Weight and Length: 12lbs 4oz, didn't measure length
Diaper: Size 2
Clothes: 3 months to 3-6 months
Eating: 5-6 BFing sessions a day, no solids yet
Sleeping: Sleeps 8-9 straight through
Our petite Scarlett is only one month out from being alive for half a year! Man this is just going by so much quicker than with our first baby. Scarlett is just so sweet and loveable. This month her personality is really starting to shine through and we love seeing little glimmers of her sweet self.
This month she made a lot of leaps! She mastered (like a champ) rolling onto her tummy! Now she won't hardly lay on her back, it's so funny. She flips over onto her belly so quick. She's grabbing items better and shoving them all into her mouth. She can also sit up for a few seconds at a time alone, so we're slowly getting stronger to finally be able to sit on her own. When she's on her belly she's also started using her arms to spin around. Not quite crawling but the beginnings I think. She cooes and laughs at us when she's happy. She always smiles when you smooch her cheeks, so we do that often. Lastly, she found her sweet little fat feet! It's just the cutest.
We're still exclusively breastfeeding! It's been pretty hard at work to find time to pump 3 times in a 12hr shift but I'm making do. She's still smaller than our pediatrician would like so I added a ounce to each bottle she gets at daycare and even a teaspoon of olive oil to each bottle for the extra calories. Strange right? I've never heard of that but I really like our pediatrician so we're trying it out. We are holding off on solids until she's 6 months old, so just a few more weeks until that!
She sleeps through the night but getting her to sleep has been a battle. She's such a light sleeper since we aren't swaddling her anymore. Her startle reflex is still pretty strong so when I lay her in her crib she startles awake every time and then it's a cry it out/rock it out battle for a while after that. Exhausting, but once she's down she's down for the night so that's good at least. She is still napping twice a day for about 1-3 hours at a time. This month we transitioned her out of her swaddle and it was the hardest thing so far. We started with just unswaddling one arm for 2-3 nights, then went to both arms out but her waist still swaddled...and that took about a week to get used to. Now that she rolls like crazy she refuses to sleep on her back. Ugh, drives me crazy! Haha
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| 1 arm in, one out! |
Miss Scarlett loves her big sister. She sucks on her cheeks and Norah just thinks that is the funniest thing. Norah pats her on the back and says "Calm down baby, Norah's here" and "i love you baby" and "Mama, she gots my hair!"
Scarlett loves being outside. She loves to people watch too and just laugh up a storm. She loves peekaboo, when we sing or read to her, this yellow duck toy and bath time. She loves when we hold her above our heads and this earthquake game we play with her. It's even cuter to see Norah mimic these games with her. Always watching!
Scarlett just fits in our family so perfectly. We all love her so much and we count our blessings daily. We're lucky parents!
Some of our favorites from the last month!
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| First Easter |
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| Grabbing her feet! |
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