Weird night for Melanie

I picked up Melanie a little early from daycare today, since I was downtown doing pre-employment "stuff" and got back up to the north side between 4 and 4:30. Decided I'd rather hang out with my baby than go back to work, so I headed to pick her up. When I got there, she was so fast asleep she was out of sorts when she was picked up - like hair matted, face red, couldn't figure out where she was. I caught the little monkey in the middle of some GOOD sleep! That stunk. She was out of it the whole way home -and so I put her back down when we got home. She was quiet, so I thought she was asleep, and went downstairs to do some chores; couldn't hear her on the monitor, but I went up to check on her about 5minutes later, and she was awake. Picked her up, took her downstairs, she just wanted to cuddle and suck her thumb. Okay, this is one of my favorite parts of being a mommy; I can do that! No... now that's not what she wants! So I fed her some cereal (a TON of cereal!!) and then we took a bath. She had to go to the bathroom while she was in the bathtub, and that didn't stop her. So I had a nice mess to clean up from that!! Then we played upstairs in her room for a little while; very low-key play for Mel, including a couple of books, and playing with her basket of hair bows (hence the photo). She got sleepy, and cuddly, so we hung out in her chair and tried to eat some of her bottle, and I put her down. She wanted NONE of that, screaming and crying. So I cuddled with her some more, and Daddy got home. He held her for a minute, and then he was going to go change. NO, she did NOT want to go back to Mommy. Screaming, I tell you. She finally got calmed down, took the rest of her bottle, and went to bed. She wanted to do some more cuddling (as did I) - but it seemed she couldn't get comfortable, and I would rather have her sleep than toss and turn. She was in bed by 6:30.

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So, in all, just a weird Mel night. My prediction is she's teething. When she popped her first two teeth, she would not stand to be anywhere but someone's arms. Still doesn't explain pooping in the tub though!!