I should have know it was too good to be true. For so many months we had a pleasant daughter and now that her one year birthday is approaching, she has become a cry baby. Whenever she cannot have what she wants, she cries. If we don't feed her fast enough she cries. If I am looking in another direction she cries. My husband asked me if she is like this all day. Although I wanted to say "Yes Knucklehead," I kindly replied "Yes and it's wearing me thin. Please ask your Mom to come and help out."
At this moment she is in her swing and enjoying some down time. Each day I play a music or book CD so that she can swing quietly and spend time with herself. She really enjoys it and so do I. All the books say that this is part of separation anxiety, but I'm pretty sure it's her new way of communication. Although I know that she is a baby and feels that crying is going to get her the best response, I need some help in teaching her other ways of communication before I go batty. I'm thinking of teaching her some simple sign language. Any suggestions?
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