Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Two Weeks


 I can't believe my little princess is already 2 weeks old. She had her 2 week check up the day after Christmas. She weighed 6lbs 14 oz which is the 20th percentile and was 20 inches long which is in the 75 percentile. I can't remember her head size, but it was in the 50th percentile.
Definitely as perfect as can be.
She is now exclusively bottle fed with formula with an occasional breast milk pumped bottle thrown in. She goes 3 hours exactly between feedings. It's so funny. It's almost down to the minute. She's very precise. On Christmas Eve, she slept for 5 hours straight and even though I got up to check on her because I was nervous, it was the best Christmas present she could have given me. She now will sleep one stretch of 5 hours at night each night and 3 hours down to the minute for the rest of the day and night.
She spits up quite a bit which the kids call "throw up". And they love to inform me that "the baby threw up again." Her clothes are still enormously huge on her and I'm still waiting for the day when she will actually fit in her clothes and look cute in them. Newborn clothes fit her pretty perfectly, but unfortuneately I don't have many of that size.
She doesn't like the swing which is appalling and shocking to me. All of my kids have loved the swing. In fact, Ryder spent the first 9 months of his life in the swing until he was too fat for it. She tolerates the bouncer, but prefers to be held. She gets held most all of the time and passed around from one family member to another. She definitely likes to be where everyone else is.
She won't go to sleep on her own and likes to be rocked to sleep.
She has one fussy period every day from about 9pm - 12am. It's like she can't get comfortable and just squirms and fusses. She sleeps really well in the late morning.
She likes her binkie a lot. Only 2 of my kids have taken binkies so I am excited that she actually will take one and it soothes her just like intended. I even got her switched over from the ugly hospital pacifier to the cute store ones.
So far I can't tell who she looks like more. She has a very unique nose. I can't tell where it came from. Her hair is still very dark and pretty long in the back. Her eyes are still blue, but a very dark blue. I have a feeling they will turn hazel, but who knows at this point. She has super long fingers and toes. I love it! She definitely has my chin, the Jackson chin.
I love just holding her and looking at her for hours. Time flies so fast and I know she's going to be running around in no time, so I'm cherishing every second.



2 comments:

Riki Lee said...

Time flies! Her little outfit is so cute on her.

Amy C. said...

I think I might have a few newborns. My sis in law went through them so I am not sure but I will look and run some down. Maybe then I can finally hold her. She is darling!