Baby Log: Week 27

The theme for this week is battle of the wills. Marlie is developing a diva-tude and becoming quite the drama queen, especially when she doesn't get her own way. Is it normal for a 6.5-month-old baby to cut her eye at her mother?

• The week started off with me leaving Marlie with her daddy so I could go scrapbooking with a friend. I got one page done in 4 hours...I am so rusty, but it felt good to do something sans baby.
• Damon installed our new diaper sprayer because someone's poo is getting thicker since she started eating solids. It's not a pretty sight and probably not best for the washing machine. Now I can rinse of her poopie cloth diapers without putting my hands in the toilet. No more poo-talk for the rest of this post. Promise!
• Speaking of solids foods...This week we learned that green peas make her gag (seriously. she. gagged...like I just fed her chicken shit. oops, just broke my promise). She did slightly better with mushed avocados, and when I mixed in some rice cereal and breast milk it was like I discovered gold.
• Marlie's newest behaviors are clicking her tongue, pulling my locs, staring into every mirror or reflective object, and throwing tantrums. yes, tantrums. Like the fit she was having on Thursday because I took away a piece of paper she found while scooting around my office floor. Little Miss Thing flung herself backward and smacked the back of her head on the hardwood floor. She didn't cry, but she has a nice little knot back there.
• Our dog decided to get in on the act and started behaving like a deranged fool newborn puppy this week. He has developed a sudden case of incontinence. He has also lost control of his bowels in the house several times this week. Maybe he needs to start wearing a diaper too.
• Marlie slept for 5 hours straight on Thursday night, woke-up for a diaper change, slept another 2 hours, ate, and then slept some more. My body's internal clock has gotten used to her waking every 2 hours, so I'd get up expecting to hear her crying only to find her still asleep. The first time I checked on her she had flipped over onto her tummy, was clutching a corner of her blanket, and sleeping peacefully. On Friday night she slept from 9:30 pm to 4:00 am, ate when she woke up, and then went back to sleep until 7:00 am! Again, we found her sleeping on her tummy. Is the reason she has been waking up so much at night because she prefers to sleep on her stomach?
  
• Damon and I had a real date night on Friday for the first time since Marlie was born. Just the two of us. We went to see Avatar at the 3D IMAX theater. It is a visually stunning movie, you forget that it's all special effects/computer-generated images...but it's no Best Picture Oscar winner. Where was Marlie while we were enjoying our date? She was on a play date of her own. Here she is with my friend's son:
• We won Fandangling from Energizer Bunny's Mommy Reports and I get to share coupon code FANDANGLING10 with you for 20% off your purchase of a Fandangling (good through 6/30/2010). We also won a $25 gift card to EcoStore USA from I'd Rather Be Changing Diapers. woo-hoo!