WOW. It has been MONTHS since my last post! Life since the arrival of my daughter has been hectic to say the least. Reading back a few posts ago, I see how nervous I was, how would a new little one disrupt our lives? Well, I can honestly say that our newest one has made a HUGE impact on our "schedule". But I can also say with 100% certainty, that I wouldn't have it any other way :) The love that I have for both of my children is completely overwhelming. I remember thinking when I was pregnant that I did not know if I could love another baby as much as I love my son. The answer is YES, 100 times YES.
My daughter, as much as I love her, is a whole different animal than my son was at her age. When we brought little man home from the hospital, he was a dream baby. He rarely cried, if he did it was only to let us know he was hungry, wet, or tired. He was sleeping through the night by the time he was 7 weeks old. (I know, you can hate me for it) He was always so calm, and laid back, one of our good friends names him our "stoner baby" haha. My husband and I thought this whole parenting thing was easy! (HA) Little man was so good that I found myself lying to other moms and telling them he was difficult just because I didn't want them to hate me haha. When we decided to get pregnant again, we thought (stupidly) that because we are both calm laid back people, that we just make calm babies. WRONG! Little girl came out in a RUSH! 3 hours from first contraction, to the time she was laying on my belly, screaming her little lungs out. Quite a difference from little man who took about 14 hours to make his appearance. And she came out without a quiet, cute little baby cry, she had a full 6 month old baby piercing scream. There is no "little fussies" with her.. she is either happy.. or she is PISSED! We knew we were in for it when we had our first night in the hospital with her, and she was up every hour-2 hours to either eat or poop. And the whole 1st month was a blur of eating and pooping. She ate every 2 hours.. and my god that little one shit a lot! We went though 16-18 poop diapers a day at the height of it! We had what the dr called "night time fussies" from weeks 4-12... I thought it could have been colic, but because she didn't quite hit the 3 hours a day mark, it was deemed "the fussies"...(something about the word "fussies" sounds quiet, and even cute.. there is nothing cute about a baby that screams non stop, without you being able to calm her down..)
Then at 12 weeks something happened. The hours and hours of screaming stopped. When she is pissed she still lets everyone in a mile radios know (I have NEVER head such a noise come from such a little person!) but for the most part I am able to calm her. She NEEDS to be on a schedule, if she doesnt have the same routine every day, there is hell to pay. Weekends she is usually a little grumpier because we dont have the calm quiet house that we have all week, and sometimes I have things to do so my husband is home with the two kids alone, and that just pisses her off haha.
With all of that said, all of her quirks, screams, and shits (I am happy to say that we are now down to 1-2 poops a day!) I still love this little girl with all of my heart. She has the biggest smile that lights up the whole room. She adores her big brother, and at 13 weeks has such a hearty belly laugh that just melts away any stress in my life.
Even though I am sleep deprived (little lady isnt sleeping through the night yet, I guess thats what I get for having such a great sleeper the first time around, and for being so stupid to expect to get another one), and live off of Coffee, I absolutely adore my life as a stay at home mom.
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