Life is different these days, there's no doubt about it! I can honestly say that pretty much every aspect of my life has changed since having Avery: the way I spend my time, my energy, my body, our marriage, our finances, my job: private tutoring, meals, and everything in between. People tell you how much life changes once you have a baby, but you don't really understand until it happens to you. And although life is different, I feel so blessed...blessed beyond measure!
I know everyone says their baby is wonderful...but Avery truly is an awesome baby! For the last month, she's been sleeping in her crib, not in our room, which is a big milestone for new parents. I decided early on that I wanted to try moving her to her nursery, instead of having her in the bassinet in our room. It was a much smoother transition that I expected. And for the last two weeks, she's been sleeping 7+ hours straight at night. There have been about five nights within the last two weeks where she's slept 9 or 10 hours! Now that's pretty amazing for a 6 week old baby! She's also nursing really well, and gaining weight like a champ! All things that new mothers 'worry' about.
An area of motherhood that I need to work on is getting out with her more. I'm good at it when I have someone else to help, but when it's just me- it can be pretty overwhelming. By the time I get to my destination, she's usually asleep, and then getting her in/out of the car will normally wake her up. She'll then fall back asleep, but again...getting back in the car will wake her up...and then the cycle just keeps going. And since she's on a 3 hour feeding schedule, trying to get errands done in that short time is a challenge.
Like I said before, we've been blessed greatly with a beautiful, healthy, funny baby and I am so glad that God chose Avery to be ours. I read the scripture verse on her wall to her every night before I put her to bed:
'I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted me what I asked of him.'
~ 1 Samuel 1:27
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