Now, more about this little girl...
She is one big pile of sugar and we are pretty inseparable. One reason for that is she doesn't like a bottle at all. We need to work on that a lot in the next three weeks and I pray that she will take one soon. She is really such a good baby though. We did have a little rough spell around the time she turned one month old where she wanted to be held at all times during the day. Mallory was like that a lot too and so that's what I did with her - hold her. But with a two year old at home too, it was impossible for me to hold Hadley all the time. We have had to let her cry some and honestly, I think it has been the best thing we could have done. She has learned to like her swing and being in the pack-n-play and now soothes herself to sleep at night. I never thought I would see the day!
She is ready to go to bed around 9 every night and has slept up to seven hours, but mostly she sleeps between five or six hours then wakes to eat and sleeps another two hours or so. She has been on a routine lately where she eats in the morning and then I put her in her swing and she will go back to sleep for about two hours. Ever since turning one month old she also really studies faces and smiles when being talked to. Hadley has brought our family so much joy. She is sleeping right now and Mallory keeps saying, "I want Hadley to wake up." I am amazed at how much she loves her little sister and what a big help she is to me. I honestly thought she would be way more jealous. I am so thankful that is not the case. So far. Ha!
This was at Mallory's end of year preschool program. She's with her two teachers she had, Mrs. Regina and Mrs. Carol. She LOVED them and it is so funny when she plays school and pretends that she is one of them. It was a fast school year and I can't believe there are only 2 more years of preschool left for her! Time just needs to SLOW DOWN.
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Hadley is a she version of Patrick and so adorable. God bless you all. I know what you mean about wanting to stay home. I never had that feeling with Bela or Jase but with Ellie, I could just stay home and wear pijamas all day as long as she was with me. I still hate dropping her off at daycare.
ReplyDeleteEllie did not like to take the bottle at the begginning either, but we realized it was because, I kid you not, she could smell me from a distance. I can't explain it. If I tried to give it to her, she wasn't having it. Since my mom was here, she would give it to her and she would take it as long as I was not in the room. Try that to see if it works.
Take good care and post more pictures!