Why can't teething be painless?

I'm a wee bit neurotic when it comes to how my child sleeps.  She moves around in her sleep constantly.  I think this is partly due to the fact that she is an incredibly light sleeper.  God made her this way; we did not.  I am very sensitive to noises and perhaps because of it or in spite of it I tried very hard to make Amelia used to being in the midst of life itself.  All day every day in the months following her birth (until she started sleeping in her own room for naps) she would take her naps in the living room.  David and I would keep the TV at a normal volume, unload the dishwasher, etc., hoping she would just get used to sleeping wherever, whenever.  Didn't work.  I guess with my noise sensitivity and David having been a light sleeper most of his life our child didn't stand a chance.

This is why my blog posts are so lengthy - I get off on tangents and ramble.

Anyway, so Amelia moves around a lot at night and I'm neurotic about checking the video monitor to make sure that she's still covered up and her face isn't too close to the bumper.  David makes fun of me because even though I can see her on the video monitor, I frequently go into her room to check on her.  Sometimes I accidentally wake her up by moving the blanket out from underneath her feet or by grabbing her by the ankles and pulling her away from the side of the crib.  Usually she goes right back out, but since she's been teething it's a whole new ballgame.

First, it takes forever to get her to sleep at night.  Bottle, nursing, teething tablets, Motrin, paci, rocking, more rocking.  You name it, we've tried it.  Gone are the days where I could lay her down and she'd drift off to sleep.  She needs me to rock her now.  I really don't mind - I absolutely love the time I can spend rocking her and cuddling with her.  It's the times that she's so uncomfortable that she screams when she's in her crib and she screams when I'm rocking her that's tough.  Or when I rock her to sleep only to lay her down and have her start crying again.

Can I just stop and say that it's really creepy to be in the living room of your home and hear breathing that isn't your own?  I know it's either the dog or one of the 2 cats, but still...My entire point is that I didn't check on her tonight at all after I put her to bed.  I saw in the monitor that she was covered but I didn't check the monitor after that.  Usually I'll check it before I go to bed around 11pm then go and adjust her and cover her up, but obviously I haven't gone to bed.  So she woke up at midnight crying.  I tried rocking her to sleep a couple of times but it resulted in her crying and standing in her crib.  She's finally asleep now after I nursed her and rocked her.

She can pull herself up to stand in her crib.  As of, oh, last Saturday.  She pulled to her knees (which I actually think is what's pictured) a couple of times that day so I asked David to lower the mattress.  He did, and after her next nap when I went in to get her she had pulled all the way up to standing.  Whew.

And here she is today.  I caught her in this position when I came back to the living room after having heated up her lunch.  She really loves those Yogurt Bites.

And she somehow managed to prop herself underneath the same table a little later.  You can't really tell, but she's standing with one hand on the diaper caddy and one hand on the table support.  If she moved, she bumped her head.  So, being the wonderful mom that I am I made sure to snap a picture and then help her get out.

After David got home from work today we took Amelia outside for another shot with the tree.  It looks much better than it did even a few days ago.

I want to try feeding Amelia what we eat since I hear that's the best way to raise a non-picky eater.  So David broke out the high chair for the first time and she ate at the dining room table with us.  Well, she didn't really eat.  She posed for a few pictures and shoved the food around.  She wasn't hungry. 

She also might want me to tell you that for a while now she's been drinking out of her sippy cup all by herself.  Not always tipping it far enough to get water and not always attempting to drink it with the sipper facing the right way, but she has the right idea, anyway.  She's still just on water...we are holding off on juice for as long as humanly possible.

Finally, here are a couple of pacifier clips I made for Amelia tonight.  If you have any sewing ability whatsoever, please don't look closely at my stitches.  One of them is just one-sided ribbon.  The other is one-sided ribbon that I stitched together so that it would be a thicker, two-sided paci clip. 

Business is going well...many new items listed and I have a few orders I need to fill which is why I haven't been blogging much. 

