Sick Baby

Holland really is the easiest baby. She's so wonderful and happy 90% of the time, which just makes that other 10% more difficult. We flew back to PA for Christmas and unfortunately Holland has been a bit sick most of the time. She is on the mend now, thankfully. But on top of her being sick, she's been cutting teeth. Ya know how it is, just bones growing through your skin. Sounds fun, huh? Yeah, I'll pass. Anyway, even though she's been sick, she's still super happy pretty much all day long. We haven't really even had many issues with her naps since being here. The biggest issue we've had is her sleeping at night. She's been waking up more than normal and unable to get to sleep. Then she just screams because she's exhausted and can't sleep and doesn't know what else to do. I feel ya kid, it's kind of made your mom and I want to scream too. At least she hasn't been keeping the rest of the family up.

When we are trying to get her to go back to sleep, she just wants to hold my hand. It's simultaneously the most obnoxious thing and the most precious thing ever. I'm sitting here kneeling on the floor draping myself over the edge of her pack and play resting on my arm pits so she can grab my hand. But she's just holding my hand right up by her face. I love that even though she's miserable, she is able to be comforted by holding tight to me. I know she won't always need my hand on her face to fall asleep when she's sick/feeling bad. But I do hope that no matter how big she gets, she will always find comfort in me. Like I said, it's not exactly fun if I'm thinking about how uncomfortable I am, but how can I not just deal with the discomfort when I know how much she needs me?

Being Holland's Dad is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I hope you're able to sleep better tonight baby girl.