We've made it to the 4 month mark with little Miss Bree! A friend asked me who she is most like of our other kids. I think she looks like Abby, is a chub like Clara, and has the temperament as a baby like Jake.
She had her first ear infection 2 weeks ago and weighed 16.5lbs! She is 90th percentile for weight and height and 99th percentile for her head. Everyone loves all her chub!
She is on acid reflux medicine but still spits up a lot and continues to be really fussy. She has gone back to waking every 2-3 hours at night, even with eating every 2 hours during the day. She won't take a pacifier or suck her thumb so her only comfort is nursing. Poor girl won't sleep for more than about 30 minutes at a time so she is always tired! My exhaustion has hit an all time high. Because we only have 3 rooms she sleeps right next to me in the basinet and I hear every peep she makes. I got mastitis (that's never happened this far along in breastfeeding!) and then a week later developed a stye in my eye. After two days of waking to a puffy sore eye it turned into pink eye. Clara told people we knew and at random, "Don't look at my Mommy, she has an ugly eye!" Awesome. I asked my doctor why I would get two infections back to back...she replied, "you're a worn out Mama right now that's why". I've been struggling with head aches that develop to migraines often. This week I accidentally bought Motrin PM and took it! I was driving Jake to get his allergy shot and felt like I was going to pass out or vomit on I-270! It wasn't until I was fighting sleep at the allergist that I looked at my bottle of Motrin and realized what I'd done. That was a miserable and kind of scary drive home from Rockville. I tried to get Aubree to sleep next to me but that didn't work so well. Then that night Aubree woke at 830, 930, 1030, 1130, and again at 1230. I finally set up the pack'n play in the "dungeon" room downstairs and she cried on and off from 1-2am. She slept until 630a.m. Hallelujah. So now my nights will be spent in the basement until she is sleep trained. I'm trying to be home for her to get on a good nap schedule this past week. Sleep makes such a big difference for the both of us! It's funny that with each baby I have to get to my breaking point before I can handle hearing them cry it out. I sure wish she'd take a pacifier!
The best news is that she finally likes Dan! She smiles at him and doesn't scream any more. She still prefers me when she is tired or has a tummy ache but at least now Dan can hold her when she's happy.
(peaceful sleeping baby...only time I can get a picture usually)
