52:27 "Everything's a Phase"

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I put the title in quotes because my friend Mehren has said this, and I didn't want her to think I was stealing her thought. ;) Credit given.

It's a pretty strong idea, this "phase" theory. I wholeheartedly agree with it. It's a common thing, people saying, "oh, it's just a phase", but it's a loaded statement and means a lot to a mom with an infant. The "phase" can be anything, and last for any amount of time, even so, the phase idea brings me a lot of comfort.

Maybe it's because it makes be feel like I'm not doing something wrong, and whatever is happening with my baby, I can't fix it, because it's a phase; something she has decided to do.

So for example, when Gwen was screaming in the evenings from 4-6:30 pm and then again from 11-2:30, and so on, as a newborn, it was a phase, and we got through it. Although it was a phase that drove mommy to every baby book known to man, we did get through it. I would have done anything to solve what was bothering her. But it was a phase.

She once decided she'd rather roll around on the bed and laugh at mommy when we were having our nighttime nursing session, it was a phase. She said, this is fun, let's do this now. It was a phase, and now she lays calmly.

That's the thing- this is a little person I'm growing here. She has her own free will and her own thoughts and baby ideas on what should be happening in her life. Now, she doesn't want me to put her down and she only wants mommy. I call this her mommy phase and I'm loving it... Although it'll be nice when she gets past this because it's physically exhausting! that reminds me, I need to start working out.

So when she's screaming in her carseat for no apparent reason, I have to remind myself, this is a phase. There's nothing I can do anyway- she has to stay in her carseat in the car.
It's horrible to hear your baby cry though.

Peace out!