Scale

A couple of weeks ago I bought a new scale as the one we had didn't seem too accurate and it was very hard to read (especially without glasses or contacts on). So I bought a digital scale, and it seems to be pretty accurate both in measuring my weight compared to the doctor's office as well as Nadia's (when I weigh her with me), and even without glasses or contacts I can read it!  I weighed Nadia this morning, and I'd say she's gained 1/2 lb in the last 6 days as she weighed 9lb 9 1/2 oz with her diaper, onesie, and socks on. So she seems to be gaining at her usual pace of one ounce a day. At that pace she'll weigh about 13 pounds at her 4 month appt.

Today she's wearing a newborn size onesie (they still fit her but there's no room for growth whereas the 0-3 month size onesies also fit with a little room for growing) and 0-3 month pants. These pants are too big but unlike some of the other 0-3 month size pants I bought her on Saturday at least they aren't hanging past her feet by a few inches. Paul likes her outfit today. He prefers anything that's not pink. If she will have an expression other than crying later today I'll post a photo. It's been a very tearful day for her although FINALLY I got her down for a nap at 12:20, and she and I both slept 2 hours. Last night the longest stretch was only 4 hours. We went from a 6 hour stretch on Fri pm to 5 hours on Sat pm to 4 hours on Sun pm, and again it took us four hours to get her to bed. We can get her to sleep long before then, but she'll last anywhere from 5-20 minutes before she wakes up crying and we have to go at it again.

Putting her to sleep is a full-time job requiring FAR more than 8 hours a day of my time. It took me over 3 hours to get her down for her nap this morning. I took her in the sling for a walk and by 9am she was asleep and I kept walking for 20 minutes to make sure she was really out and then put her in the crib but alas she woke up less than 5 minutes later. I had her to sleep again an hour later but that nap was also very short (20 minutes tops). Of course I had tried nursing her in bed somewhere along the way (along with rocking in the rocking chair, etc.), but in the end that was the trick that worked (she slept in bed with me) when I went back to try it again. I never recall caring for a baby who took THIS much effort to put to sleep. For example I was up with her from 3-4am last night trying to get her back down after nursing her from 2-3am. Sometimes putting her to bed awake works (it worked at 4am) whereas others it doesn't (such as at 3am when I rescued her after she cried for 15 minutes).