Happy Tuesday!

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  Happy baby! That is one pretty little girl. :-)

  by whipsmile at 03/02/10 7:22AM
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  She's adorable!!!! As far as sleeping -- we always used the CIO (cry it out ) method: Put them down and let them cry for 20 minutes and then calm them down, and repeat as long as we had too. Autumn is a light sleeper too. Noah could sleep through a tornado. I know some aren't a fan of CIO, I have some friends who use that lavender bedtime stuff and they say that works. Its a phase and she will survive and youwill too! You are a GOOD mommy and Amelia is one happy baby!!!! hugs!

  by shadders05 at 03/02/10 8:54AM
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  do you have two monitors on her crib?? :)

  by ladidodd at 03/02/10 10:52AM
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  We rocked Addie to sleep every night for 14 months. I wouldn't have traded that special time for anything :-) You have a very sweet girl :-)

  by catlady at 03/02/10 11:33AM
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  Carrie - Yes :) She moves around so much that she'll move off camera. Two cameras came with the monitor so we decided to use both :)

  by DessertDiva at 03/02/10 12:03PM
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  She looks lots like her cousin Caleb in some of these pictures! Definitely can see the family resemblance!

  by mjintexas at 03/02/10 1:39PM
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  I love her smile!

  by clarinet_jen at 03/02/10 4:12PM
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  I love the picture of her in front of the tree!
  
  Teething is so hard. It throws off any semblance of routine you may have established. This too shall pass.

  by juliev at 03/02/10 4:47PM
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  Her little pink sweater with the cherry tree is so sweet!

  by lifeisgoood at 03/02/10 8:59PM
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  we kept the monitor on the crib like you do... and one day i was watching the monitor when reese stood up and grabbed it :) thats when we decided it was time to hang it on the wall out of reach ;) it was so funny watching her come after it from the monitor perspective, though! its little things like that and lowering the mattress that made me so sad my baby was not going to be a baby much longer!! :/
  
  are the two cameras on different channels to switch back and forth? or how do you use one monitor and two cameras?
  
  YES i would love a chili recipe!!! thanks :)

  by ladidodd at 03/03/10 10:36AM
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  Oh, fun times ahead!! She sure is a cutie.

  by mockinbird at 03/03/10 10:45AM
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  She is just so sweet!!! I love that picture with the tree!

  by mommaroush at 03/05/10 11:51AM
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  she is sooo cute !

  by star97 at 03/06/10 2:36PM
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  Love her sweet smile!

  by shelbysmom at 03/07/10 7:35PM
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  We had to hang Kate's monitor on the wall, too. She likes to grab the cord - I bet Millie will, too - now that she's standing up.

  by linz_foster at 03/08/10 1:17PM

Our Story

I've moved around a lot.  I've lived in Oklahoma, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, Florida, Illinois, and Washington. 

When I was 21, I moved to the Chicago area for no other reason than to be roomies with a good friend from college.  I had no job, little money, and a little Saturn car that somehow made the road trip from Oregon to Illinois.  I stayed in the Chicago area for 2 1/2 years which surprised me since I was extremely homesick the entire time I was there.  I finally sold my furniture and my little Saturn and moved home to Oregon in the fall of 2004. 

Christmas 2005, 5 months after we met

A month in to job searching I got a call from a recruiter who worked for the same company I had just left in Chicago.  She wanted to know if I would be interested in doing the same thing I had been doing in Chicago, only I would be doing it in Seattle.  I hesitated.  I just got home after being away from home since my freshman year of college and I really didn't want to leave.  But, I wasn't really sure of where to go next and since this position was just a temporary fill-in for a girl going on maternity leave, I agreed.  I packed up again and headed north, this time in my parents' Toyota Avalon.  I stayed with friends of a friend for the first month or so, then moved in to an Extended Stay hotel.  I missed home (and having a stove) and would drive the 3 1/2 hours to Portland every single weekend.

