Making Strange

Violet is officially making strange with people she hasn't met, or seen in a while. We hate it, but know it's a phase and it happens with every baby.
It started a few weeks ago with Marn's friend, but we weren't sure if that was just a fluke. Then again to Tony at Mackenzie's birthday. Twice.
This past weekend we went to Dad's house for a quick visit and she cried at him, Barb and Jordan for at least 15 minutes. It's worse when she's tired or hungry which she was then, but even after feeding she cried at them on and off - even just looking at them in our arms!
Mom came over this past Tuesday to watch Violet for a bit in the afternoon before I got home from work and while Marn went to physio for her knee. She absolutely bawled at her apparently. Mom said she didn't cry that long, but we all know that Mom's perception of time when baby's are screaming in her ear are off. She could have screamed for 45 minutes straight and Mom would say it was only 5 or 10 minutes. (see Madison at Violet's age! lol)
When I got home, Vi was sleeping. When she woke up, I gave her to Mom and Vi smiled at her, no tears or fear at all, so that was nice.

So, a little warning for family and friends who might not have seen the little pumpkin in a while -- She WILL scream at you and not want to be with you. Get over it, or come for visits more often! ;-)

She's also fighting bed time a lot right now. Marn wants us to try and put her down a little earlier than we have been, but she's not having any of it. Last night she fought it for at least an hour and a half between the both of us giving it a shot. Marn finally gave in and fed her a little bit, then put her down without issue... But that was 2 hours after we originally tried! She actually fell asleep twice for me when I tried, but woke back up with an arm jerk, or startle reaction when she realized that she fell asleep. Annoying. We're still wrapping her up tightly in a swaddle because of that. When she breaks free, she usually wakes herself up.