The first few days of the trip did not go as smoothly as I had anticipated. In fact it was total chaos for me. Rylee was not adjusting well and was having quite a few meltdowns. This was totally not like her at all -- so understandably I was frazzled. This happened day and night too. I was feeding her at her normal times (even with the time change) and this was not a tired cry.
Her screaming escalated and I started to think that perhaps it wasn't just travel like I had thought but maybe something was wrong. Everyone was being so helpful and trying to figure out what was wrong but nothing was working.
Then a few days into the trip my aunt says "maybe she's going through a growth spurt". I had been feeding her enough by normal standards but maybe she needed more. Then it dawned on me that they have a 6 month growth spurt.
Rylee has never acted and different in a growth spurt so I didn't know what to expect. As soon as I started feeding her more she was back to her normal happy self! During the day anyways. She was waking up often during the night to feed (at home she sleeps through the night).
By the end of the trip she was fully back to herself during the day (minus the normal long naps) but was not sleeping more than 45-60 mins at a time. She would wake up every time she was out down so it made for very long nights.
We had a really good time with my family and I got a new appreciation for single moms (granted my family was right there and a BIG help but it's not the same as her daddy).
We are still on route home -- stock up the diaper bag -- turn around and fly to Chicago tomorrow!
I'll write more about my trips and such soon. I'm really looking forward to getting back to our normal schedule soon!
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