I really feel that this story warrants its own blog entry, but honestly I've been too busy when I think about it and when I have time, I've forgotten about it. So, here goes:
From the womb I could tell that Adrianna was going to be a very opinionated child. She was head-down from 30 weeks on and when I say head down I mean, her head was grinding into my pelvis for so long that the child had an indentation in her head for 2 months after she was born that her pediatrician believed to be from grinding against my pelvis for an extended period of time. She was locked & loaded in place and wasn't going anywhere. This stubborn streak was proven to be true again as my due date got closer and closer. With each passing week, I would bargain with her to make her debut and each week would come and go with no sweet baby girl. Now, keep in mind that I had delivered Brock nearly 3 weeks early so once I reached that point in my pregnancy with Adrianna, I felt like I had hit my due date. Early on, my OB/GYN told me that they would induce somewhere between 40-41 weeks but no sooner than 40 weeks, specifically if the only good reason was for "maternal comfort". Since our sweet little princess had to have inherited her stubborness from somebody, I decided that I was going to prove to myself that I could induce labor. As it turns out, that scorecard ended in her victory. It took the miracle of induction (via breaking my water & IV Pitocin) to get true labor started. Of course our sweet little angel was worth every bit of trouble that she gave me when I was pregnant with her. However, if I would have known what I was in for, I might have waited before I attempted to induce. . .
Since about 2 weeks old, Adrianna does this thing that I have come to call "Red Baby". When she is starting to fuss, I generally will try to hold her off from eating for a few minutes by holding her up, playing with her, talking to her, etc. Sometimes this works. Sometimes it does not. When she is not in the mood for a distraction, she will stiffen her entire tiny little body, hold her arms out at her sides and hold her breath until she turns bright red. It is so funny because she is so tiny and already so opinionated! And while it is cute on the one hand, it also makes me wonder what she is going to do when she can walk, talk, etc. Will she be the child that screams bloody murder in the grocery store and then holds her breath until she passes out? ::Sigh::
I am pretty sure that my mom got a picture of her doing this once so when I find it, I will post it!
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- Currently we are 4 Stemmes since the 4th official member joined our clan on July 23, 2009! Greg and I have been married for 5 years and Brock and Adrianna are just 23 months apart! Just ask if you have any other questions & thanks for reading our blog!
2 comments:
She and her cousin, Jesse, may just be cut from the same cloth. He was the child who refused any sort of milk from a bottle - EVER. When we weaned him he went to a sippy cup. What the heck? But he would drink juice from a bottle until his 1st birthday. He also would not eat his baby food/cereal unless you touched his bottom lip first. I came home from the library one night when he was about 3 months old to find him having a fit. Uncle Mike hadn't know the trick and he wouldn't eat unless you did it right. Sigh.
Fast forward to now. He's still as determined and opinionated as ever but thankfully with God's help we've managed to help him figure out how to use that stubborn streak for good and not for evil.
Well as your mother, I can tell you where she got it from and it is not her Daddy!! It is the funniest thing ever and thankfully she is easy to get back in a good mood. I will look for the picture and e-mail it to you for everyone's enjoyment. Maybe that is the reason we fought from your 14th to 18th year. We are both opinionated and determined and want to be in charge. I admit that.
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