Well once we got home from the beach it was back to reality...that meant a lot more fussiness from Ms. Sutton. She is just not very happy unless she is being fed, bathed, or sleeping. Anytime we think all the stars are aligned and we can head out for an errand it's a disaster. She screammms. She sticks to a pretty good routine if we don't ruffle her feathers and try to take her away from home. We spent the last week of July trying to get her on a routine. She still is pretty consistent with her bed time routine. She goes to sleep by 9:30 and wakes up anyways between 2-3:30 then is awake again between 6-7. Her first nap after that is usually pretty short. Then she will eat and sleep two long stretches (about 3 hours each) if we don't try to leave the house. She is still nursing wonderfully. She sleeps in her swing during the day and in the pack and play at night. I have been pumping after each feeding to store up a supply for when I return to work at the end of the month (I am already dreading the thought of work). Smiles are pretty rare still but when she gives us one we soak up every second! For the longest time each time we went to put Sutton down it would require us to rock her for about 15 minutes in our arms standing up..then we would gently place her in her swing and pray she wouldn't open those eyes. A lot of times she would wake up and we would have to start the process all over again. Well this past week Meghan came for a visit and suggested we get a Mama Roo that mimics the same rocking pattern. Well so far so good she is loving it! She also noticed that Sutton would wake up when she would break out of her swaddle so she turned us onto the miracle blanket. Again so far so good so we are hoping these help tremendously with calming her down to sleep. Last night she slept from 9-6 (9 hours we are sooo grateful)...I think it's that amazing feeling when you see "the light" that your child will eventually sleep that long even if it's not permanent right now. We loooved having Meghan and Ava visit us. She is soo wonderful with babies and was such a calming person to have by my side. We love her and our friendship and wish we got to see her more often. We also snuck away for a neighborhood meet and greet last night. Brad's parents came to stay with Sutton. We told them we would be gone for an hour max and I left some milk in a bottle. Well Brad decided to check on them about an hour in and he could see the look of despair on their faces...she apparently screamed the whole hour. It can be exhausting to deal with a lot of unexplained crying. I tried going "dairy free" for the whole month of July and notices no changes at all in her behavior. I think we may just have a fussy baby. Craw was almost identical. We are grateful for her health and know that this is just a stage. I dread going back to work because I am going to miss all these happy moments when she comes into her own little personality. I am going to try to enjoy every little snuggle and sweet little sound because soon I will be back at work missing out on all the fun times with her. She is doing much better with the paci and will usually use it to fall asleep with until it falls out of her mouth. Once she is sound asleep it doesn't seem to bother her whether it is in or out.
We bought Sutton her own little ball to use to help with grasping coordination
tried out the bumbo to help entertain her when she is screaming and it lasts for maybe 2 minutes...
The Bjorn will keep her content for short periods of time but I still haven't found that one activity that really calms her (other than the mama roo at sleep time)
We loved putting her little toes in the ocean for the first time. It was so hot that we only brought her to the beach after dinner.
Papa tried to keep her under the umbrella but if you are sitting with Sutton she isn't happy so that didn't last long.
sweet yawns. Papa was soo sweet and would stay in with you for a few hours while I snuck away to the beach. I appreciated getting to see Craw enjoy the beach and am so grateful for sweet Papa.
I love this facial expression. It reminds me so much of the look Craw would give us at this age too.
Hope always wanted to be near Sutton if she was awake. She is loving having a little baby to help take care of
A SMILEE!!
A little baby acnes hit around 7 weeks but you're still cute as a button
She has been trying to get her hands in her mouth since she was born. She finally figured it out around 7 weeks. I really think she may be a finger sucker just like her brother.
The Mama Roo ---we are loving the mama roo at 8 weeks!
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