February 2006, Kerry Park in Seattle

The temporary job ended up becoming permanent when the girl decided not to come back from maternity leave.  I was happy to have a more stable income and health benefits, but I realized when I accepted the job that I was, for now, "stuck" living away from home again.  I missed my family and I missed my nephew who was 1 at the time.  I moved in to a more permanent housing situation but still drove home almost every weekend.  I still didn't know hardly anyone up here and on the weekends I did stay, I would go for runs and veg on the couch.

Us on our honeymoon in Ocho Rios, Jamaica

Finally, I decided I could at least use some company to show me around the city.  I got a Match.com account and was amazed at the response.  Apparently, if you were a woman with a Match account you got bombarded.  I did.  I don't even remember how many email responses I got but it must have been between 30-40 every couple of days.  I didn't want to take all of the effort it took to write each person back.  The majority of the emails went straight to my "deleted" items, while few were responded to and others loitered around in my Inbox until I decided if I wanted to respond or not.  I went on dates with 2 guys from the site but both fizzled out after a couple of months.  One of the emails that loitered in my Inbox was from a guy who sounded very well-spoken and sweet, but his photo was from far away and from the waist up, which made him look short and scrawny.  I left his email in my Inbox because it was one of the few that wasn't creepy or over-the-top...just very low key and sweet.  I never got around to responding.

Us in San Diego, March 2007

Six months later, I had a friend named Mary who I knew from church camp when I was a teenager.  She was getting married and invited me to her bridal shower.  She and I went to church together and she told me a couple of times about a guy named David who had just gotten out of a long relationship but she thought we would get along so she wanted me to meet him.  People had often tried to set me up before and either it was a disaster or it never happened.  I smiled and nodded at Mary but never said much about David.  Mary pointed David's sister out to me at her bridal shower.  She was taking pictures and I thought she was pretty.  Apparently, she and Mary were working together to get David and me to meet.  I found out later that she showed David the pictures she took of me and he nodded and smiled at her the same way I did at Mary.

Us.  Wrigley Field, May 2008

Fast forward a couple of weeks and it's Mary's last Sunday at church before she moves to another state with her soon-to-be husband.  David, his sister, and his sister's husband come to our congregation to see Mary for the last time and so that David and I can meet.  I have no idea that they're going to be there.  I had been at an air show the day before and was tomato red from a sunburn.  I remember he got up during services (which he never does) to use the restroom and he passed by me.  I remember thinking how cute he was and that I wanted to meet him.  I didn't know it was the David that everyone kept telling me about.  We went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant and his family jokes about the fact that David's sister practically interviewed me the entire time.  David thought it would be cheesy to ask for my phone number at that time, and he knew he would see me at Mary's wedding the following Saturday so we parted ways.

I called my Mom before I got out of the parking lot and told her I had met a really cute Christian guy.

This will get a lot longer if I keep giving every single detail so I'll summarize.

Us on our 1 year anniversary trip to New England, October 2007

He asked for, and got, my phone number at Mary's wedding.  We hung out as friends for a couple of months while I dragged my feet to commit and he tried very hard to win me over.  I was an idiot, but I finally wised up.  I think it was because I knew that when he and I got together, that was it...he was my forever.  That, and I was dating someone else at the time.  I dropped him like a hot potato once I actually made up my mind and the rest, as they say, is history.

Oh, and it was him.  The email from the really nice "short, scrawny" guy.  It was David (all 6'3" and 190 lbs of him).  He was fresh out of a long relationship and decided to try the online dating thing.  He emailed a total of 2 girls on Match and one of them was me.  I guess God decided we deserved a second shot.  I'm sooo glad.

He proposed on Tax Day, ironically enough (he's in Finance).  He did it surrounded by my parents, sisters, and their husbands.  It was perfect.  Here's a picture right after I said "yes".

We were married October 2006 at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club - the same place Tiger Woods won his unprecedented 3rd consecutive Amateur title.  I used to be proud of that fun fact regarding our wedding site.

