Nap Time

Notice there is no picture of Mom napping!

Taylor has always been a good napper. Usually I could just put her in the swing and she would fade right off to sleep. Now, she HATES her swing. I have no idea why but if she even gets near that swing she's starts screaming.

Now for naps it usually takes me an hour or two to get her to sleep. She fights her sleep so badly and it is really hard on me. I have to swaddle her and rock her for 20-30 minutes. She'll usually wake her self up and then we have to start all over. Then she'll dirty her diaper and we'll have to get up, change her diaper, and start all over again. Then I'll put her down after she's been asleep for a while. She will sleep for an hour and wake up screaming.

So, in short, Taylor sleeps maybe 3 hours a day, if we are lucky. All of the sleep research I have been doing says she should be sleeping about 6 hours a day.

She also had a hard time going to sleep at night during her 6 week growth spurt. I had to start swaddling her again b/c she would jump and wake her self up often. She is finally going to sleep somewhat easily at night but I am still swaddling her. I really believe that helps.

And no, momma isn't getting any sleep during the day! But I am hanging in there.

6 weeks old

Well, our little baby is 6 weeks old this week weighing in at a whopping 13 pounds! She is eating about every hour and a half now and she is very hard to put down at night. We were able to get her sleeping in her pack and play. She screamed bloody murder the first night...for a solid hour. But the next night and the following week was great. No problems. She'd eat, get tired and I'd put her down. She would fall right to sleep. Now every time I lay her down in her bed she jumps and wakes herself up. Long story short, she eats about every two hours and it takes me two hours to get her down. That adds up to no sleep for mommy! Two nights ago I got about 3 hours of sleep. This is the hardest it has been when it comes to night time.

However, I know this is only a phase and it will get better. I was getting pretty frustrated about 3 a.m. but I just had to remember that this is hard for her too. I know it's only a phase and things will get better.

Brodie is still giving her an occasional bottle and she is taking it wonderfully. She is growing like a weed. She is growing out of most of her newborn clothes but not really into her 3 month clothes. I have found that if it says 0-3 months it'll probably work. I hope to get her pictures taken pretty soon.

Well, she's napping now so I should help my husband clean the house...I'm so blessed.

1 Month Dr. Appointment

July 3rd was her 1 month appointment. She weighs 10.9 lbs and is 23.5" long. She is in the 85th & 101st percentile on her weight and height growth chart, respectively. So she is growing like a weed. She has real tears now, it's so pitiful. The hair on the top of her head is also starting to fall out a little but the long hair in the back is getting much longer. Thankfully, mine isn't coming out yet.

Since Taylor came home she has slept in the bed with us. I did not want this but she just needed to be close to us. We decided that now is a good time to get her used to sleeping in her own bed. We brought her pack-n-play (PNP) in our room last night. I tried rocking her to sleep at 7:30pm last night. I was still rocking at 10pm. Brodie told me to bring her to bed and just put her down. She cried for an hour...a SOLID hour! I would console her every 5-10 minutes but we did let her cry. At 11pm she finally gave up and fell asleep...only to wake up an hour later to eat. LOL! But, when she was finished eating I laid her down in her PNP and she fell right to sleep. Her 2:30am feeding was a little harder but not bad at all.

I am trying to get her into a routine now so that she will learn to sleep and eat and regular times. She is a smart girl. I am sure it won't take long for us to get on schedule.

Happy 4th of July!