For those of you who are tired of baby news, skip this post! My life is now consumed by Rylee, so I have little else to blog about. I probably ought to blog about how fantastic Dan has been, but he hates it when I blog about him. So I'll just say, he has been a fabulous help and I'm so sad he had to go back to work today! And, back to the new focal point of my life....
Rylee had her 2 week check up this week. She weighs in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces. That's 8 ounces more than she weighed at birth. She also grew a half an inch and is now 20 1/2 inches long. She is still erratic in her eating and sleeping. The doctor suggested just letting her eat when she asked, and to not assume she was rooting because she was gassy. Surprisingly, that seems to have helped. She now eats whenever she wants, which could be 30 minutes, an hour or 3 hours between meals. (Its terrible on my milk supply consistency!) Fortunately, she has done better at night.... mostly! We visited the chiropractor yesterday and she slept the best ever last night. That means she slept 3 hours at a stretch- twice! And she just woke up to eat and she promptly went back to sleep. Please, please let this continue!
And here is my bright-eyed beauty! She's getting so doggone cute! She looks a bit like all my other kids. I think more Marian here.
Here I think she looks like Delaney as a baby. Rylee actually likes to lie on her back and observe the world. Now that her eyes are opening more and she's more interested in the world, its kind of fun.
The pediatrician seems to think she's going to keep the blue eyes, and maybe have blond hair. She has pretty light hair with red highlights in it, so we'll see what she ends up with!
And next, we have a lesson in children. This is what happens when you are trying to get dinner ready and tell your 8 year old son to keep the baby safe (from Delaney!) and entertained. He gets the camera and entertains himself as well as the baby:
Here we have Rylee in sunglasses. Joshua thought he was so clever with this!
Callie thought it was a hoot to have Rylee "kissing" her puppy.
And Joshua and Marian thought this was hysterical. Rylee on the phone! Hee hee ha ha. They laughed hard enough I had to come and see what they were doing. And I confiscated the camera.
4 comments:
Those last pictures are hilarious! Those will be so much fun to look back on when they're big! I'm glad to hear that she is sleeping a little bit better! The last few days Denali hasn't been a great sleeper and it has been awful! I drove over to my moms around 7 last night because Adam wasn't home and I couldn't do it by myself anymore!!! haha
Adam and I think she looks a lot like Callie, but you're mom, so I'm sure you know best!! :)
Those are funny and she looks a lot like your other kids. They all have very similar features. I'm glad you where having a better night sleep I hope that keeps up.
My friend explained how she puts her kids on a schedule. I tried it and my baby did not cooperate. He eats like Rylee. His appetite is unpredictable. I feel like he is almost permanently attached to my breast. But he is happy in between feedings and sleeping well so I threw the "schedule" idea out the window. My baby does not understand schedule. I am happy to hear things are getting better. This is such an intense time of life. Good luck!
I love baby Rylee! I love that she has the same name as my Riley and has reddish blonde hair like my Riley! Can we marry them off? Rylee is just adorable! Your kids are so cute! I am extremely jealous that my dad will get to see you before I do. I hope you continue to get some good zzzz's
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