2 Weeks

Napping in the Boppy

Bath time

Swinging

Amber came by to give kisses and love

So Mallory is 2 weeks old now. She is growing perfectly on target and doing all the things we should be doing. This past week we worked on swaddling versus not swaddling. We have landed on the no swaddle and sleeping on her side. She seems to sleep longer and is no longer waking up by fighting her swaddle. We are also working on "self soothing" with her. She is dying to suck her fingers but cannot find them all of the time and when she does it is only for a few minutes. But we have found (out of the 6 different kinds at our house now) the MAM pacifier seems to work the best. She is still not sure about it and gets frustrated with it sometimes but it stays in longer than the others we have tried. She started having good awake time this week. About 3 times a day after she eats she is wide awake for about an hour to hour and a half. We talk to her and play with her and she has even hung out in the swing and seems to really enjoy the swing. We are learning to run on a couple of hours of sleep at a time. She sleeps about 3-4 hours at night and then eats and goes back down for more sleep.We also started baths this week before bed. We are only doing wash cloth baths (until the cord falls off) so we cant tell if she enjoys them or not. She seems to like it when the warm washcloth is on her but does not like it after it gets room temp. We love her little faces and even love her afternoon "talks" (aka - slight crys) We are learning what her little crys and fusses mean. This is the hardest work and the most fun we have ever had all at the same time.