Fortunately Morgan adjusted to her new surroundings almost immediately, and has been sleeping well and eating well, though she's not drinking as much formula as we'd hoped she would.
Parenting is going well. Morgan will not sleep when we want her to - so we have to use tricks like sugaring her up, taking her for a walk in the stroller, and letting her have a little sugar crash when we need her to be asleep. Hopefully this will eventually result in a sleep pattern we can live with. Last night she went down at 7:30 pm and woke up at 1 am; then had trouble sleeping until 4 am when I finally got her to sleep by letting her fall asleep on me. Michele rescued me at 6 for her breakfast and walk, so that I could finally sleep a little.
Developments we've noticed in just the last few days:
- She's making choices, such as pointing at the bottle or the yogurt cup, while eating so we know what she wants more of.
- She's picking up Cheerios with two fingers, but it's not a pincer grip - she licks her fingers and then adheres the cereal to her hand with spit to get it to her mouth.
- She's much more verbal every day - saying ma ma and da da, but randomly.
- More attached than ever to the two blue Gund 'Spunky' dogs that Cousin Kristie and Uncle Blair gave her.
Morgan will have a baptism soon. It's Sunday, May 27th and if you're reading this and wish to come, it's at Riviera Presbyterian Church during regular worship at 11 am. Refreshments to follow.
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Congrats again on your new addition!
You probably get more advice than you ever thought possible, but ne piece I was given that was a life-saver for us- at night-time add rice cereal to the bottle. It's a bit different (slightly!) situation, we had the luck of being able to Ferberize Hunter at 10 weeks, but the cereal definitely helped.
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