Madison giggled on Monday! I couldn't believe it. She is a sleep smiler but this was her first laugh! So cute! i can't wait until we get to hear that laugh more often! This week Mindy has been helping with Maddie, watching her while I sleep and shower. Moms are so helpful!!!
Despite Maddie's adorableness, this week was pretty exhausting because she woke up every 1-2 hours to feed during the night. I still am anxious about putting her in her crib to sleep too after feeding because I am scared she will choke on her spit up. So combine my nerves for putting her in the crib by herself and Maddie waking up every 1-2 hours, I didn't sleep much. Luckily, she sleeps during the day too so I could take naps. My favorite is when she sleeps on my chest. By the end of the week though, she started to wake up every 3 hours to feed and I feel much more comfortable putting her down because she has proved that she can handle her spit-ups better. So I am sleeping a lot more! its great! What's weird though is sometimes I dream I am feeding her so I don't wake up right away to her crying. So two nights ago Josh woke up to comfort her and then woke me up so I could feed her and when I woke up I was so confused because I thought I was nursing her. I try to think of it like a game though. Nursing is an art that we both have to practice at. The more I feed her, the more she improves. However, if I start out feeding her on a bad foot, she gets really upset and its hard for her to eat. So I try to help her transition smoothly from her crying state to eating and its hard! But when she makes a good transition, she is a great eater! A couple times this week I had mini melt downs though because I felt like you need a degree to take care of a baby. Sometimes she makes these funny noises... not so funny... that worry me. I wish I knew exactly what was going on with her body. Its scary taking care of a newborn. I keep telling myself that a lot of people do this and I can do this too.
That is just the realities of being a mom to a newborn/baby I guess! But overall, I have surprised myself how much I like staying home all day taking care of Maddie. I LOVE it. I feel so much peace from Maddie (even though she's not peaceful all the time) I think its because she came from Heaven only two weeks ago. She is my pal and even though she can't talk or smile, her spirit strengthens me and fills me with happiness! Everyday she stays awake more and more and I love that I get to see her eyes more often! They are beautiful!
Maddie likes to pee on Daddy :) It's pretty funny! She almost peed in his face this morning. She peed on my shorts earlier this week. She has impeccable timing. Haha or we just have impeccable timing. Good thing she's is not a boy or she would be even more dangerous!
We gave Maddie her first sponge bath this week! She didn't completely hate it! She is due for another soon because she smells like spit up! We also took her on her first shopping trip to Target! We got pump for me and it was one of those moments that was like, "Wow, I really have a baby."
We love this blanket...especially late at night it keeps Maddie and Mommy warm :)
It looks like Maddie has a dimple like Grandma pond!!
Mommy likes to play dress up!
Mommy likes to play dress up and take pictures!
Sound asleep!
Note from daddy:
ReplyDeleteI think she didn't like her sponge bath at all. She wasn't screaming, but she was crying and acting very uncomfortable the whole time haha!
Also I think she smiled at daddy for the first time. Yes she is a sleep smiler, but I'm pretty sure she was awake this time. She had just finished feeding last night and her eyes were open and she was awake for a couple of hours. During that time she got to play with daddy and I told her a princess story that I made up. She seemed to react to my voice inflections during the happy/exciting parts of the story and smiled 4 or 5 times. Her smile was different than her sleep smile. It was a precious moment with daddy :) It may have been a coincidence, but I don't think so :)