Remember how I had the easiest baby in the world and she just slept all night and went with the flow with any situation? Well, now that we've hit 9 months my Little Miss Go with the Flow girl has become Little Miss Independent and wants what she wants — when she wants it!! I can't believe how many changes we've encountered with Annabelle in the last month. I've been telling Jeff that I feel like I'm struggling to come to terms with the fact that my baby is changing so much and I'm going to need to re-define my general description of her which has been: super easy don't be jealous she sleeps all night and smiles all day and never complains and loves everything in the world. Now it's more like: girl's got a mind of her own and has separation anxiety and wakes up super early and doesn't wanna be cuddled. 
What happened??
I read a few weeks back that babies can experience separation anxiety around 9 months old and then it's like wah! wha! wha! whenever mama puts baby down! Man, 'aint that the truth! It's like they wake up and realize mommy and daddy aren't there and they're in a dark room and they freak out. Annabelle started doing this thing about 2 or 3 weeks ago where she'd wake up about an hour (and sometimes as quickly as 15 minutes!) after we put her down and she'd wake up crying bloody murder and stand up in bed beckoning us to come get her out of that dang crib! Jeff started a bad habit of picking her up and then you could never put her back down without her waking and whaling all over again. Then he just started bringing her in bed with him and I'd go to bed later and find Annabelle spread out on my bed like she owned the place! Once I put her to bed she'd sleep through the night no problem, but it was just getting through that first hour of sleep that seemed to be the issue. Thankfully we're going on 4 days straight where she hasn't woken up after being put to bed so I'm hoping that was just an odd phase. *crossing fingers*
Not only has Annabelle been getting up after bedtime, she's suddenly been waking up at like 5:45am for a week straight! She used to sleep until 6:45-7am! It's not a huge difference, but heck ya an extra hour of sleep in the morning matters! I figured it was because it's now light at 5:30am, so last night I made Jeff hang a ghetto blanket over her window curtain rod so it would be pitch black in her room in the morning to see if the light was waking her. And sure enough, we had to drag her butt out of bed at 6:50am because she was sound asleep in her dark room. Jeff said it was mean of me to play that trick on her because "she's clearly a morning person like her daddy." Um Jeff, aren't all babies morning people?? I think so. It's not mean, it's freaking smart!
Tantrums don't' start at 2, they start at 9 months!
Annabelle has officially had her first tantrum on Monday, May 21, 2012! Jeff said I should mark that date on the calendar. Sometimes when we go to put her in her car seat she'll arch her back and try to buck out of the seat while I'm trying to buckle her in, screaming like she's being taken against her goddamn will! She also loves to throw her head back in dramatic fashion while she cries crocodile tears (meaning: NO TEARS, just gimme what I want!).
She loves daycare, but Annabelle has even cried the last couple times I've dropped her off at daycare! I mean usually she could care less that mama is leaving to go to work, she's got TOYS to keep her company. But now, it's like, MAMA DON'T LEAVE ME YOU'RE RIPPING MY HEART OUT WHEN YOU GO, WAH!!
Seriously? What the heck is going on!
This is not to say that Annabelle isn't still her happy little self, because she most certainly is. But now she's just so preoccupied with trying to walk and crawl all over creation, that she doesn't wanna cuddle and be showered with kisses and stuff. She wants DOWN and to be getting into shit. That's what makes her most happy — when a remote control or chord plug can be in her mouth. I miss when my little pumpkin wanted to be held and to curl up into my arms. Now I understand why mamas pop out 2nd babies right away!
Watch Annabelle walk without the help of mommy and daddy…
Idk, this has just been a big change month and my head is spinning from all the new things my Anniebee is doing. I'm sure I'll adjust soon and a lot of these changes will settle down as well. But there's truth to the statement that just when you think you've got it all figured out, that's when it all changes on you! These babies will keep us on or toes, mamas!
Did your baby change a lot around 9-10 months??
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