It's hard to believe our little girl is one month old already! She's already changed and grown so much! Today at church people were commenting on how little she is, but to me she's so big! She hasn't been to the doctor since her two week appointment and won't be going again until she's two months, so Grant and I did some at-home measurements to figure out about how big she is now. She's packing on the pounds, which you can definitely tell by her chunky cheeks and rolly arms and legs :)
-Emily is sleeping much better. On good nights, she sleeps 5+ hours and then another 2 or 3. On not-so-good nights, she is up every hour (thankfully, we haven't had one of those nights in a while). Most of the time, she's up every 3 hours, which means I'm up twice during the night. It's usually a little hard getting her to go down in the evenings. Maybe she can sense that it's her "real" bedtime because she fights going to sleep. She'll sleep great if she's being held or in bed with us, but as soon as we put her in her bed she wakes up and starts crying. I read that the key is to put them down when they're first showing signs that they're tired-- when they're sleepy, but still awake. I didn't think this would work since she doesn't even like going to bed when she's already asleep, so why would she let us put her down if she's still awake? The first night we tried it, it worked perfectly! Whenever we're able to get the timing right and put her down before she's overtired she sleeps great. We're still working on perfecting this new trick.
-We were hesitant to give her a pacifier for a while, but once we did it made a huge difference. If there's ever a time when she's being fussy and nothing else seems to work, a pacifier always does the trick. The only problem is that she likes to hold it in place with her hand, but usually her hand ends up knocking it out of her mouth and that upsets her.
-Last week Emily went through a growth spurt which meant she was eating all the time and was a lot fussier than normal. I was very discouraged for a while, but thankfully it only lasted a few days and then things got better. She's still fussy occasionally, but usually being held or her pacifier makes her happy again.
-Emily loves to cuddle! She'd much rather sleep in someone's arms than in her crib. She'll let anyone hold her!
-She's not a fan of tummy time. She'll usually tolerate it for a little bit and then decide she doesn't want to deal with it anymore and get fussy. Most times she just lays there until it's over, but occasionally she gets some exercise by moving her legs around and lifting her head up. She almost rolled over the other day! We've been trying to get her to do it again, but I guess she just hasn't felt like it.
-We're so glad that she likes bathtime! She wasn't a fan at first, when we had to give her sponge baths, but luckily her cord stump fell off after just a week so we didn't have to do too many of those. Since she's been bathing in her little tub, she's been a champ. She's perfect the whole time until it's time to wash her hair. I think that part scares her. But we'll take what we can get and we're grateful she's pretty easy for most of it.
-We see lots of smiles from Emily when she's sleeping or gassy. We've even seen some smaller smiles from her when she's looking at us but no obvious big ones yet. I can tell she wants to sometimes, though. We can't wait until she starts smiling more!
We just can't get enough of this little girl! She brings so much fun and love into our family and we're so glad to have her!
-We were hesitant to give her a pacifier for a while, but once we did it made a huge difference. If there's ever a time when she's being fussy and nothing else seems to work, a pacifier always does the trick. The only problem is that she likes to hold it in place with her hand, but usually her hand ends up knocking it out of her mouth and that upsets her.
-Last week Emily went through a growth spurt which meant she was eating all the time and was a lot fussier than normal. I was very discouraged for a while, but thankfully it only lasted a few days and then things got better. She's still fussy occasionally, but usually being held or her pacifier makes her happy again.
-Emily loves to cuddle! She'd much rather sleep in someone's arms than in her crib. She'll let anyone hold her!
-She's not a fan of tummy time. She'll usually tolerate it for a little bit and then decide she doesn't want to deal with it anymore and get fussy. Most times she just lays there until it's over, but occasionally she gets some exercise by moving her legs around and lifting her head up. She almost rolled over the other day! We've been trying to get her to do it again, but I guess she just hasn't felt like it.
-We're so glad that she likes bathtime! She wasn't a fan at first, when we had to give her sponge baths, but luckily her cord stump fell off after just a week so we didn't have to do too many of those. Since she's been bathing in her little tub, she's been a champ. She's perfect the whole time until it's time to wash her hair. I think that part scares her. But we'll take what we can get and we're grateful she's pretty easy for most of it.
-We see lots of smiles from Emily when she's sleeping or gassy. We've even seen some smaller smiles from her when she's looking at us but no obvious big ones yet. I can tell she wants to sometimes, though. We can't wait until she starts smiling more!
We just can't get enough of this little girl! She brings so much fun and love into our family and we're so glad to have her!
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She's seriously adorable! I can't wait to meet her! Ahh, real smiles, that makes all the difference!!
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