It is hard to write anything on the blog. While things are going fine, I am always tired and it is hard to force myself to sit down for a set period of time to write anything. I'm sure some people are curious about how things are going, so this is my attempt. I apologize if I ramble, or misspell things or don't even make sense. Again, I am sleep deprived.
Well, let's talk about sleep. It seems for the most part she has daytime and night time figured out, meaning she doesn't try to stay awake in the middle of the night. We are still working on the staying asleep part. So often I put her down and then she will wake up 20 minutes later or so. We have transitioned from a co-sleeper to the pack-n-play and I don't think she likes being far away from me. Last night was not a good night for her. She was waking up every hour and seemed to be in pain. Looking back I think it was diaper rash causing pain, but I can't be sure. At about 4am I was getting pretty exhausted and I was going to feed her in bed, but when I got her right next to me all the crying stopped and she immediately went to sleep. It's amazing how soothing I can be by just being there. Sometimes I kinda feel like magic. When Aaron is having a hard time settling her down I will take her and just talk to her and that usually works. I like feeling special, but sometimes I would love to pass my power over to Aaron for just a little bit. Before a few nights ago she was waking up every 3 hours to feed, but these last few days it has been every 2 hours. I figure she is going through a growth spurt so we will just ride it out. It is just a little hard because it takes about an hour to feed, change and settle her down. I look forward to her going back to every 3 hours and then eventually longer.
Really, the nights are the worst part and I can handle it. During the day she is pretty perfect. She is becoming more aware and seems interested in who ever is talking. We have noticed that if you are sitting with her and the person next to you is talking, she will scoot her head over to try to get closer to the person talking. I also noticed she is playing with her hands more. This is good, but it can interfere with her eating.
Lastly, Frances has a pretty great brother. Henry has been very patient with all of this and loves to kiss Frances ALL THE TIME. He is handling it great. You can see from the picture below how much he loves his little sister. They are going to have so much fun growing up together!
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