Growing girl

I am struggling to get Haddie to fit in the few NB diapers we have left. She mostly wears NB clothing still but this week has tried out a couple of her 0-3 month and 3 month outfits. She sucked her (right) thumb for the first time on the 12th and once more since. She also gets her fingers in her mouth when she's hungry. She eats usually every 2 hours, sometimes every 1 1/2 hours. At week 2 she was eating 2 oz from a bottle the couple of times I tried it, and this last week she was eating 4 oz. She usually goes to bed around 9:30 and wakes up to eat around 12:30/1:00 and again around 4:30/5:00. If she's not waking up to eat, she's generally not waking me up. She's a bit more challenging to nurse than Avett was. She comes off the nipple a few times throughout a feeding and requires burping 2-3 times within that period. I was producing a lot of milk initially (made worse by the fact that I was pumping in order to get a stock pile going for a wedding I was in on the 13th and Haddie was babysat all day) and Haddie was not only choking a lot but also having green poop. Her pediatrician told me that 1) the high volume was creating a faster flow than she could tolerate and 2) that she was getting full on foremilk before she was reaching the fatty hindmilk, causing a nutrient imbalance. I've had to make some big adjustments to our feeding routine but she seems to be more comfortable during feedings, tolerating them better, having more yellowish poops, and still getting chunkier by the minute!

She's had a few baths at home. The first one she did not like, but in her defense Aaron and I completely forgot that our bathtub has an infant slinging . Once we started using that, she has enjoyed her baths without any fussing.

She smiles a lot more than Avett did when she's sleeping. She loves to be swaddled and sleeping on someone's chest. 

She sometimes has a witching hour which ranges in time and duration but usually anywhere in the 6:30-9:30 time frame and the easiest way to calm her down is to take her outside and rock on the glider. 

Haddie has had a very busy first three weeks of life with lots of fun experiences. The first weekend, when we were in the hospital, Aaron's parents and grandma were in town and able to help us transition home. The following weekend Ashley, Jesse, Maxwell and Lucy came down for a visit. Friday night we went to Lakefeint Brewery for their fish fry. On Saturday we went to Cool Waters water park and then to the traveling beer garden that happened to be right in Greenfield Park. We grilled out at home for supper that night. Sunday morning we toon the kids to the zoo before the Roberts headed for home. During her second week of life, she went to the cottage for the first time (Thursday and again on Subday and Monday). That Saturday (Aug 6) we woke up early and drive to Sturgeon Bay in Door County for my Aunt Ann's final internment and celebration of life afterwards. Haddie did well in the car rides to and from home with only a little crying at the start of our trip. This past week, she went to the State Fair and to the library to help pick out books for Avett and again today to join in on "Rhyme Time". She hung out with Aunt Kathryn all day on Saturday while we were at a wedding. She went to the State Fair again for a short period of time. I got her a new carrier (the Baby K'tan) that we tried out yesterday for a hike at Lapham Peak. We like it so far!!