Well here we are a little over 2 weeks after our little girl was born. Reflecting back on leaving the hospital and the past two weeks, I was thinking about what one of the Pediatricians said to us on the day of our discharge. He said, "people never talk about the first 2 nights after you leave the hospital so I'm telling you now that they will be challenging". Well, now a little over 2 WEEKS later and I'm reflecting on those first 2 nights, I'd say we had it pretty easy. This girl slept perfectly through the night, we had to wake her to feed her! It seemed as if having Daddy around for the first week doing night shift with me wasn't as necessary as we originally thought!
Now fast forwarding to the "now"........this little angel doesn't sleep quite as soundly through the night waking when she is definitely hungry every 2-3 hours but we still feel like we escaped "the rough patch". This increase in hunger could also explain why she is back at her 10 lb birth weight (we had a Pediatrician appt this morning who was excited that she had climbed back up out of the 9 lb range - see below in how angry she was to be there).
So really, all in all, she has been such a good baby. The only problem is that she already has so many people wrapped around her finger that we have a hard time putting her down for naps once she falls asleep during the day. I would rather hold her and snuggle her until she wakes up. Her dad is even worse, he loves having her lying on his chest or walking around talking to her.
Lately those big eyes seem to be more open every day and she is becoming more alert. Its so amazing to see her changing so quickly in just a few short days/weeks. I don't know if I'm ready for her to leave this newborn stage so fast!
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