lunch (see food journal on the right side bar) and there was absolutely nothing there that didn't look super processed and preservative-laden.

I think Scout was feeling like I had taken her out in the middle of the night. When she had "woken up" from her nap, she wasn'y really AWAKE, she was just fussing and rooting around for boob, as if it was late-nite feeding time. Her clock was all messed up. I considered feedng her and putting her back to bed, but I knew that would be a bad idea. She'd be up at midnight, thinking it was morning. I thought about staying home, but I figured it might do her some good to get out of the house to play and see people and expend some energy so she might have a better chance at being tired and ready for bed at the right time.

I guess that was a mistake. She was not very happy around the crowd of people at the potluck. I know that people are just loving on her and being nice when they come up to her and talk to her and touch her, but I wish they would have enough sense to back off when she is obviously upset and irritated at their poking and prodding. Uughh.

While DH was holding her and some stupid person was irritating her (and thinking it was cute to keep "playing" with her even though she was freakin' crying), the lady who was standing next to me saw Scout break out into tears and screams, so she gave me a "yikes" facial expression and snickered and said, "Gees, you need to socialize that girl more!"

This comment pisses me off for a couple of reasons. 1) This is not the first time she has made a comment like this to me. 2) Umm, hello...some babies just get scared and over-stimulated in crowded situations - it does not mean that she needs to be "socialized".

I quickly replied that Scout had just woken up from a 4 hour nap and probably has her days and night mixed up and is therefore ready to go back to bed. What I WANTED to say was, "She doesn't need to be socialized, people just need to stop getting in her face."

Okay, sorry. Can you tell I have PMS?

Labels: baby sleep, general complaining