Sorry for the delay in the update, Sophia has been a little more demanding of my time than Anika ever was. She is a fantastic baby, with a completely different personality than Anika's. Its amaazing how quickly their personality comes through. Where Anika was laid back and would sleep anywhere and everywhere, Sophia only wants to be with Adrian or myself. She'd rather sleep on the cold leather sofa than sleep in her nice warm cozy crib or bassinette. She also eats every 2 1/2 hours, which in theory is fantastic - she's a champ and has breast feeding down pat... but that means not much sleep for me. 2 1/2 hours seems pretty reasonable for a baby BUT.. in that 2 1/2 hours, she eats for 20 minutes, then gets a diaper change, then put back to sleep which means I was getting anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 hour of sleep, then it starts all over again. Needless to say, I was and still am a walking zombie. I did try to nap in the afternoons when Anika was at school but so many things were racing through my mind that needed to get done (laundry, dinner, appointments etc), that I couldn't fall asleep until 2:00 or a little after and I had to be up by 3pm to get Anika from the bus. I do have to say that I really appreciated the meals that were brought over for us. As much as I hate to ask for help, these were sooo appreciated.
Anika is doing really well adjusting to her little baby sister. She often will give her a kiss on the forhead, or shush her or even tell us how much Sophia's fussing is annoying her!! Ahhhh.... true sisterly love!!
As mentioned above, Sophia has mastered the art of breastfeeding, which shouldn't be hard when you saddle up to the boobie bar 9-10x per day!! When Sophia was born she weighed 6lbs 12oz... the day we left the hospital (day 3) she weighted 6lbs 7oz... then the day that the Health Care Nurse came for a visit (day 8) she weighed 7lbs 1oz... then today at day 21, Sophia had her 3 week appointment and she weighs NINE POUNDS 4 OUNCES!!!! She is my chunky monkey!! Her thighs are getting rolls in them, she now has 2 chins and is working on her 3rd (LOL)... even her arms are getting a little fatter. She has also grown 2 1/2 inches!! LOL. No wonder her little newborn diapers were getting tight on her :)
She is making all kinds of noises.. most of which sound like farm animals. Two of her favorites are the goat and the monkey. I'm hoping to get some of these sounds on video. She's starting to throw some smiles our way which is soooo much fun and rewarding. She'll follow your facial expression and copy if you can hold attention long enough. She's been doing this for about a week. If you make an "o" shape with your mouth, she'll do the same... if you then stick your tongue out, she'll stick her tongue out. Adrian told me that I was crazy when I told him she was doing this until the other night when I caught him in her room in the glider, and he was blinking at her and she was repeating the number of blinks he was doing. What smart, cute babies we make :)
Well that's about it right now... I will try to update more in the next few days/week but finding a moment that I'm not feeding Sophia, tending to Anika, trying to get a shower in or trying to keep the house in some sort of order is far and few between... Thanks for waiting... she's worth it :)
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