Sara - We are doing a small-ish party with just our immediate family the weekend before her birthday. Then on her actual birthday it will just be the three of us
I was also worried about her handling all 50+ people that we would have had to invite...and luckily hosting a big party is just not going to work out for us with the size of our house, etc. I know my MIL will not like that we are not inviting great-grandparents and great aunts and great uncles and second and third cousins, but I don't care. I told DH if she wants all those people invited then she can host a birthday party for L and feed everyone!
Cecildix - We've all been there! It really did suck for us the first few months as well
It will not be like this forever though, so hang in there
With L I try to look at everything from her point of view. At that age she would get over stimulated and overtired because she just wanted to observe every little thing...wanting to see and investigate and figure out everything around them is so overwhelming for such a little baby. We always put a time limit on outings, so we could get her back home and in bed when she needed it (she would nap in her stroller if it was covered, but that phase ended when she decided she would rather see everything than sleep). It made for short, quick trips but it helped keep her sleeping well. Around 4 months her schedule allowed us to bring her out more often, and we took her out every weekend somewhere to get her used to new people and places, but only one outing each day (so she wasn't getting overstimulated). We went through the rushed eating as well, but DH and I just ended up changing our eating schedule so that we were eating at 7pm after she went to bed. That way we could eat together and not be rushed. I don't remember too much of what I did with her play wise at 10 weeks, but I think it was basically letting her watch me do chores (or carry her in the sling while I did chores) and a little bit of time on her playmat with her dangly toys. I don't have much advice for breastfeeding, I only breastfed for 3months...but I remember L having plenty of growth spurts between 0-3months where she was eating every 1.5hrs though. Maybe check out the breastfeeding boards if you are concerned about your LO snacking, you may be able to get her to 2.5hrs between feedings at 10weeks, but I don't know that you will get longer until she is a bit older. I know it's tough, but if you start looking at things the way she sees them you will start to understand her a bit better. I promise it will get easier to figure out what she needs, and you will be able to leave the house again
