Wednesday

WARNING:  POOP DISCUSSED AT GREAT LENGTH
She has been very distressed.  She's been crying while making the pooping noise.   I thought she wasn't that constipated since she went yesterday.  Then I touched her butt.  There was hard poop just inside there.  I looked up what I could do.   One of the first things I read is that sometimes parents see liquidy poop and think their baby isn't constipated.  When really it is a sign of it.  In hindsight, yesterday's was that way.  Then I became even more worried.   We did many many long Baby Cycles, where I exercised her legs until my arms hurt.  A bath might have relaxed her, so I tried that.  I also tried a bath swim thinking the natural leg movements might help.  Nope.  There was one more thing to try and I couldn't bring myself to do it.  I read that using a rectal thermometer can break the dam.  I worried I would hurt her more.  Scotland was playing soccer so I sent him a text "I need your help getting her to poop.  Please don't chit-chat."  Then Tatiana and I went to the recliner, where she cried and cried.  Then I turned the lullaby CD on.  When the first song came on "Dance Baby" her face lit up and she actually smiled.  That player did not have a Repeat button, so I kept restarting the CD.  Eventually she calmed down, and then Scotland came home.  He did the thermometer trick and boy did it work!  Scotland said she probably pooped out 5 ounces. 
She is asleep now. It is nice to be back to normal.  Tomorrow she gets Three shots.  My poor baby.