Saturday, October 22, 2016

One month old

Our little Laney is one month old!  That means just 11 more months until she is one - that is crazy! She is our little baby.  At her check-up, she weighed 10lbs 7oz (80%) and was 20.75in long (29%).  So if you are paying close attention, you would say that is the same length from birth.  However, her ped office measured her at 19.5in long at her first appointment so either the hospital was a little off or her ped just keeps measuring her small.  But I guess that is showing she has grown.  By comparison, at one month Eliana weighed 11lbs 13 oz and Will was 12lbs!  It's hard to believe we have such a "tiny" baby.  At her appointment, Laney was wide awake, looking around, and smiling.  When Dr. Ferguson entered the room, she asked if I had any concerns.  I said, "Yes, I think she has colic.  What should we do?!"  Which is pretty funny considering how pleasant and sweet she was that morning.  I have said multiple times if she wasn't so cute, I might be tempted to give her back to the hospital (only at 1am though).  Little Laney Lu has a split personality.  She is smiley and so sweet during the day, usually sleeping most of the morning and taking a 3hr nap in the afternoon.  But then after dinner a switch flips and she becomes a different girl.  From about 7 or 8pm to 1am, she is fussy, irritable, constantly nursing, and needs a lot of attention.  It's not that she necessarily is crying nonstop every night.  It is that she cries on and off and needs so much work! We are constantly holding or wearing her and walking around the house.  She likes movement, loud music, and her paci.  She will be asleep in your arms and then out of the blue she just starts wailing. And the hardest part is that she never wants to go to bed before midnight or 1am.  We are exhausted!  David has been amazing through all of this.  Many evenings he will take Laney for a couple of hours so I can get some sleep.  Then in the mornings he gets up with the big kids and lets me sleep in until he has to go to work.  Plus he is making many of the meals, cleaning the kitchen, getting William to bed every night, and picking up my slack in a thousand different ways.  This is on top of his full time job, his research schedule, and the time he is studying for fellowship.  How does he do it??  I am so lucky to be married to this amazing man.
So back to the doctor's appointment.  Dr. Ferguson said Laney was very alert for her age (more like a 2 month old) and that might contribute to the colic/fussiness.  Colic, she said, is believed to be related to over stimulation and an inability to weed out the unnecessary noises and sights.  As babies get more tired, they are less able to handle all that goes on in their environment.  Which is why the crying is worst in the evenings.  So Laney looks healthy and bright and we just have to wait for her to outgrow this.  On the plus side, she really does smile a lot(just not after 8pm)!




They both want to hold her so much.
Picture of Eliana at 9 days old. 
Laney at 11 days old.
 Check it out!! Twins!
Sisters

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