There are some things that in just the past few weeks we've learned about our daughter:
She LOVES her bath (but what baby doesn't!), but absolutely HATES getting out of the tub. I don't know if it's just because she knows that it's bedtime and she's about to get a bottle so she gets fussy or she knows that I'm about to rub her down with lotion, clean her ears and earrings, clean her nose (which she also hates), or what but she is extremely happy before I start to bathe her and during her bath, but immediately when I take her out she starts crying. And I know she's not cold because I turn a little heater on in the bathroom as soon as I get home and close the door and it gets so warm in there I almost break a sweat! And I also wrap her up in a towel, so who knows.
She is the laziest eater I have ever known. It usually takes her about 45 minutes to feed her 4 ounces...I'm not even kidding. Even at daycare they tell me that it takes her forever to eat! Usually she dozes off right in the middle so you have to try to wake her up and get her going again. One evening she was really hungry and I would stick the bottle in her mouth and she would suck on it a little bit then start whining and act like she was frustrated. So I cut the nipple a little bit to get more milk flowing and she was happy. Unfortunately I've ruined about three nipples by cutting them too much, dad is much better at that :) But I thought that with the milk now flowing faster she would finish faster, nope! Colton has even said that he gets frustrated when he feeds her because it takes too long, men have no patience. So needless to say I am SO ready for the bottle stage to be over with.
She is getting too nosy. Not really, I'm so glad that she's more alert now and is able to interact with us, but if you hold her you can't sit down with her, you have to walk around with her face out so she can see everything.
She loves watching TV! Thank goodness is all I have to say about that.
She sleeps so much better during the night when she's been at daycare all day. It's so weird, she can sleep the same amount of time during the day whether it be at home or daycare and when she's been at school all day she sleeps so much more sound and for a longer period of time. I usually put her down around 8-8:30 and she sleeps until about 4:30, which is perfect because that's when I get up and get ready for work. I know it sounds really early, but hello...I have a baby who takes almost an hour to feed!
She has changed our lives tremendously that's for sure. But I honestly can say that I can't imagine my life without my lil' booger :)
On the taking 45 minutes to feed. Make sure the nipple you are using isn't collapsing. Sometimes depending on what nipple you use the baby will suck to hard and it will make the nipple collapse and she will get nothing out making her mad and taking forever to feed. I have not had to cut the nipples on the bottles I use all I have done is stuck a toothpick in them to widen the hole a little. It takes Alaina 20 minutes to eat 4 ounces. I use the plain old Gerber bottles with the silicone nipples(they do not collapse) nothing fancy and super cheap!
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