Speaking of advice, thanks to all of you who offered some before on not leaving Grace. She is very clingy still and we do understand how her world has been turned upside down. However, sometimes I'm going to have to go to the bathroom solo!!! She will play with Brad more, but I better not dare hand her over to him! Nap time is still confusing, but night time is easy. Last night she slept from 9pm to 7:40am . Couldn't ask for more! Today I tried putting her in the crib awake but cozy for a nap. Didn't work! She fussed, then started screaming. Brad got her and she went right to sleep in his arms and he was able to get her in the crib. That is difficult for me. She didn't scream quite as loud at her last bath, but still didn't enjoy it. We bought the snug tub and that seemed to help. The boys are enjoying the tackling, but not the scratching :) Grace loves to play "I'm gonna get you!" She actually will start the game. She'll crawl a little bit away from me, turn around and smile and wait for me to chase her :) It's too darn cute!!!! Poor Aidan has strep throat! Now I have to worry about Grace getting it. Hopefully we'll make it through the weekend without problems.
EDIT! Since I typed this earlier today, she took a bath and had a great time! We skipped the hair washing and just let her play in the water. We soaped up what we could, but really just let her get use to the water. She learned to splash and had herself cracking up!
First swing ride. That's laughter, not screaming!
Her tongue is always going!!!
6 comments:
She is just precious!! Love all the pictures..
We had lactose issues here too with Skippy...he eventually outgrew it. I learned from a clinical dietician that you can add chocolate to milk and it fixes the problem...may be worth a try? It worked great for us.
The rash could be from dry skin. My kids were not used to being washed as much as I bathed them when they came home. You might try Aveeno soap and shampoo as it is very mild. My doctor said not to use Johnson products any longer that they were just too harsh on baby skin. We use the Aveeno soap and lotion and it smells yummy.
She is just precious. Love that she plays I'm gonna getcha! so sweet. Just consider her an additional part of your body for a couple of months...I understand...it is hard, but you will be glad you did in the long run! sacrifice. And what you have to do when you are awake evens out the fact that you got to sleep so long as compared to a newborn, right? What would you rather...a non-clingy newborn that wakes every 2 hours or a clingy toddler that sleeps all night? I know which one I would pick! lol Besides, if you get tired of her you can send her to me..lol (kidding).
It sounds like things are going REALLY well. Hang in there!
Kristine
a week down!! you guys are doing great and she'll be all adjusted in no time.
i love the pictures, she's too cute. oh, and poor aidan, look at his legs in the background of the one picture.
LOVE it!! Sounds like things are really going great. I hope you get the tummy problems figured out soon. LOL Lucas still goes to the bathroom with me.... Get some rest when you can.
Laura
I'm so glad things are going well! She is so adorable, and seems incredibly happy. It sounds like you will figure out her belly issues soon. xoxo
She looks really happy and seems to be adapting so well. We could not be any happier for you
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