Catching Up

I've started about 4 different entries, stopped to do something (care for children, find something for husband, remember to eat...) and forget about my poor blog. Top it off with not having enough time to compose, edit, and add photos and you've got nothing. Add the ever frustrating lack of photo placement tool in the iPad app, and I'm just not bothered enough.

So. It's the new year. 2013. Good things to come, I hope. Nina is 8 weeks old today. She's a chunk, loved by all, and has been smiling for a couple of weeks now. Gorgeous, light-up-the-world, gloriously toothless smiles! We love them, and cannot get enough of them. We fall in love all with this little girl, over and over again, everyday. She's a calm baby, for the most part. We will get to her quirks.

Her 2 month well baby is on the 21st, so I don't have an accurate weight, but she's in the 12 lb. range. The general rule for weight gain in the first year is to have tripled baby's birth weight. Nina is well on her way. She is a fantastic little eater, and holds the record for furthest distance spitting up (for our house, at least). We think she may have a slight bit of reflux. She sleeps well during the day, and will happily sleep on the floor, in the pack n play, in her bouncy, in someone's arms, but when it comes to nighttime she gets too fussy to sleep flat on her back. She's been sleeping propped on boppy in our bed for quite some time. We have no problem keeping her in our bed with us, I would just like to break her from sleeping on boppy before she starts really moving around at night. We are researching options right now. I think we will venture out and purchase a rock n play. I've heard good things. She wouldn't sleep in her bassinet (thankfully, I found it for $35 at our local kids consignment shop) and I think that was a comfort issue. Too soft. She likes the pack n play, but our bedroom lacks space. Travel lite pack n plays are stupidly expensive for our use, double the price of our current pack n play!

As far as our initial concerns about her temperament, she has mellowed out considerably. She can be calmed and fed by daddy now (oh thank the heavens above, I was ready to return her for being daddy defective!!) and I'm sure if I were able to, I'd be able to nap while Todd has her. Unfortunately, I think I'm going to miss something, apparently, and cannot nap while my kids are awake!

Jack is amazing with Nina. He is gentle, loving, and playful with her. I think he gets a bit frustrated that she's not big enough to play back yet. He likes to out his face right up next to hers and screams and giggles when she accidentally touches him. She smiles at his reactions. I'm sure they'll be good toddler friends. I hope they'll be good friends later in life, as well.

I'm actually going to post this (right now, I swear! I will update with Jack stats later), but please forgive the lack of photos. I assume anyone reading this blog is also a FB/IG friend and sees our many photos there. It's 1:20 am, babies are sleeping, and now mama's brain is allowed to shut down.