We had a beautiful, gorgeous wedding.  My mom worked so hard to make every detail perfect and I love her for that, especially since I was still living 3 hours from my wedding site.  It was all wonderful.  Every single thing.  I know my neck is funky in this picture but I love our expressions because it shows how happy and excited we are to be getting married. 

Happy Valentine's Day, my love! 

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  So, did match-maker-mary come back for the wedding?

  by turner120995 at 02/12/10 12:06PM
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  nice story! I didn't know any of it...except of course the living in Illinois and moving home and then to Seattle.
  :-)

  by whipsmile at 02/12/10 12:52PM
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  what a great story! I love how we get second chances to meet important people... I too was set up with my hubby by my SIL :-)

  by kristasfa at 02/12/10 12:53PM
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  Love that story! I am so glad that you shared! It really seems like God was working hard to get you together! :)

  by shelbysmom at 02/12/10 1:04PM
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  I loved it! I was disappointed when you decided to "summarize" more. I love all the pictures. Y'all are such a cute couple!

  by carolattheriver at 02/12/10 1:16PM
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  Thanks for sharing!!!! What a NEAT story! Happy Valentines Day! You guys are a VERY cute couple! :)

  by nillabarr at 02/12/10 1:25PM
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  I love your story...I love it when we can see God working and having worked in our lives.
  
  You are so photogenic, too! I wish I took as good of pictures. :)

  by tess at 02/12/10 1:44PM
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  thanks for sharing that story! i love hearing those sort of stories :) happy valentines day, to all three of you!!

  by ladidodd at 02/12/10 1:48PM
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  Aww, so sweet. Thanks for sharing your story. I was long gone by then and didn't know any of this stuff. I knew you had moved to Chicago, but not for how long or why. Isn't it wonderful the way God blesses us with good mates even through all of our foolishness?

  by sarasponda at 02/12/10 3:28PM
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  What a great story!! The Match.com part is amazing - love it! :)

  by jess at 02/12/10 6:57PM
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  Michelle wants to hear David's side of the match.com story.

  by turner120995 at 02/12/10 11:48PM
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  We were wondering who first realized that David was the one who sent the email? And what about the other email that David sent? Did that person respond?

  by turner120995 at 02/13/10 12:54AM
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  That's the right answer! :-)

  by turner120995 at 02/13/10 10:45AM
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  Enjoyed the story and the pictures (and I can very much sympathize about the air show and sunburn).

  by jlmanager at 02/13/10 1:50PM
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  What a neat story! I can't believe that was his email! Your hair looks cute with bangs.

  by sar at 02/13/10 8:59PM
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  That is really neat about the email, especially. :)

  by mjintexas at 02/15/10 11:06PM
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  I love your story! Perfect!

  by butterflyhomerachel at 02/18/10 8:18PM
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  That was so great... thanks for the review. I cried all the way through it. God is Good Jamie! :)

  by shadders05 at 02/19/10 7:26PM
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  We were out in Seattle on our way to Hawaii. Went to the top of the Space Needle and to the Museum of Flight - fascinating!

  by kailua at 02/24/10 9:21PM
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  So sweet....thanks for sharing!

  by dragonfly at 02/27/10 9:00PM

Talented friends & Millie is 7 months old

Seriously contemplating leaving Pleonast. Facebook and Blogger take up the majority of my online time, not to mention what I do for my Etsy shop. I'm going to give it a few days then decide at that time. I've posted about every other day on my Bungalow Bee blog, so you can go there for updates.
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Man, I have talented friends.  And nice friends. 

Beverley has been my twin's bff (sorry - just using the lingo that was used when they became friends) since middle school, and also a friend of mine.  She has a beautiful daughter named Lucy who recently turned one.  Bev offered to take some photos of her baby, my baby, and my sisters' babies all wearing some of the bows I've made.

She did a fantastic job.

Seriously, I feel like my bows don't live up to the photos taken of them!  Hey, at least they're perched on some seriously cute little heads.  And, the good news is that I'm getting better at my bow-making skills, which helps David to know when I'm buying out my supplier's entire stock of ribbon.

