Addie will be 7 months old on the 14th, ugh, how did that happen? When they say time flies, well time flies!! We are quickly realizing that our tiny baby is not tiny and is growing and learning sooooo much each day! And boy do they change so quickly!
Life as 2 and life with 3 of us has been a major change in every aspect of life...and what have I learned? Babies do not come with instruction manuals and there really isn't anything that can prepare you for the type of baby you are going to have. I look back at pictures of us with Addie when she was brand spanking new and I looked like death because she screamed all day and all night long and I never slept..seriously...never slept! I'm surprised I didn't go crazy but I think I was too delirious to go crazy :) If you would have asked me about Addie I probably would have said she wouldn't be as happy as she is today (Although we haven't reached teething yet).
Ya'll this little girl wakes up happy, happy, happy and ready to go, go , go! She is growing and doing things at lightening speed. She's crawling like a pro (and she is so fast), she can go from sitting up to crawling and vice versa, she is starting to try and climb up tables and tv stands. I seriously thought these things didn't happen until circa 8 or 9 months...at this rate this baby will be walking by then! She is also into everything we own, my house has become bare as everything is a hazardous object..cords...glass items (bye bye cute decorations). But it doesn't really matter because we are, as they say, making memories.
We are also learning how to be parents and it's tough. Our days revolve around her and her needs, when before our days revolved around ourselves. Now, when we do have an occasional baby free night we don't know what to do with the silence and we don't know how to "relax". I feel like the first year is a year of trying many different things, especially a sleep "schedule". We are trying so hard to work on this sleep thing. We aren't perfect at it, but we try real hard. It's hard to read different things that tell you what not to do..don't rock the baby to sleep, don't nurse the baby to sleep..don't don't don't..well I can honestly say that we don't have the type of baby that will go to sleep on her own in her crib, it just doesn't work for us. So yes, we have to do some of the do nots in order to ensure sleep. I've also learned that even when she does sleep all night, I don't sleep...current insomnia situation. We are constantly tweaking things and trying to observe her needs and meet them. I always say...do what works best for you :) We aren't perfect, there is a lot that we don't know...like how we needed to change nipple sizes on the bottles (yep...mom fail). And I never really know when to change diaper sizes, sounds silly, but it's so confusing because they seem to be in between sizes. My baby doesn't wear shoes because she pulls them off. Trying to establish a feeding schedule that includes food is confusing no matter how many different things I read about it.
Life as 3 is good and will continue to get better each day, month, and year as Addie grows and learns. What I've learned is to take this journey day by day and expect the unexpected. We may stay at home more and seem anti-social, but that's life as 3. We wouldn't change it because she has given us a happiness that we didn't know existed; those gummy smiles and drooly kisses are the best!
Thank you for the wonderful blessing of Addilyn; she is amazing!
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