Last Wednesday Anna said good-bye to her Uncle Danny, Aunt Bridget, and Nancy who headed back to New York City. On Thursday Anna said good-by to her Grandma Jane and Aunt Diane who headed back to Binghamton. On Sunday Anna had to say good-by to her Daddy who headed back to Virginia to go to work for the week and Anna & I decided to stay the week and hang out with Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma and Grandpa's house, which was 11 people full a week ago, seems very quiet now, but Anna's been having a great time getting extra time with Grandma and Grandpa. On Monday Anna went for an evening swim. On Tuesday we went out for ice cream and yesterday was Grandpa's 60th Birthday! Today it's pouring so we're planning on hitting the indoor pool, which Grandma and I can't believe we didn't think of before, given that Anna's not a big fan of the sun anyway. She's probably thrilled that it's finally raining so she can do what she wants!
So last night we celebrated Grandpa's birthday with a little party with his friends from the neighborhood. Anna seemed to experience something new: a little fear of strangers. About 5 minutes after the guests arrived and we were all hanging out in the family room, Anna let out a huge scream - not really a hungry scream or a tired scream, but just a loud scream like she might have been scared. After she didn't calm down I took her outside. We walked around and she calmed down. About 10 minutes after we came back inside we started getting some sweet lip-outs followed by more what seemed like "scared" crying. So I took her upstairs, fed her a little to calm her down (although she really didn't seem hungry). Then I just played with her a little while upstairs and she really seemed to be quite happy - relaxed and smiley. So we went back downstairs and she did seem to be better. After we were sitting around for a little while one of the neighbors held her and almost immediately after she left my arms she started with the little lip outs which went into crying. This is the same neighbor who just held Anna two days ago and Anna gave her lots of sweet smiles- crazy!
Maybe her crying could just have something to do with the evening in general, which tends to be Anna's most fussy time, but this crying just seemed different. I was also thinking maybe she was nervous about the house being loud, but she just spent 5 days with the house full of 11 people. According to a babycenter article separation anxiety is not supposed to start until 6 to 7 months at the earliest. But this didn't really seem like she was upset that she wasn't with me, but more scared at something new. It was just odd given that Anna will often give strangers she meets in the grocery story a big gummy smile. Who knows, but I will be curious to see if this starts to happen more regularly.
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