Did I mention I will soon have 1.5" crochet headbands in a variety of colors in stock?  I will.  I'm so excited.  Nylon headbands, too, in pink and in white.

There are so many cute photos, but I guess you'll have to go to my Etsy shop to see them.  Or become a Facebook fan.  I do want to show you this one of Kate, not only because she's adorable, but because she's sporting my new ladybug clippie. 

Okay, enough shamless plugging.

While I'm on the subject of talented friends, I have another friend who dyes and spins her own yarn and makes absolutely gorgeous items.  Her Etsy shop is called Neauveau Fiber Arts and Supplies.  She offers free shipping on everything!  Here's my favorite item in her store...a Snow Bunny handknit baby's hat.

My baby is 7 months old today (Wednesday).  7 months. I wrote about her milestones in my previous post so I guess there's no use in posting them again.  I'm so proud of her, though.  I can't get enough of her.  She still isn't feeling well which makes me sad.  But, except for the gurgly nose and cough you wouldn't know it - she's still happy and playful.  A bit clingy and hasn't been napping well but that's to be expected.

You know how I posted about our PC being in our bedroom?  My husband is currently snoozing away and I'm still up trying to get the pictures uploaded to Etsy ASAP.  I'm going to wait until tomorrow to load them onto Facebook.

Oh, one more thing.  I was in a rush to get out the door and to my sister's house last Saturday when Bev was going to meet us to take the photos that I didn't change Amelia out of her recently green bean stained shirt.  I thought the shirt she was wearing over it would cover it, but it turns out she didn't wear that shirt the whole time.  Thus, the trailer trash look.  Not my most shining motherhood moment.  Ah, well.  What's a baby without a stain on her shirt?

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  Very cute! I can't believe your baby is seven months old and I still haven't sent your baby gift! :(
  
  I guess I'm finally going to have to break down and join Facebook. Even my dad the other day asked me if I was on Facebook! She's hardly ever on here anymore, either . . . thanks to Facebook.

  by jenkegley at 02/03/10 7:20AM
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  Don't go!!!!!
  
  cute pics btw.

  by whipsmile at 02/03/10 10:04AM
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  I hate it when people leave pleonast, because I just don't have time to keep up with 1000 other sites, so that usually means I lose touch with them. I'm on Facebook occasionally, but definitely can't keep up with everyone's 67 status updates a day.

  by mjintexas at 02/03/10 10:39AM
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  Oh please don't go!
  
  I do see you on FB, but I love seeing your name light up on here and always come right over. I am on here most of the time and like she said, I don't want to lose touch! I do love your posts.
  
  Now, that being said, I LOVE Amelia's eyes...so pretty! If I have a little girl next time, I want that lady bug bow. You are SO creative...

  by tess at 02/03/10 11:09AM
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  Don't go ... I can never remember to go to other sites ... :)

  by wifelet at 02/03/10 11:22AM
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  They are all so cute!! I remember Bev she is a sweetie! I have been spreading the word to some of my friends here about your bows! A friend of mine at church has twins and they always have bows in their hair so I am sure you will be getting an order from her soon! I also have been planning on making an order I just have to make up my mind about what colors. There are so many choices. :) I love the ladybug clippie!

  by jenfc00 at 02/03/10 11:47AM
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  I want you to stay as well!! :)

  by jess at 02/03/10 5:03PM
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  I think you should stay, also... An occasional update is all that is required here! LOL

  by lauriw1030 at 02/04/10 12:10AM
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  I would be sad if you went to facebook...I love your updates!

  by sarahmarcelle at 02/07/10 1:54AM

Giveaway

Happy lab rat

Amelia's whining in her crib right now and I'm sure it's because she's over-tired.  Here's her normal schedule (there's a reason I'm posting this - I'll get to that later):

