For my own sake

I wanted to take a moment and just go through what Cambry is doing these days...and hopefully get a little sympathy from all you moms out there. I honestly thought that whatever I/we did with Colten as a baby could just be transferred to this one and it would just all work the same, boy was I wrong!!!

Cambry is such a content and happy baby, and really has been since the beginning. She loves other people and loves to be in the middle of whatever is going on. She still, now four months old, refuses to take a bottle, of any kind!!! Nope, no bottle, no pacifier for her, she is waaaay beyond that. She takes milk from a medicine dropper, yes like a baby bird, and that's exactly what it looks like. We tried everything under the sun to get her interested and our pediatrician just finally said, ok no more just stick with whatever will work until she's ready for a sippie cup. So, the 3 mornings a week I am at work, that's how she gets by. It works for us, thankfully.

Now onto sleep...such a big deal for us mommies. She has been a great sleeper at night from the day she was born. She's not quite sleeping through the night, but has 6 to 8 hour stretches and sleeps a total of 10 hours at night. She's just up to eat and then right back to sleep. She HAS slept through the night several times, but will definitely sleep longer if up to eat one time. Now napping recently has been a different story. I have come to the conclusion that the second baby just has to adapt to the schedule already in place. That has been rough it seems!!! I am so much of a scheduler and really like things my way, ha ha right?! Everyday just seems so different and she's having to adjust. We are now on somewhat of a schedule, but the duration of naps are just so unknown. One day it's longer naps and the next day, just catnaps. And...she's going through this separation thing, where she is sometimes just beyond upset when I put her down to nap. It's like we will never be together again, poor baby. We're working that out though and have had many many heart to hearts on the matter.

Alright, I know I have rambled and gone on long enough. So much is petty, but I did want to document it, so in the future I can look back and know we got through each phase just fine. In addition, she is becoming more and more mobile, she's rolling so much more and can literally turn a 180, especially when watching Colten. It's precious, she just laughs and laughs at him and he, of course, eats it up!!! She's really liking vegetables, so far and seems to be enjoying eating with us at the table.

That's about it...for now...