We’ll see how far I get on this before Ava wakes up and
demands attention..
Ben and I have slowly been adjusting to parenthood. It really helped that right on her “6 week
birthday”, Ava started sleeping through the night! (At least the technical
definition of STTN: 5 consecutive hours)
Let’s be clear, it is not always at night, but we have been working on
it. The last few weeks her typical has
been to go to sleep around 2am, wake around 8am for a feeding, then sleep again
until noon-ish. In all honesty- it’s
been exactly the schedule I would prefer to be on.. Maybe she gets her circadian
rhythm from me because she certainly gets everything else from Ben. Comparing his baby pictures is quite
entertaining. We could play “Is it Ben
or Is it Ava?”.
Overall Ava wakes up very pleasant each day. She loves to smile and ‘talk’ to us for the
first several hours of the day. She
takes short naps each hour, but then between around 4-7ish she takes one long
nap to power up for her fussy evening.
She has an uncanny knack for being able to wake up right as Ben and I
sit down for dinner (She must want to help me lose the pregnancy weight..). She is extremely opinionated! In order to keep
her from screaming we must do the following- no exceptions:
1. Hold her straight up facing outward, so she can see the
world. 2. Walk at all times. 3. Bounce at all times. 4. Be willing to dive to
the ground to keep her paci in hand always. 5. And optionally (at Ava’s
discretion) make a shhhhh-ing noise until her majesty falls asleep.
Around 9 we have bath time, then do our nightly routine to
put her to sleep. Typically though, she
wakes up around 11:30 and is ready for us to repeat steps 1-5 all over again
until approximately 1 or 2am. While the
evenings are difficult, her sweet smiles and cuddles during the day make it
easy to keep going (and the help of our moms..)
We also had Ava’s two month appointment this week (a bit
late at 2m10d). I was really unhappy
with her previous pediatrician, so we found a new one whom I feel MUCH more
comfortable with. Her “stats” were:
10lbs 7oz, 22.5inches long, so she is very petite :-) . Ava will have her shots spread out a little
more than most, so she just had the DTaP at this appointment. So far, she has done great with it- maybe just
a little more sleepy than usual.
Ava’s milestones to 10 weeks:
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Makes definite “cooing” sounds. Makes short A and E and long O. Has also made G, H, M, R and a few other
consonant sounds.
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Maintains eye contact for long amounts of time (she
loves looking at us especially on the changing table), and she can track
objects and looks for sounds.
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She still *hates* tummy time, but she is able to lift
her head above her bottom. She has
rolled a few times from tummy to back, but usually with help.
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She likes to suck on her hands and clasp them in front
of her, but she has yet to “find” her hands.
She has noticed her feet while taking a bath, and she gets really
excited about them.
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She loves taking baths.
She kicks, wiggles, and splashes and all but giggles at how she can
move. It’s so fun to watch her excitement.
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| Two month picture |
