Summary of Week 11

Sophia's eleventh week was from July 11- July 17

Weight: I would probably guess somewhere in the 13 lb range.

Health: We tried a new diaper brand this week (Up and Up from Target) which started to give her diaper rash, so we went back to Pampers swaddlers.  I think since the Pampers pulls the wetness away from the skin, it doesn't give her diaper rash like the other brands we have tried.

Sleep: She is still doing great on the 3.5 hour schedule.  She typically has one or two naps a day that she wakes up halfway through, but the others are pretty good.  I watch her and as soon as I see those first couple of yawns, I start to put her down.  I swaddle her while saying "shhhhhh" and turn on her Sleep Sheep while I am swaddling her.  I tell her night night and then leave the room.  She is still awake and falls asleep within a couple of minutes.  I am always so amazed that she is asleep so quickly.  The only time Sophia goes down crying is if I miss her sleepy window and put her down when she is too tired.  She pretty much always has a great morning nap and a great late evening nap. She is also still doing great sleeping through the night! 

Happy girl getting ready to run errands with Mommy

Social: Sophia loves to smile and she will smile at anyone when they start talking to her.

Diet: She is starting to get very active when she nurses.  Her little arms flails all around and she kicks and kicks her legs.  It's getting more difficult to nurse her in the glider that's in the nursery because she pushes her feet on the arm rest and it hurts! I started giving her a bottle once every two or so days so she is still used to it.  Matt and I are going to a concert on Aug. 3rd and his parents will be watching her, so I want to make sure she is used to them still.  We were using Dr. Brown's bottles, but for some reason when we tried giving them to her again, she kept gagging on the nipple, so I switched to MAM bottles, since that's the paci she takes.  She seems to like those much better and will take about 4.5-5 ozs.

Clothes: She kept having some blowouts, so we moved to a size 2 diaper.  They're a little bit big, but they work a lot better. 
Baby Gear Loves: Sleep sheep and halo sleep sacks, pump, activity mat, etc.

Crying:  Just when she's super tired.

Likes: Baths, talking, her activity mat and bouncer.

Post Partum:  Still feeling great!

Summary of weeks 9 and 10

Sophia's ninth week was from June 27 - July 3rd
and her tenth week was from July 4th to July 10th.

**These two weeks were pretty similar and in an effort to get caught up, I will just combine the weekly summary.**
 

Weight: We went to the Dr. for her two week check up on July 1st and she was 12 lbs and 7 ozs. (88th %ile), 23.8 in. (94 %ile), and 15.43'' for head circumference (64 %ile). I totally got the numbers wrong on the last summary, so I went back and fixed them.

Health: The pedi checked out the back of her head, which was one of my concerns and she said it looked just fine and she wasn't worried about it at all, which was a big relief! 

Sleep: Our schedule is still the same as last week and Sophia is still sleeping great at night! She averages about 10 hours.  She goes down around 9:30 for the night and wakes up between 7:00-7:30.  About half of the time, she is still asleep when I go in there, but sometimes she is already awake and just chillin'.  She is a very happy baby when she wakes up. Her naps are definitely getting better and we even had one day where we have perfect naps...she slept through each one and I never once had to go into her room to soothe her back to sleep.  We are starting to have more and more naps that she sleeps all the way through for which is so great!

Social: She is getting so much more fun and her personality is really starting to come out.  We are finding more sounds and faces that make her break out into her huge gummy grin and I am waiting for the day when I hear those giggles!

We celebrated Matt's birthday on July 6th! Originally we were going to go tubing, but the weather interfered with those plans, so we went bowling instead! My mom came down to hang out and watch Sophia. 

 

 

 

First time taking a bottle from Grandma!

Diet: Still doing great nursing.

Clothes: We are still in size 1 diapers, but will probably transition to size 2 soon.

 Baby Gear Loves: Same as last week- bouncer, activity mat, Medela pump and freezer bags, and multiple burp rags...they are all over the house!

