Our Married Life

We hit a huge milestone today. She smiled on cue. I went over to say hello and tickled her and this is the reaction I get. I can’t wait to see more and actually hear laughter.

Baby didn’t eat until 8:30 last night so she didnt fall asleep until 9:30. Then she woke again at 1 and 4am. Typically she eats at 3 and 6am which isn’t do bad.

I hope we get back on track tonight. Here she is grumpy after putting her back to sleep after the 4am feeding.

I keep calling my baby squeaky cheeks. Probably because her cheeks are bigger than her forehead. She gained 2 lbs in 2 weeks. Makes me wonder if I’m
over feeding her. The doc said she’s doing great though. I’ve been getting better about feeding her when she’s hungry. I just hope I’m picking up on the right cues. She’s been sleeping for almost 3 hours straight now, which is unusual during the day. I wonder if it’s the Hep B shot she got at the doctors this morning. Poor baby never screamed so loud. There were actually tears forming.

After the appointment I took her on a stroll through the mall.

I think I was more exhausted than she was. We did great until we got into the car. She was ready to get out of that stroller.

Cheeky:

Post shot:

In the stroller:

I can’t believe we are almost at the one month mark. It’s making me sad. Pretty soon, she will be going to school. I want her to stay itty bitty forever.

The last few days have been going well I think in terms of our routine. She eats every 2.5 hours during the day and we try to get her to bed by 8:30 at night. She will sleep until 11 when we feed her again. Then she’ll wake up and want her night time feeding at around 3 and again around 5:30 or 6. The last couple of days she’d want her morning feeding at 6:30 which is nice because we can sleep in.

The hardest part is keeping the routine consistent. 8:30 is too early for us to go to bed but we usually find ourselves in bed by that time too. I guess when baby crashes we do too.

The other challenge is the daytime feedings. By the time she’s done eating and settles down for a nap, it feels like she’s only been sleeping for 30 minutes before she wakes up and wants more. That doesn’t give much time to do anything but feed her. I need to find a better way to soothe her so that she can fall asleep quicker. She did pretty well today but had very little playtime because all she wanted to do was sleep after eating.

I guess as long as we remain consistent things will get easier. I know at some point she will want to eat less frequently, which means more time for me to rest.

I leave you with her “I am about to make a big poopy face”. She makes this face and slowly shakes her head from side to side until she lets it out. Then freezes for about two seconds before she relaxes. It’s hilarious and I need a video of it.

We’re at the point where Baby E needs to get on a better sleep schedule. Unfortunately she sleeps throughout the day and is wide awake in the early morning and night time between 9-midnight. That doesn’t give us much time to actually sleep.

I hope it’s not too early to try to put her on a sleep routine, but with Brian going back to work already I think it’s much needed. We’ll follow the 7,10,2 schedule. Bathe her at around 5:30 or 6. Feed her at 7 and put her to bed right after. Feed her again at 10 and then once more at 2. We’ll still follow her cues, so if she happens to wake up before or later we’ll push out the time. This already corresponds to her current feeding schedule, but not her sleep schedule. The next few days will be rough, but I’m hoping we’ll get this routine down by week 6 and maybe start transitioning her to her own crib starting at week 8. Who knows if any of this is overly agressive. As a project manager by profession, I feel like I have to have set milestones and schedules so that we have some sort of control. I’m hoping the parent-led/baby-led routine will work for us.

We are still tired and sleepy but at least we get to sleep in. I don’t think we get out of bed till around 10 am.

Baby’s congestion is still going strong. We’ve tried just about everything but you can still hear her struggle to breathe at night. Luckily she’s able to sleep. The last couple of days she’s been grunting more during her sleep. I think it’s just a new found ability and probably related to gas, but Brian seems to think its related to her congestion. I guess we will ask the doc during our next appt.

I just hope her congestion goes away so that she can sleep in her pack n play and eventually her own crib before month 2.

Baby E has been stuffed up for over a week. She’s sleeping much better since we started having her sleep in her bouncer but I’m not doing much better.

She sounds so small and fragile. Makes it hard to not wake up every time she makes a noise. She breathes fine most of the time but when she tries to take a deep breath she really struggles. She wheezes big and sounds awful and miserable but usually settles right back to sleep. I wish I could do the same.

Everything says congestion is very common in newborns/babies but that doesn’t stop me from worrying. We are using saline spray, a humidifier, and steam to try to clear it up but I’m not sure it’s helping.

Hopefully she starts feeling better soon.