Monday, June 17, 2013
My heart..
Is so full. Every time I look at my beautiful daughter, I have trouble believing that this is my life. I am so blessed to have this amazing little girl in my life. All of my dreams came true March 13, 2013.
Monday, June 10, 2013
12w5d
Jillian will be 13 weeks on Wednesday and 3 months old on Thursday! Time really is flying so fast!
This is really just a short update to say we are doing well. Jill is showing a lot of interest in sitting up. Any time she is not completely flat on her back, she is straining trying to sit up (so if I prop her up on a pillow or my legs). She isn't rolling yet and she's not a huge fan of tummy time, but I am making more of an effort in the hopes that she will roll soon. She is cooing like crazy and she is reaching out and touching things (especially her toes!). I can't wait to hear her laugh! She squeals a little bit, but I haven't heard a giggle just yet.
She is also sleeping in the crib about 75% of the time. We tried a little before we visited family in Chicago and it didn't go too well. She was waking all night and during the day she was super cranky and acting over-tired. I decided to try again a few weeks later and she took to it like a champ and has been in there ever since. I say 75% of the time because if she wakes up after 4am then I usually change her and bring her back to her rock n play in our room for the remainder of the morning. She usually goes to bed some time between 9:15pm and 10:00pm and sleeps until 4-6am (one time she slept until 8!) and then I feed and change her and she's back in bed for 1-2 hour increments until 11-1pm depending. Sometimes she wants to play for an hour or so before taking another nap. During the day/evening, she stays up mainly and takes a cat nap every 2-2.5 hours for about 20-45min.
Breastfeeding is still going great. Jill eats every 1hr-2hrs all day (usually the more frequent times are in the evenings after 5pm). I feed her and rock her to sleep sometime after 9 and she's good for the night! She is starting to get frustrated at the breast and I'm thinking it is a growth spurt and the milk isn't coming out fast enough for her liking because she mainly fusses in the evening when my breasts feel the least full and she has yet to fuss at the breast in the morning or early afternoon.
Keith went back to work for real last week. He had been doing some odd things on and off (mainly off) in March and April until we took transfer leave to move. He pretty much had from March 1 to June 4 off. It was great for me, but now he's back at work. He hasn't started shift work yet and is working days until he gets assigned to a crew. We will see how that weird schedule works. So far, I have been pretty good during the days, but it will likely be hard when he works nights bc I can't just change Jill's and my schedule so we can spend time with him bc that'd be hard on us.
Anyways, Jill is fussing so I will probably have to go rock her a little bit more to get her to sleep ):
This is really just a short update to say we are doing well. Jill is showing a lot of interest in sitting up. Any time she is not completely flat on her back, she is straining trying to sit up (so if I prop her up on a pillow or my legs). She isn't rolling yet and she's not a huge fan of tummy time, but I am making more of an effort in the hopes that she will roll soon. She is cooing like crazy and she is reaching out and touching things (especially her toes!). I can't wait to hear her laugh! She squeals a little bit, but I haven't heard a giggle just yet.
She is also sleeping in the crib about 75% of the time. We tried a little before we visited family in Chicago and it didn't go too well. She was waking all night and during the day she was super cranky and acting over-tired. I decided to try again a few weeks later and she took to it like a champ and has been in there ever since. I say 75% of the time because if she wakes up after 4am then I usually change her and bring her back to her rock n play in our room for the remainder of the morning. She usually goes to bed some time between 9:15pm and 10:00pm and sleeps until 4-6am (one time she slept until 8!) and then I feed and change her and she's back in bed for 1-2 hour increments until 11-1pm depending. Sometimes she wants to play for an hour or so before taking another nap. During the day/evening, she stays up mainly and takes a cat nap every 2-2.5 hours for about 20-45min.
Breastfeeding is still going great. Jill eats every 1hr-2hrs all day (usually the more frequent times are in the evenings after 5pm). I feed her and rock her to sleep sometime after 9 and she's good for the night! She is starting to get frustrated at the breast and I'm thinking it is a growth spurt and the milk isn't coming out fast enough for her liking because she mainly fusses in the evening when my breasts feel the least full and she has yet to fuss at the breast in the morning or early afternoon.
Keith went back to work for real last week. He had been doing some odd things on and off (mainly off) in March and April until we took transfer leave to move. He pretty much had from March 1 to June 4 off. It was great for me, but now he's back at work. He hasn't started shift work yet and is working days until he gets assigned to a crew. We will see how that weird schedule works. So far, I have been pretty good during the days, but it will likely be hard when he works nights bc I can't just change Jill's and my schedule so we can spend time with him bc that'd be hard on us.
Anyways, Jill is fussing so I will probably have to go rock her a little bit more to get her to sleep ):
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