My Experiences as a Father... November 5 to December 4, 1999 (7th month)

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Tuesday, November 30, 1999
During our trip on Friday I saw a kid who was up running around, but still had a huge pacifier in his mouth.  He kept trying to talk, and I think I would have been able to understand him if he hadn't had a pacifier in his mouth.  I guess it must be a security thing, but I hope we don't have that problem.  Hopefully Maeve will find security in her armadillo and not need a pacifier by the time she's running around.
 

Sunday, November 28, 1999
Maeve is grabbing things now.  Jill took her to a store with narrow aisles, and Maeve was trying to grab things on both sides of the cart.  She can usually grab edges of items, but sometimes she just claws at them.

Tonight Maeve was playing on the bed as we changed her into her pajamas.  She was only wearing a diaper.    She started clawing at her diaper.  Jill said it looked like she was scratching herself.  Maeve is acting a lot like some guy, what with her scratching herself, and her loud burps and sneezes.  She was a sniper for Halloween.  In the Christmas card pictures we took tonight Maeve was dressed in lots of frilly girlie clothes, but now she acts a lot more like "dad's girl".  I'm sure Jill will refine her, but it's nice to have her expressing herself for now, at least.
 

Friday, November 26, 1999
Today we went outlet shopping in western Massachusetts.  It took about 2 hours to get there.  Maeve was awake all the way out there, and wouldn't eat or sleep.  There was just too much to see, and she didn't want to miss any of it.  On the way back, Jill drove.  I leaned the seat back so my head was in view of Maeve, and I went to sleep.  Jill said I as soon as I did that Maeve put the blanket over her face and went to sleep.  Jill thought maybe Maeve was afraid of seeing me.  I know it was because once she saw me, she could feel secure and felt comfortable going to sleep.  She didn't have to stay "on guard".
 

Thursday, November 25, 1999
We had Thanksgiving dinner at church with about 40 other people in our congregation.  We looked for foods that Maeve could eat.  She probably could have gotten sweet potatoes, but all she got was the regular rice cereal and peaches that we brought from home.

We also had the Baby Sniper Halloween pictures from the website.  Someone even asked Jill whose idea the costume was.  Jill wasn't sure how anyone could think it was her idea.
 

Thursday, November 18, 1999
I tried my idea of feeding Maeve her rice cereal with a catheter tip syringe.  I still think it's a good idea, but Maeve has some idea that eating involves sticking your tongue out of your mouth.  When you have a mouth full of food, that puts a lot of food on your chin.  A catheter tip syringe isn't as good as a spoon for pushing the food back in her mouth.  I haven't given up, but I also haven't figured out a way to improve the results.
 


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