The first thing Riley did when she was born was scream at the top of her lungs. At the time it was cute and reassuring – and kind of amazing how much noise such a tiny thing could make. In subsequent days it became less cute, and somewhat distessing when she would out of no where just scream and cry, sometimes all night almost inconsolably. Luckily we’re learning how to make her happy… Sage has developed a swinging\/tossing\/baby-free-fall technique that has proven very effective (though it kind of freaks me out) and the pinky finger in the mouth is always a good fall back (poor man’s pacifier). Sometimes it seems like nothing is really wrong, she’s just frustrated and needs to cry for a while… the baby book says that 90% of babies cry for an hour or more a day without any clear explanation… which makes it a bit easier to endure, but just barely. There’s something heart breaking and exhausting about a crying baby.<\/p>\n
Most of the time Riley is totally mild mannered and pleasant and wonderful to watch and play with. And the last couple nights we seem to have gotten the routine down better and she hasn’t been crying so much (thank god). We figure it’s all a learning process, on both ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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