Baby Maren's Rough Night

Last night was the first of many we will have to endure in our journey as parents. Maren was acting different since early evening. A lot more squirmy and not really knowing what she wanted. At about ten we tried to hit the sack when Maren was having no part of it. She started to cry which is rare for our little baby, she hasn't cried much at all...not even during bath time :-). We tried rocking, interesting in a hotel room office chair. We tried walking. We checked her diaper. We changed her diaper. We swaddled, we fed her still no relief. She had been spitting up more than normal as well so we put our finger on the fact that her belly was not happy and she couldn't figure out what she wanted to try to help find relief. Oh boy was I a mommy mess at about midnight. As I stood there crying and not knowing what to do with Maren in full out baby bawling mode feeling incredibly helpless, Diane knocked. Our saving grace had arrived. She quickly scooped up our hurting baby girl and rocked her, bounced her, and eventually soothed her to sleep. We had got about ten minutes of sleep (both baby and parents) here and there for the past two hours and we got to see the momma instinct come into play with Grandma at work. It was beautiful and relieving all at once. We are still so new at all of this and seeing someone be able to put our baby girl at ease was amazing. She took a spot on the chair in the living room and stuck it out until her belly ache passed at about three AM. We are learning so much every day and we couldn't do it without the great support she has provided us. We are lucky to have such a great mom so close. What a world of love this baby girl is born into. We thought our ship was going down last night and then Diane threw out her lifeboat. Thanks so much! Maren loves her Grandma and so do we.

Relieved,

Ali