None the less it was the greatest Valentine's ever!
At the end of the night it was amazing to just watch the Peanut sleeping and the hubby and I hugged and just stared at her in amazement.
Once all of the work and classes and stuff is over, we'll celebrate like mad. The light at end of the tunnel is near. I'm thinking we'll have a nice spa day and go out to dinner and have an amazing day. Once the nicer weather comes along there is a lot to do with the hubby and the Peanut, so we have it all planned out.
How did you cope in the first couple of months after your little one arrived. How did you find time for each other and yourself... or did you? How did you do it especially if you were nursing?! I find that this on demand thing sometimes just makes it impossible to schedule or plan anything. I can't believe the peanut is 7 weeks already! wow, time really does fly.
It's funny but even without wanting to, the peanut has established a bit of her own schedule and she's sleeping pretty well during the night. She usually goes to bed between 10 and 11 Pm and will sleep for a good 4 hours before the first feed. Then she nurses and will usually sleep for another 3 hours or so. Usually she'll wake up between 5 - 6:30 AM and then has her first nap between 9:30 and 10:30 AM. During that time we play and she nurses and babbles and smiles. In the afternoon it's a bit of a different story sometimes she'll nap at around 2 PM or so, but other times she refuses to sleep and will only nap after becoming super fussy at around 6 PM or so.
Did your little one establish a routine on their own?
I'm thinking that this will change over and over again since I've come to the conclusion that just when I get the hang of something the Peanut ends of changing it.
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The feeding on demand thing was tough, mostly because I couldn't get comfortable feeding her in public. I couldn't get her to be comfortable, my shirt had to be off, it just didn't work. So I timed visits to places that were close so I could come home to nurse. A pain in the butt but it worked. When Samantha went on the bottle it was a little easier but at the same time a pain lugging the bottle, formula, finding someone to heat up her milk, and then sometimes she wouldn't drink it because she just didn't want to. It was frustrating. But it's a short period of time. As for her routine, I kind of started one but mostly she found her own routine and we followed that. You're so right about finally getting the hang of something and then they switch it up. Still happens to me today!!
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