I officially feel guilty. People always said that you take a million pictures of your first born and have two pictures of second kids. I think I'm running into the same problem keeping up Elin's blog. I just don't have time. HOWEVER- I am making a concerted effort to take lots of pictures at least. So here is an update for the last month and a half.
Elin had a playdate with her cousin Drew who is about 3 weeks younger than her. They are two cute fat babies and had a blast chatting to each other on the blanket. It will be so fun to see how these two grow up together since they are so close in age.
We had professional pictures taken when Elin was two months old and got them back a few weeks ago. They turned out terrific and Anya is the most photogenic of the group. Here are a few of my favorites.
We had our good friends from Australia visit for the last two weeks. Harry was amazing with Elin and he and Anya loved seeing each other again. We had many adventures including a trip to the cabin. Since we don't have a bathtub there Elin gets to sit in her jacuzzi tub in the sink. This kid loves her baths!
Elin is robust. She has rolls upon rolls and her belly shakes when she giggles. She even has "muffin top" coming over her diaper! (Time to go up a size I know- BUT I bought a huge box at Costco and need to use them all first) She loves to eat and still nurses about every two hours if not more frequently She takes a bottle like a champ so I am able to get out and about without worrying about her starving.
We had a rough time with her sleeping about three weeks ago. She was still in her bassinet in our room. We were swaddling her at night too. She started waking at 2am and staying awake until 5am every night. Needless to say this was wreaking havoc on all our lives. To make matters worse she wasn't sleeping at all during the day either. The kid was working herself into a state of sleep deprivation. She is normally happy most the time unless she is hungry. Our sweet happy baby was a tired crying mess and we were quickly deteriorating too. I was clocking her naps and nighttime sleep and she was totaling between 7-9 hours in a 24 hour period. The average sleep recommended for a baby her age was 15 hours! We had a major problem and nothing we were doing seemed to be fixing it.
We consulted other parents and the all knowing grandmothers and switched up our game plan. She has very bad reflux which means she spits up and vomits a lot especially when she is on her back. So what if we tried to prop her on her side to sleep? That did it. She was unswaddled and moved into her own room and own crib, propped on her side and she slept for a solid 9 hours. Since that wonderful discovery we have had regular naps in the crib and she goes down around 10 at night and sleeps until 7am. She usually wakes around 3am for a feeding but it is quick and she goes right back down now. Caveat- this is most nights. We have good nights and not so good nights but this is the normal pattern.
Tummy sleeping is her most favorite position but we can't do that unless we watch her like a hawk. I freak out the entire time she is on her stomach but she can nap for 3 hours that way easy. For my sanity the side sleeping is the way to go.
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