mah...6 weeks

8:22 PM

i was looking back at some old blogs the other day. i was so good at keeping up with may month by month. i'm already behind on annie's first month...but here goes.

let me start by saying annie you are such a sweet little baby. you are the absolute perfect addition to our little family.

however i'm going to keep it very real...you are a handful!! your dad swears i have newborn amnesia and that you aren't any fussier than the other three.

i beg to differ.

at your 6 week check up you are weighing in at 8lbs 7oz. this puts you right around the 25th percentile. which is exactly where may was at 6wks. you hauck girls are just tiny. nothing new there. the doc said you are the perfect weight for your length which is 20in and around the 20th percentile.

(as you can see you were not a fan of the check up portion...probably because you were laying on your back. we'll get to that later.)

you are eating well. as usual i am having my inner struggle with breast feeding. you can read all about my issues here i began supplementing with formula around 4 weeks because you just weren't gaining, much like your sisters. i would say we are about 50/50 right now. however i came down with mastitis on sunday which is an infected milk duct and it knocked me on my butt all day monday. i'm hoping i don't lose my supply because nursing in the middle of the night is just sooo easy.

speaking of sleeping you aren't terrible at it. you're starting to take some good daytime naps in your bed which is great.

for awhile you only liked to be laid down on mom and dad's bed.

and always on your tummy which is totally against the rules! however you like it and i'm not messing with anything that you like.

at night you always start on your back in the rock n play in our room. you usually give me a good stretch of at least 4 hours...sometimes 6 and one time even 8! after that first wake up,usually around 1:30/2, i bring you in bed with me. your dad hates this...it makes him so nervous. i'm working on putting you back in the rock n play but it's just soooo easy to nurse you while i can still sleep! you fit so perfectly in the crook of my arm!

let's see...what else?

your sisters are down right obsessed with you. i mean ob-sessed. you're the first thing they want to see as soon as they wake up and the last face they need to kiss before bed. the majority of ryan and lilly's arguments are based on who gets to do what with you. hold you, feed you, help change your diaper. don't get me wrong...i welcome that stuff as often as possible. however it gets a little crazy when they're arguing over who gets to put their face closer to your face.

you love the bath. which is crazy because you really don't love a lot of things. but the bath is one of them. i love giving you a bath because it's kind of our time. don't tell your sisters but i have been giving them to you while they are gone. i'm sorry girls. i reeaallly need my non-fussy annie time and you guys would be all up in our bath-ey business.

yes, my sweet little angel baby, you are fussy.

you are fussy when i lay you down...anywhere. even just for a few minutes to let me get dressed. you are fussy in your swing. which is brand new and kicks butt, by the way. we are working on this every day. you will like that swing! you are fussy in the car. that one is hard. you're a 4th child and as unfair as it may be...you will spend a lot of time in the car. it's a nice car! cut me some slack there, sister.

call it colic, call it gas, you're just a baby and you love to fuss.

the good thing is i know this won't last forever.

i know i will blink my eyes and you'll be happy a toddler and the days where i feel like i'm trudging through mud just to make it to 6pm will all be stored away under my newborn amnesia.

another reason i'm glad i have this blog. although it may sometimes seem like it on here...it's ok to admit that we're not perfect. i don't bring home perfect babies who just smile and coo and sleep through the night.

i bring home real babies. who cry and fuss and drive me crazy on a daily basis.