Week 2

Week 2 has been a very busy week.

Monday we took a trip to Beaumont to get our heal stuck and squeezed until what seemed like the lady was taking out all the blood in her little foot.


Tuesday we went back to Beaumont for our 2 week check up.
Olivia now weighs 7lbs 12 oz and is 20 in.

We also started a new schedule this week. With all the excitement of having a new baby around I basically let Olivia eat and sleep whenever she felt like it. I new that this was not the right thing to do, and did not want Olivia’s routine to continue to be like this. If it continued I would never get any sleep at night. I am basing our routine from reading the book, Baby Wise. The book basically states that if you follow the schedule it will promote sleeping through the night. This is our first week to try it and yesterday was the first day I can honestly say we followed the routine. Olivia took her last feeding at 1:40 am and did not wake up until 6:44 am this morning. The uninterrupted sleep was very nice. Even Dallas was amazed that it worked. I know that everything is not perfect and am expecting some sleepless nights. However, I am really hoping to have more nights like last night.


A couple of pictures from our week.


Our first booboo that would not stop bleeding.

The second day Olivia was home I tried cutting her fingernails and right off the bat I got her. It didn’t bleed, but I stopped and said I would never cut them again. The first week I asked everyone around to cut them for me and no one would do it. I asked Carol and she informed me that she always had Jack cut them when Dallas and Ben were little. Even Jack wouldn't cut Olivia's. This week Olivia took out a nice chunck of her face and I finally convinced Mama into cutting them for me. She didn’t want to do it either, but finally gave in. On the third finger she got Olivia and boy did it bleed! It didn’t seem to phase Olivia one bit, but it broke Honey’s heart. She looked at me and said to never ask her to cut them again. I guess I'm going to have to bite the bullet and start cutting them.

My face that caused Honey to give in and cut my fingernails.

Honey reading to Olivia last night.