Colic, or just grumpy???

Well it has been a week and it seems the natives are getting restless for Scarlet updates. So Daddy thought he'd post something tonight to present a small "offering" to Scarlet's adoring fans. ;-p

For the last week our little "angel" has been turning into quite a little grump starting at about 5pm and lasting until 10pm - midnight. She'll be just right as rain in the mornings and early afternoon. But then as afternoon turns into evening, she'll turn up the cranky meter from just a little dissatisfied to full on ticked-off by dark. (See her throwing a fit at Daddy above?)

At first we though she was going through a colic phase and although that may be the case to some degree, we now think that she really was just experiencing gas pains.

What led us to believe that this was what it was? A friend of ours lent us her copy of her Dunstan Baby Language DVD's (Thank You Stacy) and we finally go around to watching them one evening last week. Darn if that stuff REALLY WORKS! Babies do communicate using these basic words.

"Every newborn communicates from birth to 3 months using 5 distinct sounds, or “words” to express their physical needs. This is regardless of the language their parents speak and is part of nature’s plan – that your baby can tell you what they need from the very beginning."

Anyway after watching it we saw that Scarlet was making the "Eh" sound a lot and that is the word/sound for upper wind/gas. So we started burping her even more than we were doing (even trying many of the suggestions demonstrated on the DVDs). And what do you know, Scarlet began to be less cranky and go back down to sleep in the evenings a lot more consistently.

So there you have Scarlet's first product endorsement - something that actually works and is well worth the cost several times over!

Scarlet says: "Burrrrrp, Oh I feel better now Daddy."

Oh and stay tuned for lots more photos of Scarlet's BIG weekend. She just got back from a trip to Oklahoma for the annual "Craig Family Reunion" and a visit to Nana's, Granpa's and some other surprise guests!