Maddy and Me

I had a request that I blog about mine and Maddy's relationship. Our interaction, I suppose would be the word.

Maddy is a total Mama's girl, which is the opposite of most little girls. Most, including myself, are daddy's girls. I don't know why she's different, not to say that she doesn't like Joe because she enjoys Joe. I think she sees him as playtime and me as snuggle time/food time. I can calm her most times when Joe can't. I think he's even been surprised by it.

Her being clingy has become more noticeable as of late. Probably because it's getting warmer and we're going out more. I always knew that she was clingy because when I wanted to put her down she wanted to be held, which was fine by me (for the most part, made things impossible to get done, but such is baby life). It started when Melissa tried to hold her within the last week or so. Melissa has been here since the day she was born (before too, but I don't count..lol) and Maddy just wasn't having it.

Then there was the visit to Grandma and Papa's. She was ok most of the day until we went out to look at my car. My mom was pushing her in the stroller up and down the driveway while I stood in the middle. Maddy started to cry or rather fuss. So I walk over and look at her and say "Lodge your complaints here! What's the matter? Tell Mama all about it." and she just looked at me and started smiling and cooing. My mom laughed and said "Look at her, all she wants is her mama!"

Lately she's been getting up around 8, which is usually after Joe goes to work. Sunday's and Fridays he's home at that time. She doesn't want anything other than to be in bed with me. It's a bad habit to have started but I don't mind and of course neither does she. The downside is the second that I get out of bed she wakes up.

Today however sealed the deal. She hasn't really been napping during the day because we've been going out, which she hates being in her car seat. Tomorrow we have to go out again to take my car to the repair shop. She fell asleep and when I was moving around with her she would open her eyes. Before I put her in bed I had a talk with her about staying asleep (she usually wakes up when we put her in the crib and we're not in bed yet). She successfully stayed asleep, I was waiting for her to wake up the entire time I was writing this and it didn't happen.

I feel so lucky to be so loved and have such a great bond with my daughter.