Naptime Woes

Generally speaking, Cadence is a little sugar.  Knock on wood.  She sleeps like a champ (knock on wood), is very laid back (knock on wood), and pretty much just a good baby in general (knock on wood).  I keep joking that I earned her by surviving Amaris' baby-hood, which looking back was decidedly more difficult.

So when Cadence has a bad day, I feel it.  Bad days for Amaris, who had colic as an infant and has always been attitudinal, were the norm.  Bad days for Cadence...  Not so much.  They leave me wondering who this other baby is that's trying to replace my always sweet little girl.

Today has been a bad day for my poor little baby.  I'm not sure why or what happened to make today different but she's had a terrible time napping.  For the first time in her life, for the better half of the day today, she's been awake.  Not always contently.  Much of that awake time has been spent fussing.  Maybe she's growing?  Maybe she's teething?  Maybe she's just in a bad mood?  I don't know.  I wish babies had a way to communicate other than crying.  Because I feel like a worthless, helpless mother when she cries and I don't know the purpose.  And she's pretty much cried every time I've tried to get her to nap today.  Though I know she's exhausted.

It's not a good feeling.  Today was a great day in many other aspects, but this mood of Cadence's has certainly been a low.  I just wish I could get her to get a decent rest in.

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