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I'm convinced (again) that Tessa is teething. She's so chewy. And she just doesn't seem quite herself at certain parts of the day. (Although as Bill points out, babies are never really the same person as they were the day before; everything changes so fast.) Plus, I can make a little white line appear on her gums if I look at them long enough. Of course I have a good imagination, so who knows really. I guess we just keep taking things one nap at a time.
Speaking of sleeping, last night was Tessa's first night unswaddled. We were prepared for disaster and figured an early Friday morning would be only one workday until the weekend, when we could still have two more interrupted nights without Bill firing all his research students in favor of sleeping in his office during the day. Anyway, she did great! She woke up a couple of times, but managed to put herself back to sleep twice. I did end up waking up at 3:30 and staying up, but we've had nights like that with swaddling going on. All in all, she's headed in the right direction for sure. It's simply getting too warm to be swaddled up all night and she loves sucking on her fingers so much we wanted to make those available to her mid-night.
Next projects: Napping during the day in her crib instead of her stroller (which is to say, getting to where she can sleep as long in her crib as her sometimes-3-hour stroller naps). Trying cereal again (she is definitely interested in eating; now her tummy has to agree to it). Loving her up. She is just the sweetest!
