At one month, Abigail loves: being held, being wrapped in a blanket, bath time, big sister, she's starting to get the hang of holding on to a paci! She's still a great baby! We are struggling less with evening fussiness thanks to Gerber probiotic drops and going 3 hours between feedings now. She usually has one 5-6 hour stretch at night between 10-4, and then a 3 hour stretch. We are all so smitten with our baby girl!
- It was truly amazing how different I felt bringing home my second child. I got in the shower the first night home and didn't even cry!
- Starting to burp after feedings
- She HATES diaper changes!
- At her 3 day appointment:
- • her weight got down to 7.13. The doc was a little concerned and told me to come back by Saturday if my milk hasn't come in to re-weigh. I need to absolutely feed her every 2-3 hours.
- • her color, muscles, and other measurements looked great. She's so strong!
- My milk came in by day 3.
- Mama started getting emotional by day 4.
- We took newborn and family photos on day 4. We got some seriously sweet shots, but I had my first experience of frustration with Claire for not cooperating and then Abigail wouldn't sleep for her newborn photos.
- Spit up for the first (few) times on day 5.
- Her little voice and cry is kind of raspy.
- Umbilical cord fell off the morning of day 9. Also finished newborn pics with Claire.
- At day 10, she goes 2-3 hours between feedings during the day and longer stretches at night. (During her bedtime feedings, she gets a little fussy -cries, grunts, wriggles around- and doesn't poop like she does during the day. She burps well!)
- Got her social security card on 5/13.
- She has a fussy period between 7:30-9:30 pm. She doesn't really want to nurse, she will take a few sucks and then start crying pretty hard. (Week 3 just ended up being a hard week. If she wasn't held, she was sad.)
- She hates the car seat!
- Had a TERRIBLE spit up on 05/16.
- Moved up to size 1 diapers at 2 weeks.
- Very likely to fall asleep if you put her up in the shoulder.
- At her 2 week appointment (with Dr. Swindle) she was up to 9.5lbs! She is very strong, healthy and smart! She's had a pretty white/pasty tongue for a while. Doc said it could possibly be thrush, so he went ahead and ordered some drops. If this doesn't help with her evening fussiness, she could possibly have reflux or some colic.
- She's a grunter and a squeaker.
- Took her first real bath with Claire at 2.5 weeks.
- Down to pre-pregnancy weight, and pain is almost completely gone by 3 weeks. Still bleeding and still a major belly!
- Fairly easy to get to sleep. Just bounce a little while and hold her arms if they're flailing.
- 4 weeks: still eats every 2-3 hours during the day, has had a 7, 6, and 5 hour stretch on different nights, and then went to 2.5-3 hours at night.
- I think she went through a growth spurt during week 4. She slept almost all day for 2 days and then the 3rd night and 4th day were rough.
- At 3.5 weeks, we started Gerber soothe probiotic drops. Hoping it helps with her evening fussiness.
- Working on 3 hour stretches during the day!
- She went on her first trip! We saw all of Andrew's family in Benton, our friends out on Lake Degray, and Meme and Poppi on the way home. She did fantastic!
- She's rolled several times from her belly to back (only because she hates tummy time so much.)
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