Emma: Week 6

Emma's 6th week of life was from September 4th to 10th.

She has been really fussy this week was well and eating a lot more so my guess is growth spurt.

I will say I feel like she is never content. She is either eating, sleeping or crying, I maybe get a total of 15 happy minutes the whole day.

She still is not sleeping well during the day, and I plan on really working on getting her to nap during the day in her crib starting next week. I know once she goes to daycare if she isn't sleeping they probably won't be as diligent in making sure her routine stays in place so the next three weeks that is what we will be working on.

Fighting sleep all day and being exhausted at night is her specialty!

In her watermelon out fit that her GaGa made for her. There is a matching hat and shoes as well. 

Drama Queen!

This is Hope, the midwife that delivered Emma. I had my 6 week postpartum visit this week. My recovery was right on track the first 3 weeks but then it took a turn for the worse, my hemorrhoids got really bad and I was in constant pain no matter what I did. Finally at 5 weeks postpartum I realized that the sitz baths that everyone raved about that I was doing was making them worse, so finally they are almost healed. Also, because of the 5 doses of antibiotics I got while in labor due to being GBS + I got a really bad yeast infection at 5 weeks postpartum and here we are a week later and I still have it a little bit. My bleeding stopped at 3.5 weeks postpartum and then I got my period at 4 weeks postpartum. Now at 6 weeks I am bleed again, I am really just ready to stop bleeding so I can start working out again. The more active I am the more I bleed so I have to be careful on how much I do. Right now I'm limiting it to just walking the block with Emma. 

My mom came up to watch Emma during my doctor appointment, and it is a really good thing she came because Emma had a huge blowout diaper and then screamed for the entire appt. After my appointment we went to the mall so I could get some nursing bras for when I go back to work, so Emma had her first trip to the mall!

Emma has really started liking her baths and now gets one every night as part of her nightly routine. She screams when you take her out, but she would stay in there for a long time if we let her. She does try to turn on her side and drink the water though, so we have to be extra careful that she doesn't roll off of the hammock. 

My favorite time of night is after her bath and her massage when she nurses for the last time. I really like it when she falls asleep nursing but she doesn't do that very often. She is normally still pretty awake when she is done. The nights she does fall asleep I like to just cuddle her for a little while. 

Emma: Nursery Reveal

I spent a ton of time looking at pinterest trying to come up with a theme for her nursery.  I finally just decided on a color scheme with some patterns thrown in. The winner was: navy, white and coral with a little bit of gray here and there. The quilt my Nana made is chevron patterned and then the curtains also have a pattern.

I wanted to be mega organized in her nursery since the room is pretty small. I also wanted to minimize the amount of furniture in there as well. My plan going in was a crip, dresser/changing table, the rocking chair and some place for her books.

I had planned on my making my own closet clothing organizers but then my awesome dept. chair made some for me for my shower.

The best thing about them, besides being super cute, is that I can wipe off the months and rewrite it as she gets bigger and bigger. So far it goes from newborn to 24 months, and with all the clothes we got from my cousin's little girl, Peyton, it is full.

So here is her closet: the clothes that need to be hung, on the top are clothes that will go in her drawers but she doesn't fit in yet and then the black cube shelf as socks, hose, and swaddles.gowns. The opposite side of the closet has diapers and odds and ends. I use d a shoe organizer on the door for her hats, bows and shoes.

The wall that her closet is on we used a cube shelf that we got at Walmart. The top three cubes are used for clothes, onesies/tops, pants and then sleepers. Then we have books and toys. The wall art I made with picmonkey.com and got inspiration from Pinterest. Once I had them how I liked I simply printed them as 8x10s at Walmart and put them in frames. 

The wall perpendicular to the closet is the wall that her crib is on. The crib is from Target and the letters for her name are from Hobby Lobby. For the E I just cut and glued scrapbook paper on it. That is also the quilt my Nana made for her. 

The next wall as her changing table and window on it. There is a dirty clothes hamper in the corner between the crib and the changing table, along with a diaper genie. 

The first shelf of the changing table has wipes, diapers and a basket with things like Destin, a thermometer etc. The boxes are just a diaper and wipes boxed with some fabric hot glued to it. The bottom shelf has a basket with blankets, a basket with burp clothes and some other odds and ends. The picture above it we got from Hobby Lobby along with the fabric for the boxes and the curtains. The rocking chair in the corner was actually my Papa's when he was a boy and has been passed down through the family. The pillow on the rocking chair I made from leftover fabric from the quilt my Nana made. 

The last wall has some of our maternity pictures on it. When I was little my Papa made me a toy chest/bench with my name on it, but it is in storage at my moms. When we get I will repaint it and it will go on this wall under the pictures. 

Then lastly you have the door that has the wreath from my baby shower on it. 

Well there is her nursery, I love it and I can't wait until she is actually old enough to sleep in it, As soon as she will sleep a good 7 to 8 hour stretch at night I think will move her in there. 

Emma: Week 5

Emma's 5th week of life was from August 28th to September 3rd.

She went through her first wonder week this week and was so fussy the whole week, thus there weren't a lot of pictures taken.

I wish she slept this good at every nap, we are really having trouble napping well during the day, which makes for a very fussy afternoon and evening. Once she is asleep unless I am holding/wearing or laying down with her she won't sleep longer than 30 min to an hour. 

So we have been spending a lot of time in the Moby wrap so I can get things done. 

She does like the swing although her naps are normally pretty short in there as well. 

This is at 7 am when she had a blowout diaper that was so bad we had to hose her off in the shower.
The blowout diapers are an every morning occurrence, normally during her first feeding. That is also normally the only time she will go for the day, although she will occasionally have another blowout in the evenings.

 I love me some snuggles!

Emma: 1 Month Old

Emma turned one month old on August 30th! I have been reading what to expect the first year, and while I don't really find it all that helpful so far, I do like looking at the developmental milestones to see if Emma can do them or not.

She can do all the things that most babies will probably be able to do

- Lift head briefly when on tummy
- Focus on a face
- Bring hands to  face
- Suck well

She can all the things that half of all babies will be able to do

-Respond to loud noises in some way, such as startling, crying, quieting

She can do all the things that some babies will be able to do

- Lift head 45 degrees when on tummy
-Vocalize in ways other than crying, such as cooing (she doesn't do it very often though)
-Smile in response to a smile

She can do all the things that a few babies will be able to do

- Lift head 90 degrees when on tummy
- Hold head steady when upright (for about 30 seconds or so)
-Bring both hands together
-Smile spontaneously (also rare, but has happened)

-Kirstin