How is everyone doing?
We are doing really well, even with Sophie having a cold. It bothered her a lot last night so I didn't get much sleep, but dh took her this morning and I was able to sleep for a little bit (until dd1 parked herself outside my bedroom door and yelled, "I'M POOPING!"
). We're on day 4 of the cold, so I'm hoping it clears out soon. I have a slight sore throat, so I know I'm passing antibodies to her.
She is also having some digestive issues ... not pooping often and clearly uncomfortable as a result. Lots of bearing down and periods of fussing in the hours before the poop comes. She is also a little gassy. We went through the same thing with dd1. They come by it honestly, as I don't have the best digestion either
. Anyway, we have an appointment with the homeopath on Wed, and it can't come fast enough (even though it will be dh's first day back at work -- a thought that makes me weak in the knees). Homeopathy is the only thing that helped dd1 (even a total elimination diet on my part did nothing), so I am expecting it will help Sophie too.
So mostly she has been a little fussy and wiggly at night, due to the stuffy nose and digestive stuff. But other than that, she is doing awesome. I think once we get those things in hand we'll be in really good shape.
Oh, and I think it was Killick who asked if all their baby does is eat and sleep.
Yep, that's what we've got going on here too. She does have alert periods, but it blows me away how much (and how easily) this child sleeps. SO DIFFERENT from dd1 (thank goodness 
). By this age, dd1 was screaming for hours on end every evening (I think it was birth trauma plus digestive stuff); we were never in bed before midnight, and often up until 2 or 4 AM, wearing a groove in our floor with the constant walking walking walking. I could hardly ever put dd1 down, and certainly not while she was asleep. I was exhausted and frazzled, and dh and I working together couldn't even cope. I just can't believe how different things are this time around. So much better 
!
Oh, and I had the woman who did my maternity pics out yesterday for a session with me and Sophie. She has one pic up on her flickr site; you can see it here. I'm so glad I had her out (and I took lots of mental notes about her techniques). She got pictures of us nursing, too; stuff I never could have done by myself. It's such a special time, I'm thrilled to have it "on film" so to speak.
Oops, babe is waking ... gotta run.
We are doing really well, even with Sophie having a cold. It bothered her a lot last night so I didn't get much sleep, but dh took her this morning and I was able to sleep for a little bit (until dd1 parked herself outside my bedroom door and yelled, "I'M POOPING!"
). We're on day 4 of the cold, so I'm hoping it clears out soon. I have a slight sore throat, so I know I'm passing antibodies to her.She is also having some digestive issues ... not pooping often and clearly uncomfortable as a result. Lots of bearing down and periods of fussing in the hours before the poop comes. She is also a little gassy. We went through the same thing with dd1. They come by it honestly, as I don't have the best digestion either
. Anyway, we have an appointment with the homeopath on Wed, and it can't come fast enough (even though it will be dh's first day back at work -- a thought that makes me weak in the knees). Homeopathy is the only thing that helped dd1 (even a total elimination diet on my part did nothing), so I am expecting it will help Sophie too.So mostly she has been a little fussy and wiggly at night, due to the stuffy nose and digestive stuff. But other than that, she is doing awesome. I think once we get those things in hand we'll be in really good shape.
Oh, and I think it was Killick who asked if all their baby does is eat and sleep.
Yep, that's what we've got going on here too. She does have alert periods, but it blows me away how much (and how easily) this child sleeps. SO DIFFERENT from dd1 (thank goodness ). By this age, dd1 was screaming for hours on end every evening (I think it was birth trauma plus digestive stuff); we were never in bed before midnight, and often up until 2 or 4 AM, wearing a groove in our floor with the constant walking walking walking. I could hardly ever put dd1 down, and certainly not while she was asleep. I was exhausted and frazzled, and dh and I working together couldn't even cope. I just can't believe how different things are this time around. So much better !Oh, and I had the woman who did my maternity pics out yesterday for a session with me and Sophie. She has one pic up on her flickr site; you can see it here. I'm so glad I had her out (and I took lots of mental notes about her techniques
). She got pictures of us nursing, too; stuff I never could have done by myself. It's such a special time, I'm thrilled to have it "on film" so to speak.Oops, babe is waking ... gotta run.
. The sposie pads just soaked it up so I didn't notice. My mw said it's likely my body will "bounce back" in a few weeks. I'm pretty bummed about it, though. I had some during the pregnancy, but nothing like this. And none at all with dd1. Sigh.
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