Current mood: tired
Phew.. 8 weeks already. My little one keeps getting bigger and bigger... and I don't just mean her age.. she’s also packing on the pounds! haha
Every week seems to hold new surprises for us all. Just when we think she won't do anything new for a while.. BAM she shocks us all by doing something totally unexpected! So far this week has gone by pretty smoothly. Her night time sleeping habits are amazing! She only wakes up once to eat and sleeps non-stop most of the night. She does squirm and whine a bit in her sleep when she needs a diaper change... but with little Mama talent I can whip a fresh diaper back on her, in her bassinette, with little fuss, in under a minute! The only other thing that happens is she tends to lose her binky sometimes and whines about it. But as soon as you pop it back in, she closes her eyes (if they happen to be open which is rare) and turns her head to the side, puts her tiny hand on the binky and falls back asleep. It’s too cute. I want to take a picture of it, but I am afraid the flash will wake her up, which is has in the past. We definitely have a solid routine going for evening/nighttime. I make sure she doesn't fall asleep again past 5pm and gets her last feeding around that time. Then about 7ish she gets her bath (which includes a baby massage! with bedtime lotion to soft music), then gets her bedtime feeding so she’s nice and full.. then it’s off to bed. Since this routine has started she has yet to have a big blow out cry before bed! Now she usually gets a tiny bit whiny if that but usually falls asleep fast. So she is usually in bed by 8-9. She sleeps sound till about 3ish when she needs to eat. After she eats, it’s right off to bed again.. usually with little to no fuss. Then she wakes up between 6-8 for her breakfast and then usually starts the day. Sometimes if she is a real sleepy head she will sleep till 10, but that’s not all the time. Her daytime routine is another story.... it doesn't exist!
During the day she is usually a handful. But starting yesterday she has been actually taking small consistent naps! This helped a lot and she was in a better mood during the day. She has so much energy and gets bored easily so I am constantly with her entertaining her. I can't wait till she is old enough to play on her own or is able to play in things like her jumperoo so I can get some house stuff done ie. laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, etc. So my day pretty much consists of playing with her, with her rattles, taking her around the house to see new things, and bouncing her around which she loves. Oh yea, she started playing with rattles for the first time this week too! She holds her little butterfly rattle in her hand and shakes it like crazy.. she gets so excited doing this. It’s way cute! We bought her a jumperoo too (a little thing you sit her in which suspends her off the ground a bit so she can jump) well that turned out to be a disaster. Though she seemed to like the bounce in it and look at all the little toys around her, she was waaaaay to small for it and it nearly swallowed her whole! I only put her in it twice. The first time she was tired so really didn't enjoy herself much and I had trouble getting her out since she sunk into it so much. The next day when she was happy I put her in it and again was swallowed up, however, this time she panicked! I tried to get her out but I couldn't! The frog seat ate her alive! I panicked! but was eventually able to pry her out. So needless to say no jumperoo again till she’s older haha.
We started a new thing this week also. We are starting to take walks together. Granted we only got to do this twice (the weather is still pretty warm and I have to wait till it’s a cooler day). Around 6pm right before the sun goes down completely, it starts to cool off around here enough to go outside. I took her on her first walk on Tuesday to our mailbox down the street. She seemed to be ok with it... still was unsure and stared at me the whole time. Then I took her out again yesterday. I should have known... from the beginning she stared at me with this mad look. She refused to look around or anything! But she made it to the mailbox and back just fine so I had the bright idea to take her around the park across the street from our house! She was fine till about mid-way just when we were at the peak furthest from our house she began to melt down! Oh-no! luckily, like a prepared mommy, I whipped out her favorite binky and off we went home very quickly. She only spit it out a couple of times to cry but we managed to make it home in one piece! Once she got inside, she was happy again. I am going to attempt to take more walks with her to get her used to being outside, experience new things, get fresh air and sun, and get some much needed exercise for myself. We will see how the future weeks are like.
As for eating, she is still at 4 oz but eats that minimally now. Sometimes she will eat 4.5 but nothing like she did when she went through that tiny growth spurt. The only other unfortunate thing is, she is beginning to refuse to nurse. Since we started giving her bottles more, she is becoming lazy and doesn't want to work for her food. Therefore, I am pumping as much as I can so I can at least give her breast milk that way. The hard thing is, I can only really produce 1-3 oz per pumping session so it takes a few to get enough to feed her 1 bottle. You better believe I don't let her waste that hard worked milk! haha But nursing has become a battle. If she is hungry enough she will tolerate it, if not there is no way.. she just refuses and cries. (Refusing as in doesn't even close her mouth, she just cries) Sigh... I am hoping she isn't completely weaning yet but we will see. I am not giving up yet!!!! Baby Mia maybe be stubborn... but she forgets where she got it from.. ME! haha
Another semi-sad thing that happened as well, is she is no longer wanting to be swaddled. I miss seeing her all bundled up like a little burrito. Now she kicks at anything on her till it’s nearly off then she gets comfy. At night, I have to lightly put her little green Kaiser blankey on her to keep her feet warm; if I tuck her in she gets mad. Oh well...at least I got a lot of cute pictures of her wrapped up.
That’s about it, she’s about to wake up now so I am off to tend to my little one. I can't believe she is almost 2 months!!!! She is growing so fast. I am dreading the 12th though.. even though it is Adrian and I's 10 year anniversary of being together.. it’s also the day Mia gets her immunizations... that will be no fun. I am sure I will write all about it, till then its off to get some "Happy Mia Time" in.
