Well, we're three weeks into this parenthood thing. And man is it hard! Especially when Jeff has been very busy with work and related things. And boy do postpartum hormones suck! But after a day that seems blissful in comparison to the one before, things are looking pretty rosy around here.
Last night we had a stretch of almost 5 hours of sleep (!!) and the child is actually sleeping more than 30-45 minutes at a time during the day today. This was not the case yesterday, when there was lots of crying and very little sleeping. Apparently the secret is to not ask Claire to sleep in her crib. We previously had pretty good luck with this. But in the last few days Claire has been having trouble staying asleep. And when it takes 30 minutes of rocking/bouncing/walking to combat anything from fussiness to full on angry screaming, it's soul crushing to have the child you just got to sleep be wide awake once you put her down! After multiple tries to put her down in her crib last night, I finally put her down asleep in her bouncy chair. And she slept from 1:30 to 6:15!! WHOA! And she's doing decently with sleeping today as well, whether it be in her swing, in the bouncer, or on the couch. It's a tough balance between not wanting to start any bad habits and wanting the kiddo to sleep! Generally sleep wins though.
On another positive note, feeding seems to be going well. At her doctor's appointment this past Monday, Claire was over 7 pounds! She went from 6 pounds, 3 oz at birth to 5-13 after birth to 7 pounds, 0.5 ounces two weeks later. She'll be fitting into her huge 0-3 month wardrobe in no time!
Every day is different around here. We just keep trying to roll with the punches. And hoping Ms. Fussypants continues to adapt to this cruel world outside the womb!
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