Bump in the Night

It's creepy, it's spooky, it's Halloween time! On Saturday we are going to our friends Matt & Kelley Schuler's house for a Halloween party. We are going as a family of garden gnomes. Is it the cutest costume idea ever? Probably not. In fact, I stole the idea from a 3 year old we saw last year while handing out candy at JD & Stacey's house. BUT, this is the family version, and I am making most of the costumes.

Anna is teething like crazy lately and a bit crabby for two-three days at a time, then seems happy for a few days before turning into a mini-monster again. Poor kid. I feel so bad for her, but I hope that first tooth starts to show itself soon. I can feel it if Anna lets me.

Anna has also been crying in her sleep. This is an incredibly creepy and eerie thing to watch. It started three nights ago, but when I think back I think it was happening back in WI too. At first I thought it was just her teeth bothering her. Now as I've witnessed it, she will be sleeping fine for a couple of hours. Then she will start to pout or whimper, if I let it go long enough or if something happens in her sleep, it will quickly turn into a full out scream. Two nights ago it was a full out scream and when I picked her up (later found out a HUGE NO NO) she was thrashing in my arms and I had to lay her back down so I wouldn't drop her. These apparently are called night terrors. Babies start to feel seperation anxiety and stranger danger, and have bad dreams about a vision that mommy or dadddy are leaving them. When I look in on her, Anna's eyes are shut but she seems very awake. I thought this was odd, but interesting. Now during the day, if I set Anna down to play and get up and walk away she starts to cry out. Apparently, this is a very real thing, and she doesn't like to be left alone.

I've learned the only way to deal with this is to start to go out once or twice a week for a little while and let her hang out with Jon or a babysitter. I'm hoping to actually implement this next week. We go to the Y 4 times a week with 3 of those days she goes to the child watch area. She doesn't seem to cry when I drop her off, but she does look around frantically. The other day we go swimming. She loves the warm water in the pool.