Sweet Juliette,
Let me just start this off by saying YOU SLEPT 7 HOURS IN A ROW literally the night after I wrote your 2 month post full of complaints re: having your days/nights allllll mixed up. "Surely this was a huge fluke," we thought... But nope! The night after the 7-hour miracle you slept 6.5 hours, and the night after that 6 hours, and the night after that 7 hours again! Woohoooooo, sister; I didn't want to speak too soon and jinx us, but one month deep into champion sleeping makes me pretty confident to announce that you've figured out this whole nighttime thing! Admittedly, between a) my full-of-milk boobies that took a hot second to adjust to your new overnight habits and b) waking up in a panic every once in while thinking you must be dead because it's impossible for you to sleep so long without stirring, my nights of good sleep lagged a few weeks behind yours. But now we're pretty much all in the groove of 8-10 hour night stretches and IT IS AMAZE-BALLS!!! New, refreshed mama on the loose...watch out world!
In other [not as great of] news, we realized this month that you absolutely WOULD NOT take bottles anymore! There were no issues with bottle-feeding in September; but I guess after a week of hanging with just Mommy while the rest of the family was on vacation and then another two weeks of more Mommy time while Daddy had COVID, you got quite used to breastfeeding and wanted nothing to do with a pumped bottle any longer! After trying literally every piece of advice that Google had to offer, I discussed the issue with your pediatrician at the 2-month well child visit. She suggested that I leave the house for 4-5 hour stretches to see if you would take a bottle from Daddy in my absence. NO LUCK. Right before we were at our wit's end and clutching the OT referral paper, you finally gave in and took 0.5 oz! #victory Now, a month later, you certainly don't prefer bottles, but you will suck them down slowly and grudgingly ONLY in Mommy's absence! The pediatrician concluded that there's not a "real problem" and that you're just finicky -- which in my mind seems like more of a problem since we can't fix finicky! LOL!
...And speaking of Mommy's absence, I started back to work on Mondays and Thursdays when you were 9 weeks old! You've been loving Grammy Daycare on Mondays and Daddy Daycare on Thursdays [and thankfully aren't starting "real daycare" until January!]. It's been a pretty easy transition back to part-time separation for both of us!
ALSO THIS MONTH! You survived a cousin photoshoot in our back yard...
...stayed wide-eyed to ring in *BOTH* 2ams of Daylight Savings Time...
...went to your first birthday party [HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Henry and Caroline!] and met some new friends and Great Aunts...
...enjoyed Friendsgiving with Mommy's work friends and Thanksgiving with both sides of the family...
...and suffered through your first parade [bundled up with Mommy or Daddy d/t 30-degreee weather]!
ALL THE X'S AND O'S!!!!! :-* :-*
