While I absolutely love the newborn and baby months and want to enjoy every moment, oh my gosh I have never wanted 5 months to come faster so I can sleep train and Emme will be able to interact more with Zackary. To say the least we are exhausted in this household. Emeline is such a sweetheart but she doesn't realize we have a energetic toddler that is sensitive to her every cry and wants to fix her so he joins in her sobs and that concludes our last months festivities! She is growing fast though. At her 10 week appointment she was 14 pounds and 23 inches tall. Both in the 96 percentile! She actually slept 14 hours the other night with one feeding...and I thought we struck gold. NOPE...the next day and consecutively thereafter she's been making up for it.
She is so inquisitive of her surroundings. She checks everything out and dishes out the cutest smiles on this side of the world! In the mornings when she wakes up Zackary and I go in and say hello and watch her stretch and move around and its the sweetest thing. This morning Zackary was eating so he wasn't there and she was looking all around for him, it was precious. I could tell. She talks to us and laughs and is batting at her toys, grasping and holding her head up well. She loves the breastfeeding and is enjoying only falling asleep for naps and bedtime in our arms and staying there for her naps. Luckily at bed we are able to put her in her pack and play next to me. As it's still to early, soon in the next month maybe we will have to sleep train her like we did Zackary. It worked so well with him.
JAS came to visit us and meet Emme...and Emme took to her so well. Zackary also loves to play with JAS. She thinks outside of the box with his toys and he has fun with new stimulation. Thanks JAS for visiting my children, means so much to me.
Emme and I have a lot of girl chats...about makeup and cooking and dolls and her wedding and going shopping. We laugh at the boys-like when Zackary's running around naked and then starts to pee...or how he helps with her diaper changes. Tonight in her bath she was kicking her legs like crazy, it was hysterical. I just wish she would nap longer and in her crib. AH. We should have started our soothing techniques at birth...but we didn't we liked rocking her to sleep. And while the moments are precious we set her up to need that to fall asleep.
Zackary develops, grows and melts are hearts each and every day. He listens to everyone's hearts and makes the beating noise-cute right! He is talking more and more, eating great, still loving watering, throwing balls over our backyard into the neighbors, going to the park, playing peek a boo, mickey and "elmo, abby" as he says, and singing with his microphone to "mommy daddy musica". He says "musica..." it's so cute. He says "Emeline" so well and then right after will say "baby emme"...he knows she has two names. He is also having some regression problems right now. The adjustment of a new baby entering his life has become overwhelming for him especially when she cries (therefore hard for us too). We are handling it with help one day at a time, keeping it simple, and trying to realize that it's just a moment in time. But his hugs, love and laughter keep me going...and are keeping me strong.
While I absolutely love the newborn and baby months and want to enjoy every moment, oh my gosh I have never wanted 5 months to come faster so I can sleep train and Emme will be able to interact more with Zackary. To say the least we are exhausted in this household. Emeline is such a sweetheart but she doesn't realize we have a energetic toddler that is sensitive to her every cry and wants to fix her so he joins in her sobs and that concludes our last months festivities! She is growing fast though. At her 10 week appointment she was 14 pounds and 23 inches tall. Both in the 96 percentile! She actually slept 14 hours the other night with one feeding...and I thought we struck gold. NOPE...the next day and consecutively thereafter she's been making up for it.
She is so inquisitive of her surroundings. She checks everything out and dishes out the cutest smiles on this side of the world! In the mornings when she wakes up Zackary and I go in and say hello and watch her stretch and move around and its the sweetest thing. This morning Zackary was eating so he wasn't there and she was looking all around for him, it was precious. I could tell. She talks to us and laughs and is batting at her toys, grasping and holding her head up well. She loves the breastfeeding and is enjoying only falling asleep for naps and bedtime in our arms and staying there for her naps. Luckily at bed we are able to put her in her pack and play next to me. As it's still to early, soon in the next month maybe we will have to sleep train her like we did Zackary. It worked so well with him.
JAS came to visit us and meet Emme...and Emme took to her so well. Zackary also loves to play with JAS. She thinks outside of the box with his toys and he has fun with new stimulation. Thanks JAS for visiting my children, means so much to me.
Emme and I have a lot of girl chats...about makeup and cooking and dolls and her wedding and going shopping. We laugh at the boys-like when Zackary's running around naked and then starts to pee...or how he helps with her diaper changes. Tonight in her bath she was kicking her legs like crazy, it was hysterical. I just wish she would nap longer and in her crib. AH. We should have started our soothing techniques at birth...but we didn't we liked rocking her to sleep. And while the moments are precious we set her up to need that to fall asleep.
Zackary develops, grows and melts are hearts each and every day. He listens to everyone's hearts and makes the beating noise-cute right! He is talking more and more, eating great, still loving watering, throwing balls over our backyard into the neighbors, going to the park, playing peek a boo, mickey and "elmo, abby" as he says, and singing with his microphone to "mommy daddy musica". He says "musica..." it's so cute. He says "Emeline" so well and then right after will say "baby emme"...he knows she has two names. He is also having some regression problems right now. The adjustment of a new baby entering his life has become overwhelming for him especially when she cries (therefore hard for us too). We are handling it with help one day at a time, keeping it simple, and trying to realize that it's just a moment in time. But his hugs, love and laughter keep me going...and are keeping me strong.
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