She's fast asleep...

Immediately after my last blog post I went to my crying little angel and told her all I knew to say: that it's not ok for her to pacify me, that I want so desperately to be able to care and soothe her, and that I was sorry I lose my patience with her. I told her I know she's only 6 weeks old, but I feel like everything I try to do to make her feel like she's back in the womb doesn't work and that I simply don't know what to do anymore. She was calm for most of this, looking into my eyes so lovingly as if she understood every word I was saying. Then, of course the guilt set in. Until she started to wail again. So, I picked her sawddled little body up and put her on her side and she got quiet.

Of course, by the time I started to type this, she began to whimper again. So I reluctantly started the shshing and the jiggling. It worked. She calmed down. I continued doing this in the bedroom until I felt she was asleep. I just now put her down, and she's been there without crying for two whole minutes!!

I'll keep you posted...