During this past week, Miranda’s cry has changed. She used to work her way up to a wail, but recently she’s just been bursting out with a big “WAAAAAAH!” with no warning. It will be completely quiet, and then she just lets it out.
Last night, I was working in the office while listening for any sounds from the girls. Just after midnight, I heard a sudden big wail. I went into the nursery and I found Miranda sound asleep. Eleanor, on the other hand, was moving her head around and kicking in her blankets. Maybe she developed this same type of sudden crying? I picked her up and carried her over to the kitchen so that I could warm up a bottle. As our water boiler was heating up, I started to walk over to the changing pad to unwrap her from her blankets and check her diaper. I then realized something was wrong. Eleanor was out cold. When Eleanor wakes up crying, she pretty much doesn’t stop until you put a bottle in her mouth, so this was really unusual. I realized what had happened. It wasn’t Eleanor at all who had let out that wail — it must have been Miranda. I brought Eleanor back to the nursery and checked on Miranda. She was lying there quiet, but with her eyes open. I left them both in there until Miranda told me a half hour later that she really did want to get up.
