Finally getting the hang of it.

So I am finally getting the hang of being a new Mom. At first, if it wasn't one thing it was another: breastfeeding, pumping, formula, normal bowel movements for her, finding the right bottle and nipple combo to bottle feed her...shew! Hard work and stressful trying to figure everything out. I feel like I can finally relax and breathe a little now. We are settled into formula feeding. Everything is going great!

Can you believe that...my daughter has almost outgrown her newborn clothes?!?! Who would have thought that would happen at 2 months old. lol. She's a tiny girl, that Audrey. I love her so much.

We survived our first rough growth spurt. Of course, it happened while Paul was at work all week. Fussy baby that NEVER slept, but sure could cry with the best of them. It was a ROUGH week and I wanted to gouge my eyes out with a spoon at times and bang my head against the wall. It's hard having no one to help out. I don't know how single moms do it. Thanks to the bouncy seat, swing, car seat, and lots of cuddles...we survived. Now to gear up for the next one. And teething! ahhh!!

Paul and I finally figured out a schedule so that we could both get decent sleep throughout the week. We swap nights getting up with Audrey and it works pretty well. Of course, Audrey only really wakes up once in the night...but when she does, it takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get her fed, burped, happy and back to sleep. So it's a couple hours of lost sleep. Sometimes I'll put her in bed with me if I'm really tired and cuddle her until she falls back asleep. That way I can rest..while bonding with Audie. I get up around 10:30 for the day with Audrey (she eats at 6ish and 10ish am) Then for the rest of the day, we just go with the flow. I feed her when she is truly hungry, talk to her, sing to her and play with her till she needs a nap. Sometimes her naps are only 30 minutes, sometimes several hours. It's touch and go and Audrey has DEFINITELY taught me to be more go with the flow. There's some things you really just can't control no matter what.

I am so excited for Audrey's next pediatrician appointment. I want to see how much she weighs and ask a few questions about bottle feeding, formula, etc. Lots of questions. I can't wait. August 18th is her appointment. Oh...she gets shots too. Excitement gone. I'm going to cry.