Phew.. 8 weeks already. My little one keeps getting bigger and bigger... and I don't just mean her age.. she’s also packing on the pounds! haha
Every week seems to hold new surprises for us all. Just when we think she won't do anything new for a while.. BAM she shocks us all by doing something totally unexpected! So far this week has gone by pretty smoothly. Her night time sleeping habits are amazing! She only wakes up once to eat and sleeps non-stop most of the night. She does squirm and whine a bit in her sleep when she needs a diaper change... but with little Mama talent I can whip a fresh diaper back on her, in her bassinette, with little fuss, in under a minute! The only other thing that happens is she tends to lose her binky sometimes and whines about it. But as soon as you pop it back in, she closes her eyes (if they happen to be open which is rare) and turns her head to the side, puts her tiny hand on the binky and falls back asleep. It’s too cute. I want to take a picture of it, but I am afraid the flash will wake her up, which is has in the past. We definitely have a solid routine going for evening/nighttime. I make sure she doesn't fall asleep again past 5pm and gets her last feeding around that time. Then about 7ish she gets her bath (which includes a baby massage! with bedtime lotion to soft music), then gets her bedtime feeding so she’s nice and full.. then it’s off to bed. Since this routine has started she has yet to have a big blow out cry before bed! Now she usually gets a tiny bit whiny if that but usually falls asleep fast. So she is usually in bed by 8-9. She sleeps sound till about 3ish when she needs to eat. After she eats, it’s right off to bed again.. usually with little to no fuss. Then she wakes up between 6-8 for her breakfast and then usually starts the day. Sometimes if she is a real sleepy head she will sleep till 10, but that’s not all the time. Her daytime routine is another story.... it doesn't exist!
During the day she is usually a handful. But starting yesterday she has been actually taking small consistent naps! This helped a lot and she was in a better mood during the day. She has so much energy and gets bored easily so I am constantly with her entertaining her. I can't wait till she is old enough to play on her own or is able to play in things like her jumperoo so I can get some house stuff done ie. laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, etc. So my day pretty much consists of playing with her, with her rattles, taking her around the house to see new things, and bouncing her around which she loves. Oh yea, she started playing with rattles for the first time this week too! She holds her little butterfly rattle in her hand and shakes it like crazy.. she gets so excited doing this. It’s way cute! We bought her a jumperoo too (a little thing you sit her in which suspends her off the ground a bit so she can jump) well that turned out to be a disaster. Though she seemed to like the bounce in it and look at all the little toys around her, she was waaaaay to small for it and it nearly swallowed her whole! I only put her in it twice. The first time she was tired so really didn't enjoy herself much and I had trouble getting her out since she sunk into it so much. The next day when she was happy I put her in it and again was swallowed up, however, this time she panicked! I tried to get her out but I couldn't! The frog seat ate her alive! I panicked! but was eventually able to pry her out. So needless to say no jumperoo again till she’s older haha.
We started a new thing this week also. We are starting to take walks together. Granted we only got to do this twice (the weather is still pretty warm and I have to wait till it’s a cooler day). Around 6pm right before the sun goes down completely, it starts to cool off around here enough to go outside. I took her on her first walk on Tuesday to our mailbox down the street. She seemed to be ok with it... still was unsure and stared at me the whole time. Then I took her out again yesterday. I should have known... from the beginning she stared at me with this mad look. She refused to look around or anything! But she made it to the mailbox and back just fine so I had the bright idea to take her around the park across the street from our house! She was fine till about mid-way just when we were at the peak furthest from our house she began to melt down! Oh-no! luckily, like a prepared mommy, I whipped out her favorite binky and off we went home very quickly. She only spit it out a couple of times to cry but we managed to make it home in one piece! Once she got inside, she was happy again. I am going to attempt to take more walks with her to get her used to being outside, experience new things, get fresh air and sun, and get some much needed exercise for myself. We will see how the future weeks are like.
As for eating, she is still at 4 oz but eats that minimally now. Sometimes she will eat 4.5 but nothing like she did when she went through that tiny growth spurt. The only other unfortunate thing is, she is beginning to refuse to nurse. Since we started giving her bottles more, she is becoming lazy and doesn't want to work for her food. Therefore, I am pumping as much as I can so I can at least give her breast milk that way. The hard thing is, I can only really produce 1-3 oz per pumping session so it takes a few to get enough to feed her 1 bottle. You better believe I don't let her waste that hard worked milk! haha But nursing has become a battle. If she is hungry enough she will tolerate it, if not there is no way.. she just refuses and cries. (Refusing as in doesn't even close her mouth, she just cries) Sigh... I am hoping she isn't completely weaning yet but we will see. I am not giving up yet!!!! Baby Mia maybe be stubborn... but she forgets where she got it from.. ME! haha
Another semi-sad thing that happened as well, is she is no longer wanting to be swaddled. I miss seeing her all bundled up like a little burrito. Now she kicks at anything on her till it’s nearly off then she gets comfy. At night, I have to lightly put her little green Kaiser blankey on her to keep her feet warm; if I tuck her in she gets mad. Oh well...at least I got a lot of cute pictures of her wrapped up.
That’s about it, she’s about to wake up now so I am off to tend to my little one. I can't believe she is almost 2 months!!!! She is growing so fast. I am dreading the 12th though.. even though it is Adrian and I's 10 year anniversary of being together.. it’s also the day Mia gets her immunizations... that will be no fun. I am sure I will write all about it, till then its off to get some "Happy Mia Time" in.
