One month!

first day going to church

Claire is one month old. She loves to eat and loves to be held. I have always said that I really like the newborn baby stage just because the baby is easy. They just need to be held and fed. Claire seems to like it more than the other kids. She is so content when she is held. Between nursing every two to three hours and wanting to be held all night long she is keeping me up. I miss my sleep but need to keep reminding myself that hopefully soon she will sleep through the night. I may take back the 'loving' the newborn stage and may want the older baby stage to come soon. It is fun to hold her though and it is my fault that she really isn't on a schedule. Luckily we have a bed in her room so I am with her so Dave can get a little more sleep. The kids can sleep right through it all. Unfortunately Siena is having 'bad dreams' lately and ends up in the bed with me quite often. I hate sleeping with kids in my bed. Good thing she is cute. The kids still adore Claire. I find Ben smothering her whenever he is near. He loves it when she opens just one eye and calls her a pirate. He thinks it is so funny. We can't quite figure out if she loves the binkie or not. I keep pushing it on her and she likes it if she is really upset but if she falls asleep with it in her mouth and then it falls out she throws a fit. The other night I was up every five minutes putting the binkie back in her mouth to soothe her. I wanted to throw all the binkies out the window but it was either the binkie in her mouth or me nursing her to sleep. So frustrating! I just want her to be able to put it back in her mouth when it falls out. She still mostly likes to sleep in the bouncy chair. She will sleep in the crib occasionally but I think she likes the noise going on in the house because she sleeps a lot better in her swing during the day with the kids running around her. With Siena and Ben we had a little party when they turned one month old. I wasn't as productive this time around. Dave left us this morning for a week and I just didn't have the motivation. The kids don't have to know. We spent the day at the library and the park, perfect events for a one month old. I did get some things done around the house so I count it as a productive day. It is a lot harder though knowing that Dave won't be home at 5 to relieve me. Luckily we are going up to PA in a couple days so I can have some help. We are very excited.