Grandpa arrives!

My dad flew in late last night and finally got to meet his first grandchild. She has been really fussy today, up all night screaming and crying during the day mostly too. He got to hold her quietly for a little while after we went for a long walk with her in the baby wrap, really that's the only thing she consistently likes. Hopefully she behaves this week to spend some time with her grandparents before they have to leave since she won't see them again until we go back east in July.

Julie & Adrian Visit

Juan's cousins Julie, Adrian, and the girls came down to San Diego and stopped by to visit. We had a rough night last night and Callie was still in dirty pajamas when they got to our house. Callie was fussy as usual and not very cooperative for the girls to hold her but after awhile of Julie and Adrian holding and rocking her she finally fell asleep. Here they are all together.

Trying new sleeping positions

We try all day whenever Callie is sleeping to put her down. It doesn't usually last long but we are going to keep trying. I tried in the rock n play (lasted nearly an hour with constant rocking) and swaddled on her side in the bassinet (20 min max). None of these is a promising nighttime solution. Last night she was up 2 hours crying for no reason and fussy the rest of the night AND up early :(
Best sleeping solution is in the baby wrap while I walk around. Too bad I don't sleep walk.
The new natural rubber pacifier arrived today too and it's better than the rest but still she doesn't like it much. She did suck on it for 15 min and doesn't scream when it's put in her mouth do maybe she will get better with it.

Stroller ride big girl style

We were taking the dogs for a walk and thought Callie would want to go out for another walk. We are trying not to use the carseat so we set up the stroller with the snug n go support which helps hold her head and support her body (usually its in her carseat, but it's made to work in strollers too).
I had a hard time adjusting the straps and the sleepy Callie soon became the screaming Callie. It was cool out so we bundled her in a snow hat (thanks to Jess) and a warm blanket (thanks to Norma). Too bad she was so mad and didn't settle so half way around the block I took her out and carried her home. Nice try. Next time I'll get the straps sized correctly before I put her in.
The photos are out of order. End of walk with me carrying her is first. Sorry cant figure out how to switch it.

Sleeping with mommy's iPhone

A friend of ours used to vacuum all the time to get her baby to fall asleep. I vacuumed the other day and she fell asleep, BUT only while it's turned on. As soon as I turned it off she was awake.
So I tried playing vacuum noises on YouTube and it sorta worked. But again it only lasted 20 minutes because that's how long the recording was. But I knew I could do better. A quick google search found me an iPhone app that plays vacuum and other white noise for as long a you want for only $1.99! I bought it immediately.
So success? Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Its no miracle cure but in a crunch on the edge it will push towards sleep.
I use it at night when I can't get her to fall asleep and then this morning when she was up early to get her to sleep in her swing. I just put it right in there with her. This is the first time she slept in her swing (anything that's not my bed or my arms is a success to me, baby steps ok?). She slept for a little over an hour. She even woke up and went back to sleep by herself without someone holding her. I'll keep trying a little everyday until I can get her to sleep in her own bed.

Trying out the bumbo

Callie has a swing, 2 bouncy chairs, a rocking sleeper, a pack n play and a tummy comfort chair however she doesn't like any of them. She much prefers to be held of course. So even though it's early for her, since she can hold her head up pretty well we decided to try the bumbo seat. She did ok holding her head up but overall she was not a fan. In about 3 minutes she was crying. It was a nice try...,

Finding the perfect pacifier?

Callie refuses to take any pacifier. She constantly wants to nurse making me the human pacifier all day. I literally mean all day, like hours at a time. She doesn't even want to eat. She will drool out the milk or clamp down to stop the flow and just chew on the end. Needless to say I'm sore and tired of being the pacifier. She can't seem to calm herself without nursing and will scream for hours. She is an incredibly fussy baby.
So today we went to target on the pacifier hunt. I bought 4 new kinds of pacifiers and we already had 3 kids. I figured one of them had to work for her. So we opened them all and tried them out. The final result...... Drumroll.... NONE!
Here she is trailing a pacifier with GG and then before I could even click another photo spitting it out. I'll keep trying but she sure doesn't want one.
I have a special all natural rubber one from Germany being shipped in Saturday, maybe that's the one?