6 weeks

She's 6 weeks!! Look at my chunky baby! Gah I love her!!

I have a feeling that we're not raising a mild mannered child. All of a sudden this little girl is a ball of personality and has decided exactly what she wants when she wants it.



We've been working extremely hard to get this little one on a schedule. For her sake and for my sanity. There was no telling when she was going to want to eat, sleep, cry, or anything. I was losing my mind because I couldn't figure her out. Oh. And she decided that she didn't want to sleep.

Ever.

Thankfully I have amazing blog friends who were more than happy to give me advice that worked for them and their little ones. Erin, Lyndsey, Sara, Molly, Mrs. NCF, and Emily were full of tips and thankfully, they worked! I can now almost always get her down for a nap and she's sleeping great at night. Usually getting up only once and last night she slept for 8 hours!! Praise Jesus! She now sleeps tightly swaddled (you were right Emily) and she's pretty much out immediately. Sometimes you have to go back in there a few times, but not usually at night. Naptime, well, we're still working on that one.

One of our tricks to get her to sleep has been to run the vacuum. She loves it. She will be screaming her head off and you start that thing, she's out. We've now started putting her radio to static at night. Although the other night, it picked up a station, so all of a sudden through the monitor I heard a man's voice. I am pretty sure I had a small heart attack.

The swing and the vacuum. Who knew these things would be my bff's?!

E has turned into the happiest baby. She's pretty laid back, until you try to get her to do something she doesn't want to (ie; nap). Then she's balls to the wall pissed off. It's almost comical how this kiddo will fight sleep.

She's a very long baby. She's quickly outgrowing all of her adorable sleeper because her legs are so long. I love it though. I want a tall baby. And she needs more room on her legs for all the rolls she's acquired.

My baby moved from her cradle in our room to her crib in her room on the 13th. Not going to lie, it makes me a bit sad to see that empty cradle, but I am so glad she's in her own room. We were constantly waking each other up with the noises we made and since she's moved to her own room we both sleep SO much better.



She still loves naps with her Mama and sleeping on her Daddy. She's such a little cuddler. I'm loving it because I know that doesn't last forever.



She has completely found her hands. She's constantly looking at them and playing with them. She also has started grabbing things and holding them. She's learned how to pull her paci out of her mouth and hold on to it. That's actually annoying because she doesn't know how to put it back and she always wants it. She grabs the little toys in her car seat while we're out walking. And she still loves her play gym.



I fall a little more in love with this girl every day. How did I get so blessed to have this precious little family?!