Baby girl is 5 weeks old and somewhere in the 6 pound range. She finally fits into her preemie clothes. Newborn sizes still swallow her up. I took her to the doctor last week and he was pleased with her weight gain, but she is not on the growth charts because she is TINY. Colton was always in the 75-95th percentiles, and now I have a tiny baby that doesn't even make it onto the chart at all!
She is a great nurser. When we left the NICU, they told me it would take about a month to wean her from the bottle completely, but she was done with the bottle about three days after we got home. Now she solely nurses and my life is so much easier.
She sleeps a lot...much more than Colton did. But once again this has to do with the fact that she is a preemie. At night she can go 4 hours in between feedings, so if I time it right I may only have to get up once per night...but that doesn't always happen.
Raelyn is a very loud baby. She is constantly grunting, making noises that sound like a pig, pooting, or burping. She can't even nurse without being noisy. She hates sleeping on her back and loves sleeping on her tummy. I usually let her sleep on her stomach during the day when I'm awake and can keep an eye on her. But at night she has been sleeping in the swing so she can sit upright. Recently my friend, Katie loaned me her Nap Nanny and Raelyn LOVED it. She went 4.5 hours between feedings the first night she slept in it! Now she sleeps in it every night.
I LOVE my Moby Wrap and so does she! I didn't have one with Colton. It allows me to carry Raelyn around and have both my hands free. She is so snug and tight in there that she just falls asleep. I've found it's much easier than carrying the heavy pumpkin seat inside everywhere I go. Tonight Cam and I went out to eat and I wore her in the Moby Wrap while she slept and we ate.
Colton is an awesome big brother. He loves her to death...sometimes I'm afraid that may literally happen. He is way too rough with her. Patting her on the head may actually mean beating her on the head. And the other day I walked in on on him shaking the heck out of the swing...with her in it. He is obsessed with changing her diapers and looking to see what's inside of them. I love to hear him talk to her. He says things like "It's okay baby sissy, big brother is here to protect you." The other day she was upstairs crying and he came running up the stairs shouting "Big brother is coming!"The first day I took Raelyn with me to to pick up Colt from MDO, he jumped up out of his seat and couldn't wait to start showing her off to all of his friends and teachers.
"Yes, and the Lord will deliver me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. All glory to God forever and ever! Amen." 2 Timothy 4:18
4 comments:
I'm glad to know you love your Moby Wrap. My mom bought me one because I read alot of good reviews on them. I can't wait to try it out when Prestons gets here!
Big brothers are something special. They love Thierry babies.
Oh my goodness! It is official, you have a little Cam and a little Martina. She is soooo cute! Glad she is sleeping well. What a blessing!
I was going to ask you which wrap it was that you said you were wanting. I knew you really liked one and I want to get one too. I didn't like the sling I had with Asher. I have a short list of things I need for #2 and this is going to be close to the top!
I need some pictures of her!
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