She’s four months old (but zero years, as Tommy clarifies whenever I tell anyone her age)!
It’s been a pretty rough past month for Susie. She hates her carseat with a passion. She cries whenever she’s in it, and she won’t sleep in it or transfer from sleeping into it. I’m actually thinking of moving her out of her carrier early and into a convertible (ironic, because she weighs so much less than the others that she could stay in it size-wise for a lot longer).
Her preference for being on her tummy is marked–she sleeps there, likes to be carried with pressure there, and spends much of her awake time there.
Her sleeping schedule has been pretty messed up with the move, but I think she’s settling into two 3 hour naps and about 11 hours of sleep overnight. She generally only eats at 6:30 am, 11:30 am, 4:30 pm, and a dream feed around 10:30 pm. I try to nurse her before she goes down at 7ish, but she’s often too sleepy. Stress has seriously been messing with my milk supply, and we’ve had to resort to using up the rest of my freezer stash and trying a couple bottles of formula on particularly hungry days. I’ve been working really hard this week to get my production back up, so hopefully I can start saving up some extra again soon.
Size-wise, she’s mainly in 3-6 months, especially now that we’re back to cloth diapers. She’s still in the smallest setting of her cloths and in size 1 disposables.
Susanna is starting to play with things! Her feet are fun, dresses are fun, and so are hanging toys (when her siblings don’t take them away). She likes swinging for limited periods of time, gazing up at the mirror above our swing. She loves practicing standing, and she really loves taking “airplane rides” (though her super drool makes it less pleasant for us!). She’s been interested in looking at books with the big kids, too. If I put her down on the quilt and one of them is around, she’s happy. If they leave her, she’s in the depths of despair. She can scoot herself forward on her tummy now, so if I’m not careful, I’ll find her off the front of her play quilt, exhaustedly burrowing her face in the carpet.
This month’s photo shoot was hard. I tried Av settings at first, and that was just an exercise in frustration as she moved constantly, and I messed myself up more trying to adapt for it. Back to auto for me until I’ve had some more practice with static objects!
She looks so sweet, Emily! She is definitely a great mixture of Tommy and Lizzie. I hope you are getting settled and adjusted to your new home.
Have you tried Mothers Milk from Traditional Medicinals? I have used from time to time and it really seems to make a difference for me. I had to get used to the taste, but don’t mind it now.
I’ve been using it since getting out here (and I tried it with both of the first two at points)…I just don’t know if it really makes a difference or not. But thanks for reminding me to go brew another cup right now! =)
Also, kellymom.com is a good resource.