Feeling Rough without the Hangover

We had a rough weekend. It was mainly confined to just Sunday, but as I recall Saturday wasn't all roses either. Melita was fussy. There was actually crying with actual tears which is a rarity in this house. Even Bungy was stressed out about it.

*I think that Melita was going through a growth spurt as she outgrew her 3 month clothes over night and she has increased her calorie intake by almost a full bottle a day.
*She is pre-teething with all of its drool, vomit, copious amounts of liquidy poo, and super sore gums.
*We, also, discovered yesterday morning she had a diaper rash.

All of this is going on, and on Friday:
she rolled off the chair onto her head (Reagan was on duty. I was still at work.); I upgraded her bottle nipples to a faster flow; AND we hosted a refugee from Corpus Christi and his dog. It might have actually been chaotic over here.

At any rate, it all came to a head yesterday starting with no naps and constant fussiness (nothing made her happy yesterday) and ended with Melita actually putting herself to sleep at 6:45pm. I think she has my coping mechanism--when your stressed just sleep until it all passes!
I woke her at 5am this morning for breakfast and a much needed diaper change and all seems to be well. Her diaper rash has cleared up (We LOVE Boudreaux's Butt Paste!), her gums seem to be feeling better as she was/is all smiles, and now that I have upgraded the size of her clothes, she can stretch out in her PJs which is her favorite morning exercise. We are still working on getting used to the new bottle nipples, but that is small potatoes compared to everything else.

Last week also saw a few milestones. She rolled over twice. Actually she went from back to front and front to back on two separate occasions. She hasn't repeated it since, so it may have been an accident, but we are still so excited. She also hung out in her highchair in an almost perfect sitting up position! She loves her new view of the world. We ordered a stationary activity center and a door frame jumping chair from Amazon to help with her new development, but it appears that both arrived in the Houston facility on Thursday to obviously remain stuck there until UPS re-opens their Houston facilities after Ike. We'll manage. Trapped packages cannot compare to what Houstonians are going through.