Quiet Alert

Catherine has taken to being more awake during the day. This begs the question: so what do we do with her? Essentially, if she's awake then she prefers to be on mom. If mom puts her down, she may fuss.

(It's actually a pretty funny progression, watching her eyes scrunch up, then her mouth, then Ms Fussypants Crankyface appears, and out come the tears and wails. I'm going to get some pics of it soon).

SO we're experimenting with different techniques. Things like:

• the sling. I wear her for a good 1-2 hours per day. It works well, especially when cooking sup-sup.
  
• a vibrating chair... doesn't that sound fun?
• music - and it needs to be surprisingly loud
• the swing, as seen below. She was completely mesmerized by the mobile danglies for at least 1/2 hour. She just rocks and stares. The baby books call this "Quiet Alert Phase"

Sadly, quiet alert often leads to cranky alert, which leads to Fussypants Crankyface.