Elsie is 1 month old! It is so funny how time flies now that she is here. We are on our third week of Craig being back to work. Overall things are going great. I have my good days and bad, of course. We know realized that Katya was our easiest baby. Reagan and Elsie's evening fussiness is a toss up; both girls were/are pretty hard, though Elsie is a bit fussier overall. She does well at tummy time but doesn't last long awake and not being held. It takes a minimum of 20-30 minutes to get her down for a nap, and if she is overly tired or just fussy, that can extend to 1, 2 or even 3 hours.
Blurry of me but still cute.
As you can imagine, when it takes hours to get her down for a nap and the girls are still up, it can be very stressful and challenging. It also sucks at 3 in the morning. I have found that I need a lot of patience in the process, and I cannot rush it or I will end up having to start all over with the soothing. I am not too surprised that Elsie is a little difficult. She was my only baby who was fussy right after birth. They sure have their personalities from the get-go! Once Elsie goes down for her nap she usually sleeps about 2 hours, in her swing. We have been co-sleeping at night; her and I in the guest bed (judge if you will:-)) She has one long nap, about 4 hrs, unfortunately it has been during the day lately. The fussy period is suppose to peak around week 5-6, so I expect things to get worse before they get better. There is a lot of crying in the evenings and A LOT of pacing the floor with Miss fussy pants.
The girls are doing great adjusting to the new baby. They are both very sweet towards her. They love laying with her during tummy time. They are getting along pretty well and playing together a lot. I am thankful that they have each other. Many days we are able to get out of the house after Elsie's morning nap. OMSI, the park, playdate, grocery store, etc. Els sleeps in the Moby on our outing. When we get home the girls go down for rest time (they have not been sleeping at nap time) and I can work on getting Elsie down. It usually leaves me a half hour to myself for cleaning, dinner prep or a quick workout. Elsie's long nap is often the afternoon one.
Elsie is very strong and has good head control. She rolled over, tummy to back three times yesterday! She has not repeated it yet. She still has quite a bit of her dark hair, which I love. Her eyes still have the slate blue newborn color but are dark and 'muddy' just under the surface. Elsie gave me 3 big awake smiles yesterday too. I feel like I am handling the sleep deprivation pretty darn well. Especially considering she is up every two hours at night. I still maintain being up all night is easier than being pregnant for me.
It kind of looks like she is smiling in this cute picture.
Milk tongue!
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