This month
was by far the hardest month. The newness
began to wear off and the sleep deprivation set in. Your daddy went back to work and I didn’t want
him to be tired so I got up with you almost every night. Me and God had a lot of talks in the middle
of the night. I prayed every night for
you to sleep good and if you didn’t for the strength to get through the night.
Sleeping:
You did not sleep good from 4-8 weeks. Around week 4 and 5 you were
waking up every 2 hours and sometimes every hour. At times you would cry and
cry for no reason. Daddy and I would try everything to try and make you happy.
GRIPE water was a savior! If you don’t know what Gripe Water is, it is basically
an all natural sugar water. Whenever you would get worked up we could give you
a few drops of this and it would get you calmed down enough to get you to eat
or take a breather. You LOVED your changing table. Anytime we would put you on
it you would stop crying and smile. When you were a baby in the hospital they
would swaddle you but you would always get your arms out. We thought that you
liked sleeping with your arms out. So when we swaddled you we would swaddle you
from your arm pits down and leave your arms out. One night after several long
nights of no sleeping, Daddy decided to swaddle you with your arms in. And
guess what, you little booger sleep 6 hours straight! From that night on we
swaddled you and you slept so much better!! At 5 weeks we moved you from your
bassinet in our room to your crib. You were getting to long for your bassinet
and Daddy slept better with you in another room since you were such a loud grunter. Being swaddled you still wiggled a ton but it
wouldn’t wake you up since you were swaddled. We would put you in your crib at
one end and by the end of the night you would be at the other end!
Eating:
You started eating 2-3oz every 2-3 hours. You were such a slow eater and got gassy
really easy and you would fuss when you needed to burp!
Clothes: You started wearing 1 month clothes
and newborns were definitely too small.
You had a big growth spurt and got really long!
Diaper:
You were wearing a size 1 pampers swaddler.
Luke had a work Christmas Party December
16th. This was the first
night we left Lakelyn with anyone. Luke’s
mom and dad came over and watched her.
She slept most of the time on grandma’s tummy while her and grandpa
watched TV.
Daddy and I took you to see Santa
a few weeks before Christmas. I think
you were to young to even realize who Santa was, you weren’t scared but not
thrilled about him holding you. After we
had your picture taken we had lunch at the mall.
Lakelyn’s second road trip was back
down to see my family again for Christmas. Grandma bought Lakelyn new Christmas
pajamas and an activity mat. Although Lakelyn was still a little young for the
activity mat but she still loved looking up and seeing herself in the mirror
and looking at the toys dangling over her. Grandma and I squished her into her
Christmas stocking, it was a tight fit but we made it work! I loved being able
to see my family for Christmas and start Lakelyn in the holiday traditions.
Surprisingly Lakelyn sleep most of
the night New Years Eve {bless her} but when I woke up I didn’t feel good {and
it wasn’t from the drinking}. Luke
convinced me to go see the doctor. I
went to the doctor and told her I felt like I had the flu, cold shakes, hot
sweats and high fever {104}. She sent me
home and told me to get over it. Well
after doing some research online and beginning to notice my boob hurt I found
out that I had Mastitis {an infection in my boob from a clogged duct}. I called the on call doctor who called me in
a prescription and told me I would feel better in 24hrs. I went and got the prescription and the
doctor was right, in 24 hrs I was feeling better!
"Being a
mother is learning about strengths you didn't know you had, and dealing with
fears you didn't know existed." Linda Wooten
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