I've been wanting to play and haven't had the chance till now (gotta love insomnia when you're baby is sleeping!)
(1) Age in weeks - 11 weeks
(2) Birth weight/current weight - 7lbs,12 oz / 10 lbs
(2 wks ago-but she doesn't seem like she's gained all that much-she could be getting closer to 11 lbs though.)
(3) Eat - breast/bottle (how long/ how much/ how often) - 7-8 bfeeding in 24 hrs. She can take up to 40-45 minutes some feeds! But usually about 20-25 min. on one side. Try to do a 3 hr. easy but usually she sneaks in some 2 or 2.5 hrs in there.
(4) Wake-up time/bedtime - 8 am/8 pm- she's punctual on this at least!
(5) Hours of sleep at night - 11.5-12
(6) Dream Feed? - no-it didn't change anything so we dont' bother
(7) Naps (how many/duration) - It depends on which day- on her good days, she'll take at least 2-3 great 1.5-2 hr naps. Lately and on bad days she takes about 4 20-30 min. catnaps!
[8] ? hr. EASY - . Shooting for 3- sometimes (with the bad naps) it's more like 2 or 2.5.
(9) How many BM's per day - 2 some days, some days 1, some days none!
(10) PU/PD or Pat/Sh... - Doesn't seem to work for her. I use a fan in the hallway for white noise and I put the paci in while she moves her head side to side crying and fighting the sleep. (She's a tummy sleeper.) Somedays (good ones)this takes 3 minutes, others 20-25. I can get her to sleep in no time if I walk her around with me, but I'm trying to be vigilant about her learning to nap on her own.
(11) Sucks thumb/fingers? - During activity time, sometimes she "plays" with her fingers in her mouth- trying to figure them out. Or if her arm is in good proximity she'll mouth it.
(12) Rolling over? -. No- but she can scoot forward a little when she's on her tummy!
(13) Favorite Activity - trying to kick or hit the toys on her bouncy seat- or smiling at the bear mobile on her swing.
(14) What makes your LO laugh? Anyone smiling at her (though me and DH seem to be able to get the best responses.) -I think Madeline would too, if she would stand still long enough! Or just talking to her- or the ceiling fan!
(15) What makes your LO cry? Being tired, hungry, or something else- can't figure out what that something else is yet, though!
As for me . . . .
(1) Is motherhood everything I expected . . . A whole lot harder (both times around!) But extremely rewarding- I knew I'd love my children- but it amazes me the depths of love I feel for them.
(2) Stay at home mom . . . basically, yes. I run a Curves franchise-but I have employees and just do the overseeing type things from home -I can make my trips up there fit my own schedule.-With DH's help on the nights and weekends. So, I'm at home trying to focus on raising little ones during the days.
(3) More children . . . Up until the last few days I would have said NO. And I still am not sure about this one. My biggest issues are money (proper education is expensive!) and my sanity. That might sound funny, but I want to make sure I can handle it- though I do know that they are "easier" when they are older- I think the newborn stage really sends me close to the edge, so it's hard for me to imagine being able to handle it when I have older ones to manage as well. But only time (and God) will tell!
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When I was reading through the answers, I was so happy for so many of you whose lo's seem to be really catching on to EASY. What a blessing- especially those of you who seem to have gotten the nap thing down-yeah!!! (Can't wait for ours to be consistently good- the 1 good day followed by 3 bad days is getting old!!!)
Welcome to the ones who've recently joined our thread!
More kisses to those little soft cheeks!!!