Let me outta here!

This has been a great week. We've gotten a little more sleep, or maybe just gotten more used to the LACK of sleep! Emma's sleeping the occasional 3 hour stretch at night, but her norm is about 2. She's the most pleasant baby in the middle of the night - she only wakes up to eat or when she has gas/needs to be changed. She has never been one to cry for no reason.

I've been getting a little house-bound lately, so we've started taking field trips. We rode with Brad to the county office to turn in paperwork for our insurance. We've also made a few trips to Sonic for a happy hour drink run. Emma loves the car, unless she's hungry!

Today we took her for her first walk in the neighborhood and used her stroller for the first time. She had a blast - so did Lucy! Once we got back we loaded in the car for a trip to Sonic. Emma had a great time until she decided she was hungry on our way back. Luckily, we only live a couple of miles from Sonic and were home before she knew it.

We also had a really awesome visit from Kathi Frankel and Erin DiChiara. Erin's an OT and Kathi's PT that works with babies in the NICU. They are starting to work with typical babies in homes to offer support to moms with new babies. I was MORE than happy to have them come and offer us suggestions. It was awesome. We learned a lot about infant sleep cycles and how to get Emma to regulate her own system to nights and days. Kathi showed us a better and much more natural way to swaddle Emma that makes her much more comfortable - she wants her hands by her face all the time and she's been able to have them that way for 9 months now. The new swaddle is much more comfortable for Emma and she sleeps a little longer that way.

Kathi also showed us a great way to bathe her. She put a blanket in a tub of water and wrapped it around Emma once she was in the tub. She fell right to sleep - check out the picture! Quite the change from her bath that morning with all of the screaming!

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Emma's bath with Kathi Frankel - wow!

Wanting a little privacy while she eats apparently!

Milk Coma

Napping with Grandpa

Precious in her new swaddle

My Anne Geddes baby!

Ready to walk!