2 Months PP

Another month down! Woohoo! I am so glad that time is going by and that as it goes by, I feel like I'm getting my feet back underneath me. I like being a mom of three and I like even better that it's getting easier to juggle all the different things that being a mom of three entails.
I have definitely had my times of falling apart and weeping, but not nearly as bad as I remember feeling with Emma. Probably because of the added stress of the weddings and Dan being gone and nursing hurting for SOOOOOO long. It stopped hurting this time around 7 weeks, which is wonderful! Especially since this baby likes to nurse A LOT!
It looks like spring in on the way and we have been taking advantage of it because, in Alaska, who knows if there will be snow next week!
I love this time of year and I love not being huge and pregnant and I love that I don't have a tiny newborn to deal with. It's great to be over some of the hardest parts!

Month: 2

Babies Weight: 14#s!!!!!! and 24" long.

Babies Habits: It was a rough month for the schedule. WOW! She started sleeping better and then was waking up in the middle of the night once instead of twice, after the dream feed. Then it all went to pot. The napping started being 45 minutes to the second and I was exhausted. I finally joined a Babywise FB group and got some good answers. I changed her routine to Eat, Wake, Eat, Sleep so that she was truly full when she went down. It has made a difference. She is so social that after filling her belly a bit, she wants to visit with me. She won't stop smiling and cooeing to finish a full meal. This way, she is definitely full and good to go for a while. She is holding her head up pretty good now and not smacking it against my shoulder or face nearly as much. She talks A LOT and grins and smiles all the time. Her favorite thing is to be talked too. She likes to lay on her back and kick and wave her arms around and talk to people. It's really cute! 

My Weight: 159 I know..... gosh... I let myself eat all the time without thought because of it being my last and the fact that I was terribly hungry ALL. THE. TIME. 

Exercise: Doing pretty good with this for the most part. I have done 4 days a week pretty consistently, though this last week was only 3 because of being completely exhausted. I am going to give myself until the 4th month to recover, get Juliet into a good schedule to really have at it at the exercise. I will try to get 5 days a week in after that, and then go from there. 

Eating:Awful. I won't even lie. It's been complete garbage. But Dan is not happy with his body at the moment and now that the urge to eat food every minute of the day is waining, we are going to get our diets on track and hopefully that will help. 

Nursing: It's going well. I nurse at 6 - 8:30 - 11:30 - 2:30 - 5 - 7:30 then bedtime is 8:30. I have dropped the dream feed as it seems it just disrupted her sleep. She got up at 12:30 one night, 1:30 last night and then slept the rest of the night. Hopefully soon, she'll either stretch it out till more like 3 or 4 and then drop it all together. Oh for a full nights sleep! 

Older Kids: All kinds of trouble and trauma, but I hope we are getting out of that soon. They are stabilizing somewhat, or so I hope, but still plenty of trouble happening in the Winston household. We are making it through the winter and the hardest part of this new baby thing, so hopefully when summer hits, we can be having better attitudes, less fits and problems and a lot more fun. Jackson is still being very sweet to Juliet and though I can't trust him alone with her as he likes to use her more as a doll then a person, he at least loves her a lot. Emma is still getting used to her and would rather just have our attention. Fortunately, she hasn't turned any anger or frustration toward Juliet. It will work itself out eventually. I am really looking forward to having Juliet a little more independent and able to do more things. Right now it's all nursing and sleeping and nursing and sleeping etc. 

My Measurements:

1 Months PP: Hips: 41 Thighs: 21.25 Belly: 35.5 Waist: 32 Chest: 37

2 Months PP: Hips: 41 Thighs: 21.25 Upper Thigh:23.5 Belly: 35.5 Waist: 31 Chest: 37.5

Things of Interest: Next month is our birthday month and it promises to be a big busy one as well. We have parties to plan and gifts to get and cakes to make all with a little baby. It will be exhausting as it is every year and then it will be over and spring will be here for sure. 

Milestones: She is able to hold her head up much more and smiles and talks up a storm. She is able to follow the sound of a voice and a person in her line of site.  She is sucking on her hands all the time, though it doesn't bring her satisfaction, so I have to keep giving her the stupid nuk. And she is STILL not taking very good naps and not going longer then 5 or 6 hours at night. Very frustrating, but hopefully in the next few weeks, she'll finally get the hang of sleeping. I am MORE then ready for a long stretch of sleep! 

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