Week 3

Brooklyn is:

• 8lbs 9oz and 21 1/4 inces long. She is in the 90% for length and above 50% in weight.
• She went to the peditrician this week and did really well. She had to get her newborn screening again. When they did it in the hospital she didn't even cry....this time she BAWLED! It was hard for mommy, but daddy kinda laughed and then snapped this picture :-/

Poor Baby!

• She meet her Auntie Andi this week! Andrea came for a week and spent time lovin' on Miss B! She was such a big help again and I loved seeing her hold and cuddle her niece :) She is missed terribly...it was a wonderful week!!!!

• She is very gassy...I wish I could ease her pain...we have tried a few things, we shall see.
• She got a stuffy nose..the pediatrician said it was not a cold, but a coating to help when she spits up. We feel soooo bad for her at night when she is sleeping....you can tell she is all stuffed up and trying to breath. Hopefully it will go away soon!
• Well she doesn't take a paci and she hasn't found her fingers to suck on. I know I will be glad later, but there are times when she is crying and I wish she liked either one of these things to help soothe her. So I have had to try and find some other ways and these are some things that we have found to be helpful....

1. Take her outside....she likes the humidity.

2. Run the shower or bath water....she likes the noise.

3. Swaddle her....she likes to be all wrapped up.

4. Sometimes singing to her helps :)

5. Give her to her Daddy!....There are times when I have tried everything to settle her, and her daddy comes home, and takes her and BOOM she is like another child all calm and serene. AHHHHH....sometimes it drives me crazy....HAHA, but most of the time I am thankful that she is all better :)

• We have bath time down pat! One day we decided to fill the bathroom with steam from the shower to try and help her with her stuffy nose. We ended up giving her a bath in her whale tub in the steamed filled bathroom. She did not cry once and LOVED it! I don't know if we will do this every time but it definitely helps for it to be warm!
• Grammy and Poppa enjoy coming to see her. Poppa always wonders why she is sleeping everytime he comes over...hehe!

• She went on her first walk. We saw the most amazing sunset...although she missed it b/c she slept the whole time ;)

We are loving her so much and can't believe how much she has already changed! There are times when I just want to freeze time and keep her just like this! Ahhh it is going so fast already!

Just a few more pics and a fun video:

Here we are playing with Brooklyn ;)

My Baby Doll

Andrea took some pictures of the TINY things we love about Brooklyn