Around 9am :  Up for the day
Nurses, then a bowl of oatmeal with whatever pureed fruit I'm feelin' that day.
Playtime

Top her off before her nap (the girl won't sleep without a full stomach)

10:30-11am :  Naptime (usually she'll sleep for an hour)
Nurses

Playtime
Nurses again, gets a veggie of my choosing

1:30-2pm : Naptime (usually she'll sleep for at least an hour and a half, sometimes two and a half hours)

Playtime

Nurses

Playtime
Nurses then a bowl of oatmeal with, again, a fruit puree mixed in

7:15-7:30pm : Wipe down, jammies on
Kiss from daddy, story read by mommy

Kiss & cuddle with mommy then bed

So, for the last couple of days I've been taking her for appointments at the University of Washington Infant Hearing Lab.  Shortly after she was born, we were mailed something that asked if we'd be interested in her participating in research studies.  David and I both thought it might be interesting, so we signed her up.  David's a UW Alum and knows his way around the campus but no matter how he tried to explain to me how to get there, and no matter what the Garmin said, I still got hopelessly turned around.  Fortunately I made it with time to spare.  Time I spent driving around aimlessly looking for the designated parking lot.

The first day, I opted to carry Amelia the 2 blocks to the Hearing Lab.  If we lived in a normal city, that wouldn't have been such a problem.  But in Seattle, it's hills, hills everywhere.  It's downhill getting there, but wow, lugging 15 lbs of a baby back to the car, up hill, is not an easy task.  Not for me, at least.  I need to get in shape.  Luckily I could still keep at least some composure and not pant with my mouth gaping the entire way.  I get embarassed about that - the cars driving by and the numerous college students walking the streets could see me struggling to lug my baby up the hill and, you know, talk.  That's how narcissistic I am - everyone must be looking at me.

(If you want to skip my explanation, scroll down to the italicized font where I've put links you can follow to hear the process explained by people who know what they're talking about.)
Anyway, we're talking about the hearing study.  So we got there and, as usual, Amelia gets a lot of attention.  Babies usually do - especially when they're as cute as Amelia.  Friends of ours gave us an adorable outfit the night before so I put her in it then realized I didn't have a bow or headband to match.  So, I made one, put a piece of velcro on it so it didn't slip out of her fine hair, and clipped it to her head, right on top of that place on some babies' heads that pulses.  So, not only did she have a fancy bow.  She had a fancy bow that moved. 

Here's how the hearing study worked.  We walked in to a room that is kind of a "staging" area.  I signed a consent form and also a receipt of my check ($15 each visit which will go into Amelia's savings account -she earned it!).  Then I chose a CD from a very minimal selection of CDs.  The best I could do was Billy Joel's Greatest Hits.  I actually like Billy Joel so I didn't mind.  Since it's a "blind" study, the parent holds the child on his/her lap but must have headphones on so they can't hear what the child hears.

Then we walked to a room next door where there are two large sound-proof booths.  The person running the study sits on one side of a one-sided window and then her assistant comes into the other side with Amelia and me.  They place a foam-tipped earplug-lookin'-thing in her right ear and tape it there.  There are a lot of wires connected to it which they clip to her shirt in the back.  The entire time the test is happening, the assistant is holding up toys for Amelia to look at so she stays distracted. 

Apparently, the earplug Amelia is wearing plays a continuous beeping tone that is obviously there and she can hear it but it's not annoying or loud at all.  Then, every once in a while, the tone changes or another beep comes in.  The person running the study who is sitting on the other side of the mirror is looking for signs that Amelia recognized the tone change.  When she sees that Amelia heard it, she lights up toys in a glass box in the corner or turns the TV on in the corner for a couple of seconds as a "reward".  I was encouraged to bounce Amelia on my lap or clap to reward her when I saw the toys light up or the TV go on.  Amelia didn't give two flips about the TV or the toys lighting up - we couldn't even get her to look at them. 

