Baby B. and the All Night Buffet

Brigid has decided lately, after turning 5 months on the 12th of August, that nursing all night is more enjoyable than sleeping. She's been out of sorts lately and I'm wondering if she's going through a growth spurt or if she is just being selfish and obstinate in her attempts to keep her mom from getting some sleep. She may just need to re-fuel after spending most of her days on her hands in knees in preparation for crawling, which could happen at any minute. She certainly is putting a lot of effort into being an early crawler, that's for sure. A lot of people have commented that she looks like big sister, Patricia, and if she takes after her sister in more ways than looks, she may follow in Patricia's foot, er, knee steps because Patricia was an early crawler and walker. Margaret got the crawling down in November, putting her at a little over six months; Patricia was crawling at five and a half months.

Both Patricia and Margaret have been spending more time at the lake this summer with Grandma and Granddad Downs. Like summer camp without the lean-tos and bugs. They're at the lake now, and I'm missing them. We're going to have a girls-only day on Thursday, going to Glens Falls for school shopping. Jack said that's fine with him. He's rather spend the early part of the day going to the dump.