Who is this child?
It’s been 7 days straight of non-stop whining and crying. As if a switch flipped suddenly on her birthday. What happened to my happy baby? You’d think she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders. She is only ONE! The most stressful thing in her life should be choosing which of her miniature stuffed bugs is her favorite.
I guess I never realized the difference between crying and emotions. Rylie used to just cry for food, diaper change, gas. She has feelings now. Real ones. She gets happy, sad, scared. It’s amazing to watch her so aware of everything that is going on around her and at the same time very emotional for me. I don’t want to see my baby sad, EVER.
Last week Kitty and Cooper (yes, those are our cats) got into a vicious cat fight. Rylie was terrified. She screamed and cried, it was hard to calm her down. For days after that she would point to the cats when they came around and her lip would start quivering. She just started to get used to them again, I actually got her to pet Cooper today, and then it happened again. Another cat fight, another melt down.
We’re off to the Dr. tomorrow for her 1 year appointment. Maybe he can give me some insight as to what is going on in that little head of hers. I just want my happy baby back.