The first day, Amelia was tired.  The appointment was at 2:15 so I didn't have time to lay her down for her second nap before we had to go.  Our time in the booth was, maybe, 5-10 minutes because Amelia would cloud up and rain every time she heard the noise.  If you know my daughter, you know she's not a crier, especially in public.  At the very least she'll just go quiet and straight-faced, but generally she's a really easy-going kid.  Apparently, she did not like the noise because she would turn toward me and try to grab onto my shirt to pull herself to me and cry when the noise happened.  I felt bad that we were botching it, but I really wanted to let her cuddle me even though I resisted the urge and tried to get her to face forward and keep going.

Today was much better. I think we must have been in the booth for 20 minutes.  All I know is that the first day I barely made it to "You May Be Right" on Disc 2 of Billy Joel's Greatest Hits, whereas today I got all the way through "Allentown".  Our appointment today was at 12:15, so Amelia was fresh off her first nap and wasn't quite tired enough for her second.  She was pretty solemn, but not grouchy.

After each test, we go back to the staging area and they stick a little rubber thing (I know, I'm so technical) in her ear that blows tiny puffs of air to make sure she doesn't have fluid in her ear.  Then, we're done!  The whole process, start to finish, lasts less than an hour.

(Okay - seriously I just wrote this entire blog then was able to find the actual lab's website explaining why they're doing what they're doing.  In about 2-3 sentences.  Ha.  Here's the link.

Also, here's the link for explaining the entire process.  In 3 very short paragraphs.)
Today, I wised up and brought the stroller.  It was actually sunny and almost 60° today which is about 10° above normal for western Washington for this time of year.  I had to break out the sunglasses for Amelia and for me. 

So, anyway, yesterday we picked David up from work on our way home since we drove right by Bellevue City Hall then rushed to eat dinner and head to Bible class.  We didn't get home until close to 9:30 and Amelia didn't fall asleep until 10.  Then, today she slept on the way home from the UW but didn't want to sleep once we actually got home.  She slept for half an hour and was done.  I put her back down around 5, though, and she slept for an hour and a half.  Then we ran some errands tonight after dinner and didn't get her in bed until 9 which she wasn't too thrilled about since she whined until 9:30 then fell asleep.  The poor child isn't used to being out and about.  I really should do it more - it was fun.

So, as usual my post is long and boring and I don't even have pictures.  I'm going to ask on Tuesday when I go back if they mind me taking some photos.  For posterity.  I don't know if they will let me, though.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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  That sounds interesting! Amelia seems like such a sweet little girl!!!

  by nillabarr at 01/22/10 9:04AM
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  actually that sounds pretty interesting.

  by whipsmile at 01/22/10 9:14AM
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  I love schedules... we LIVE by them!

  by kristasfa at 01/22/10 9:36AM
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  I did a university study with my daughter one time. I can't remember exactly now what all we had to do, but I remember she was playing with toys and I was just sitting in the room, and they were supposedly observing her, but I found out after the study, that the point of the study was to observe the parents' actions.
  
  Also, when Eric and I first got married, we would participate in studies to make some extra money. For those, we would have to sit in a room with electrodes attached to our head and they would measure our brain waves. We had to sit still in a recliner and there were no lights on and no sound. It was in the evening and we were supposed to stay awake! Needless to say that was difficult, but it was worth the $85 each time!

  by jenkegley at 01/22/10 10:01AM
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  Very interesting! I like your using the songs as a gauge of how long you were there :-)

  by AlanL at 01/22/10 10:22AM
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  Oh, and "So, not only did she have a fancy bow. She had a fancy bow that moved"... hilarious!
  

  by AlanL at 01/22/10 10:41AM
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  Wow. I have never thought about doing an infant study. They'd probably kick my kids out for being too noisy =)...that's hilarious that you'd think everyone was looking at you...sounds like something I'd obsess over. I wish I could see a picture of this fancy bow!

  by acurtis at 01/22/10 10:57AM
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  Amelia sounds so sweet.:)

  by carolattheriver at 01/22/10 11:26PM