The Straight Jacket

Ahh, the lovely straight jacket/swaddle--this has been a two hour nap so far!

Maggie and her friends.

A little leaf nap.

I think this was Maggie's favorite field trip so far!

She loves these ribbons at school, as you can see her toes are helping her to get them as well.

Maggie has had an amazing week!! Still no teeth though, so apparently that wasn't the cause of her frustration last week. She's still chewing on everything though, and drooling a lot. I think one of the reasons she's been so happy this week is that she's finally on a sleep schedule. She had always slept through the night consistently, but her naps always varied. This week she's been taking 1-2 hour naps in the morning and afternoon. She is waking up in the middle of the night now--only once though. I've usually been up anyways since I've been rea ding the Twilight Saga books thro ugh the night f or the last t wo days (sorry about the the spaces in the text Maggie has decided to help me type a bit!). So needless to say Maggie is well rested, Mommy is not.

We've found the secret of getting her to stay asleep is actually using her swaddle. Chris had been using it at school a bit and was noticing it was really helping Maggie settle down, fall asleep, and most importantly stay asleep longer than 20-30 minutes. So, we decided to try it at home, and now were addicted.

Well since she's had such a great week we introduced a little soy back into my diet today--I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach worrying about the results, but I'm trying to stay positive. We decided if I had to do it, I might as well eat something good--unhealthy too. We opted for Burger King. Mainly because it was the only fast food place that I could get a chicken sandwich that didn't have dairy in it as well. I know, most people don't realize that almost everything has dairy in it, soy too for that matter. Anyways, we should know in 6-12 hours if she's allergic--we'll see loose mucousy stools (not so easy to differentiate on a breastfed baby I might add), fussiness, and possibly blood again in her stools as well.