Rowan Ravenwing: rocking chair

On Sunday, Rowan did something that freaked Nigel and I out. She had just finished feeding and I sat her up to burp her. She made this funny choking noise - which isn't that strange, because she sometimes inhales a bit of spit up or drool - and then started crying. But her crying wasn't normal, it was kind of hitchy and it seemed like something was wrong.

Then Rowan started doing this thing where she would do a gurgly gasping/choking thing every ten or so breaths and it seemed like her breathing would stop for a second. At this point, Nigel and I were getting really concerned, so Nigel called the hospital. The nurse doesn't seem to be that worried, but then, she couldn't see or hear Rowan.

What was strange is that Rowan had stopped crying and didn't seem upset about these breathing interruptions. In fact, she was falling asleep but kept startling herself awake with these hitching gasps. Her colour was fine and she wasn't wheezing... but we were afraid to let her fall asleep while she was doing this weird breathing thing.

After a few minutes of this, we grabbed her diaper bag and started to drive to the Almonte hospital. By this point, she didn't seem to be having as many episodes, but we were still freaked out. We made it to the end of our dirt road and then turned around because Rowan didn't seem to be having any breathing issues anymore and was awake, looking around with her big bright eyes.

We figure she must have inhaled a bit of spit or milk. Or maybe she was congested and couldn't breathe through her nose like usual and so was having to breathe through her mouth. I dunno. It was definitely freaky. She seemed completely fine by the time we got her back out of the car, though.

I'm glad we didn't actually have to go to the hospital, though, because I was afraid that Rowan might catch a nasty cold or flu there. Or worse.

Few more development notes:
Rowan has really taken to sucking her thumb. Or thumb and forefinger, depends on how coordinated she is feeling. Sometimes she accidentally crams her extra fingers up her nose or *almost* pokes herself in the eye. Goof.

Rowan is a thumb-sucker

Rowan loves her rocking chair and the dangling toys. She likes to play this game where she kicks one of our hands to make her chair rock. When the chair gets rocking, the toys swing in a really exciting way! Clearly she doesn't know to be afraid that they might hit her in the face yet.