 

Crying: She wasn't a big crier these two weeks.  I downloaded the Wonder Weeks app and it's been pretty spot on for Sophia.  These two weeks were right after a wonder week for Sophia and the weeks in between, you have a pretty happy baby!  Weeks like these make me think I can handle 8 more babies because it's been pretty easy.  :)  Then a wonder week comes around and I wonder how people with multiple children do it! haha

Likes: Baths, talking, her activity mat and bouncer.

Post Partum:  Still feeling great!

Sophia is TWO months old!

 Sophia's eighth week was from June 20- June 26

  

Weight:  At her 2 month appointment, Sophia was 12 lbs and 7 ozs. (88th %ile), 23.8 in. (94 %ile), and 15.43'' for head circumference (64 %ile)

Health: Doing great! She had her two month shots this week.  I made Matt stay with her while she got them and I waited outside in the waiting room because I am a big sissy.  She was so pitiful all day afterwards.  At one point, I was nursing her and she would randomly cry out...it was awful! We did end up giving her two half doses of Tylenol which seemed to help.  Thank God it only lasted one day.

Sleep:  We have moved to the 3.5 hour schedule this week. I tried it out when she was 6 weeks old, but she wasn't quite ready.  We tried it again this week and have slowly been moving into it.  I added an additional 15 mins to her awake time and an additional 15 mins. to her naps to make up for the extra 30 mins. It took her a couple of days to adjust, but she did it just fine!

7:00- 7:15ish AM- Up for the day, diaper change and eat and play

8:30 AM- 10:30 AM- Nap

10:30 AM- Eat, diaper change and play

12:00 PM-2:00 PM- Nap

2:00 PM- Eat, diaper change, and play

3:30 PM- 5:30 PM -Nap

5:300 PM- Eat, diaper change and play

7:00 PM- 8:30 PM -Nap

8:30 Bath and eat after

9:30 down for the night

Like I wrote in my 7th week summary, on June 19th, Sophia slept through the night from 10:00 until 7:00 am for the first time.  She went back to waking up for her 4:00am feeding the next couple of days and then on June 27th, she did it again and we have been sleeping through the night since! I can't even begin to explain how excited I am...it's amazing to get a full night's sleep again! I am well rested and I know that Sophia is too! 

Social: She is starting to babble and coo so much more! She loves listening to you talk and if you are cradling her, she loves watching your mouth and she will try and talk back to you.  She also visited with Emma Grace and Everleigh this week at Everleigh's baptism.  

We drove up to Athens to see her and celebrate and was a great little traveler! She took a nap on the way up there, took great 2 hour nap in Everleigh's pack 'n play during her next scheduled nap time, and slept for 2 hours on the way back home.

We also went to a car show this week! She was able to nap in her stroller and we used a clip on fan to keep her cool.  

Diet: Still Momma's milk...before we switched her schedule she was nursing for shorter periods of time, but we are back to normal nursing sessions since she dropped one of the feedings.

Baby Gear Loves: Halo swaddles, Pampers Swaddlers size 1, pump and activity mat, loving our stroller and car seat, too!

Crying: We have such a content and happy baby.  We had a few days in the beginning where she was upset and inconsolable and I cannot imagine it being like that all of the time.  My heart goes out to moms that have colicky babies.  I really do think that such a huge part is due to BabyWise.  A friend sent it to me when I was pregnant and I didn't pick it up until after Sophia was born.  I needed some sort of set schedule and I won't lie..the high percentage of BW babies that sleep through the night early was very appealing! Originally, that is what drew me to BW, but now seeing how content she always is and having others notice and comment on it too, I can see the other pluses to doing BW.  I know it catches a lot of flack, but we never had any issues with the things that have caused controversy.  Sophia has been in the 90-95% for height and weight and it hasn't caused any issues with my milk supply.  I never in a million years would have thought that I would be a Babywise Momma, but I am and I LOVE it!

Likes: Her bouncer and activity mat, eating her hands, and listening to Momma and daddy talk!