One less than desirable aspect of the process is that she slobbers, a lot. I used to worry about leaving the house without diapers and such, now it's burp cloths. Most of which have had no use as burp cloths per se, seeing as how she's not much of a burper, but they are now coming into heavy use for chin cleanup.
I do wish I could get a picture of her smiling big enough to show her budding tooth, but that isn't likely so you'll have to take my word for it.
In other news, Sophie took a two hour nap in her crib this afternoon. She didn't even really fuss when I put her in there. She woke up about 40 minutes into it and tossed around a bit and then went right back to sleep. Meanwhile, I took an hour nap myself, and it was fabulous. Her in her bed, me in mine across the hall. And Neil downstairs in the basement making all the noise he wanted to without fear of waking the baby.She started sleeping on her stomach a few weeks ago. At first this terrified me, with all of the "back is best" propaganda out there for the prevention of SIDS. She has always been a side sleeper, which I didn't love, but I came to accept that babies, just like adults, must have preferred sleeping positions and that is hers. However, when she took it one step further and went all the way on to her stomach, I worried endlessly. I can't even speculate on how many times I have gone in and felt her little body to make sure she was still breathing. She can roll over both directions now, though, so short of strapping her down there's not much I can do about it.
She often sleeps propped up on her knees with her thumb in her mouth. It doesn't look that comfortable to me, but it sure is cute.
1 comment:
Great Blog! I just started a blog specifically to blog about the unintended negative consequences of the SIDS "Back to Sleep" Campaign. For the last 17 years the chair of the U.S. Task Force on SIDS has been Dr. John Kattwinkel who had a 3 day old daughter that died in 1966. Unfortunately, due to this tragedy he seems to refuse to believe that there are any negaive effects of the Back to Sleep Campaign. But, that's why there is so much "Propaganda" as you write and which I believe. Due to his own personal tragedy this Dr. has a severe case of tunnel vision and is very biased.
Here's My Blog name if your interested in reading more:
http://tummysleepcentral.blogspot.com/
Here are some facts I've found by searching the Internet:
Back sleep (aka supine sleep) is associated with social skills delays at 6 months, motor skills delays at 6 months, deformational plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome), torticollis (tightening of neck muscles), decreased sleep duration, increase sleep awakenings, increase episodes of sleep apnea (lack of oxygen), shoulder retraction, and temperomandibular jaw disorder. Stomach sleep has none of those negative effects and also helps prevent hip subluxation, increases sleep duration by 8% to 16%, decreases awakenings by 40%, decreases infant screaming episodes, and lessens colic. The SIDS prevention "Back to Sleep" campaign statistics are misleading, overstated, and not even applicable to 99% of babies. Before 1993 over 70% of American babies slept on their stomachs, 13% slept on their backs, and the rest slept on their sides. Since 1993 there has been a 500% increase in plagiocephaly as well as a huge increase in developmental delays and disorders. If a parent decides to put their infant to sleep on their stomach they should watch them first or have the baby sleep on it's own stomach on the parents chest to see that the infant is ok. Sorry for writing so much. Good Luck.
“Since the implementation of the "Back to Sleep" campaign, therapists are seeing increasing numbers of kindergarten-aged children who are unable to hold a pencil.”
Susan Syron, Pediatric Physical Therapist
“There are indications of a rapidly growing population of infants who show developmental abnormalities as a result of prolonged exposure to the supine position.”
Dr. Ralph Pelligra regarding the impact of the Back to Sleep Campaign
Dr. John Kattwinkel is in charge of advocating the Back to Sleep Campaign and will tolerate no criticism of it whatsoever. Unfortunately, I think he is biased because of his own personal tragedy.
"Why should she be a beautiful, healthy-looking girl and be dead two days later?"
Dr. John Kattwinkel on the death of his 3 day old baby daughter in 1966
"The Academy was looking for someone who didn't have an agenda. So they chose me."
Dr. John Kattwinkel on being chosen to head the 1992 American Academy on Pediatrics Task Force on SIDS Prevention
"Federal records show a dramatic decline in reported cases of SIDS, dropping from 4,895 cases in 1992 to only 2,247 in 2004, the most recent year for which complete data is available. The records reviewed by Scripps showed that cases of SIDS virtually disappeared in some states and cities over the last several years, but closer examination of the data makes it evident that thousands of those lives have not been ‘saved,’ but rather lost under another name. Coroners and medical examiners said SIDS was responsible for nearly 80 percent of all sudden infant deaths 15 years ago and only 55 percent in 2004. What increased during this time were diagnoses that CDC statisticians labeled as "threats to breathing" and ‘other ill-defined causes of mortality.’"
Bowman and Hargrove, Scripps Howard News Service
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