The daughter is still not sleeping very well. The wife is still not getting much sleep. She has noticed blood in the daughter's stool for a week now and took her to the doctor yesterday. The doctor tested her stool and confirmed that there was blood present. In order to rule out any serious problems London will have an X-ray. She will get a barium enema first. The purpose is to rule out Hirschsprung's disease. She is growing very well. She weighed 10lbs 8oz yesterday at the doctor. She is not vomiting and she doesn't have a fever, so it seems unlikely that there is a more serious problem with her. Nevertheless, we are worried.

She just will not lay down to sleep and get more than a couple minutes of sleep without being held. We just tried to put her in the swing after rocking her to sleep after she has eaten. We know that she is not in pain, she is not hungry and that she doesn't have a dirty diaper. So when we put her in the swing and she started to cry we let her cry. We had positively identified that her cry was a "pick me up and hold me" cry. So we let her cry for about five minutes then she quieted herself. This quiet period lasted about 5 minutes and then she started to cry, then wail and Tamara couldn't stand it any more so she picked her up again.

We really shouldn't have to hold our daughter all day long. We know that the "attachemnt parenting" theory calls for holding your baby all the time and wearing a sling, but we are torn between this and the Parent Directed Feeding theory that instructs parents to put the baby down when it is time for a nap and let the baby cry herself to sleep- as long as the reason for crying is not an indication of something serious like hunger. One thing is for sure- parenting isn't easy