anyway, here are some memories i wanted to record:
- elise has started to do a breathy type of laugh. she started 2 weeks ago and they are sporadic and impossible to capture on video. of course she only laughs (and for the most part, smiles) when she is being held
- she does not like having her arms swaddled and yet her flailing arms prevent her from sleeping deeply. so now we have resorted to just swaddling one arm
- mommy got sick a few days ago and we believe elise did, too, for about one day, but she recovered very quickly! a sick baby is not fun!
- she eats between every 3-4 hours, which is a pretty long stretch compared to most babies who eat eat every 2-3 hours. as tired parents, we're thankful for this, but at the same time, our lactation consultants are telling us to wake her up because she is still learning how to breastfeed.
- she consistently wakes up at 1 am and 5 am for nighttime feedings. not too bad!
- mommy is sick of pumping 8 times a day. :( please pray for established nursing and good milk supply!
- she still has the funniest hand motions. she has really long fingers and likes to keep them in weird contortions around her face
- we introduced the bottle last week (after using sns finger feeding) and she gained a lot of weight! she is now over 9 pounds.
- she's already developing into a little foodie as she does NOT like sensitive formula (hey, it was on sale). it's a good thing she is not an extra gassy or fussy baby.
- i found some natural diapers on sale and it got rid of her diaper rash! happy mommy!
