7 weeks

Maddie is 7 weeks today. I cant tell if time is moving slow or fast. I cant even remember what her first night home was like. how many times did i wake up? it seemed so long ago when breastfeeding was a nightmare. We went to the pediatricians the other day and i remember thinking how when we went when we was 6 days old, how fearful i was. fearful to be out with the baby...fearful she would be hungry bc our appointment ran long....fearful that she would start wailing and i wouldnt know what to do. how far we have come as parents in only 7 short weeks.

Maddie can now find her fingers to suck on. Shes not 100% but she can get there now. She is slowly starting to get on a schedule. feedings have increased to every 3 hours and she wakes up like clockwork. and she can give us maybe at most 3.5 hours of sleep at a time at night.

she wakes up at 6 am which is mad early for me, but i guess such is this new life called motherhood.

she is still having trouble sleeping without me...i tried putting her in the crib a few times for naps and she wasnt having it. i plan to fully implement this more in the next few weeks. right now, i baby wear her for almost every nap. occasionally she will go in the swing. hopefully i can get her away from this soon. i would eventually like her to nap in her crib only in preparation for her to start sleeping there at nighttime.

we have eaten take out for 7 weeks now. i really wish this would stop but yet i dont have the time yet to start cooking.

i went for my 6 week checkup the other day and i lost 25 of my 40 lbs. with the takeout food, i cant foresee me losing the rest of the 15 lbs i have. hopefully with the schedule starting to stabilize, we can manage to cook again.

up next, i do want to address how annoying it is when people think that the way they raise their children should be the way i raise my child. namely jaes family...omg. i have a lot to say.