I will start with Lily, who should be the star of this post and every other post from here on out because she is just so magnetically cute that I could gush and gush about her for hours!
At night, Lily will go to bed between 10 and 10:30 and will sleep until 3 or 4 in the morning! If we have played with her and have kept her alert from 8 until bedtime, she will sometimes sleep until 5 in the morning. It is rather amamzing. I will say that this did not come easily though. She is almost three months now, and in the last couple of weeks, she hasn't been as demanding during the night as she was the first two months.
Lily is a very peculiar and particular baby. She likes to be held certain ways, she doesn’t like to be moved around too much, she does not enjoy when her diaper is dirty, and she gets upset with loud, sudden noises. She can always tell when I am around and will instantly be soothed by my voice. She is in awe of her daddy and loves to watch Jack. Lily smiles and coos like she was born with the talent. I love to watch her stretch her arms over her head and straighten out her little chunky legs! She is a chunk too. The girl has been drinking three ounces of formula since she was two weeks old. We did try to nurse for two weeks; enjoyable for some babies and mothers, not really enjoyable for Lily and I. It was a terrible struggle every time. So, to the bottle we went! And then, she would get so fussy during bottles and directly after them. Or maybe she would take her bottle and an hour later she would burst into tears and continue to cry for three hours. I thought she was a colic baby at first. It was so stressful, especially when I would be alone with Jack and Lily and couldn’t divide my time properly. We all cried. First Lily, then Jack would start, and then I would join in! It was awesome.
Lately things have been running extremely smooth. She seems to have out grown her wailing spats and Jack is adjusting well to my hands always being full with the baby and bottle!
Jackson will tell me to sit sissy down when he is ready for me to play with him. He’ll say, “Sissy down, mama. Sissy down.” It is pretty cute and I fall for it instantly.
I have decided not to try and catch this blog up with posts from November and December. Instead, I am going to just start with this post and go from here!
Until the next time, here are my angels!
1 comment:
glad you're blogging again, and glad that Lily is not crying as much anymore. I know how stressful that can be!!! As for the nursing, I absolutely say that if the bottle makes baby and mom happier and less stressed, that is the way to go!!
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