I can't believe she is already over one month old! I know people always say that time goes by very quickly especially when you have children but I didn't think it would be this crazy.
We had several firsts last week:
* She smiled at me very intentionally. Totally love it! She actually is trying to smile at me a lot since then, maybe it's because I get so excited when she does.
* We read our first book, "Goodnight Minnesota." She seemed to like it and studied the pictures. Since then I've added reading books at bedtime.
* We went on our first out of town shopping trip with Grandma. She was wonderful! She did a great job in the car and hardly said anything all day. We were able to go to Joanns in Shokapee, Eagle Creek quilt shop, and the Yarn Garage.
* She cried and screamed from 7-11:30 two nights in a row. The first night was before our shopping trip and the next night was after our shopping day. What a horrible part of parenting! There was just no way to soothe her and get her to calm down. I knew that she was hungry but I couldn't get her to latch on and the only thing we ended up doing was waiting for her to wear herself out. :-(
* I instilled a bedtime routine after this. Now we try to beat that 7:30 freak out. After dinner we read a couple of books. Then I either give her a bath or wash her face and she gets in her pjs. I shut the blinds making the room dark and play ocean sounds from a crib music box. Then she nurses until she falls asleep and I put her in her crib. This seems to be working better, although it takes me awhile to actually get her in her crib I'm definitely enjoying bedtimes without crying.
* Our last first: She is enjoying bathes more and more.
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