Not a graceful waker

Before starting in on all the "Drama," i'll start with a few items. 1) I'm feeling a bit better. 2) Erica is saying more and more "sentences"... well, two or three words together. Today, she said "I go sleep." Thats amazing! b/c she's always just reffered to herself by name, not I. 3) My silly car is in need of a doctor. He's going to the car hospital on tuesday.

So, here's the current drama. The past few days, whenever erica wakes up from a nap, she screams like she's dying or in great pain, or at the least, just really ticked off. And this is WAKING UP, not falling asleep. I dont know what it is. It scared me so bad the first time, i took her to the doctor. that didnt really do any good.

It goes like this: She wakes up. I go into her room. She screams and screams. She bends her body in all kinds of really odd ways. [Which is why i think she's in pain.] She wont let me pick her up. She wont let me hold her. She wont let me rub her back. When i get her out of her crib, she just lays on the ground and screams some more. And continues with the weird contortions. It takes close to half an hour to calm her down.

Today, since andrew was home, he took care of her during all of that. I must say, it was nice to have a break from it. Cuz it tears at my heart when i have to be with her during it.

She's not sick. The doctor didnt think so. My guess-- She just doesnt want to wake up. Which actually doesnt make any sense. b/c the first time it happened, it was after a 2 1/2 hour nap.

I'm worried. Any clue what could be wrong?