Sleeping in crib!

Since Eva was born she has been co-sleeping with us. This was one thing that I said I was not going to do but she refused to sleep in her bassinette and would only sleep in bed with us so in order to keep my sanity, this was the arrangement that had to happen.Well, for the last week or so we have been trying to slowly transition her to her crib by putting her in there more during the day while she is asleep and putting her in there at night. At first, she would only stay in there at night for about an hour and then I would bring her into bed with us. Well, for the last 2 out of 3 nights, she has successfully slept all night in her crib only waking up about 3 times to eat. One of the last three nights I tried for over 2 hours to get her to sleep in her crib and then I gave up and brought her to bed with me....but the other 2 nights she has easily slept in her crib!I think part of it was that she was not getting enough to eat. I was trying to exclusively breastfeed but I am not producing enough so she would always still be hungry after eating and would just cry and cry. Well, now I breastfeed her and then give her another 2-4 ounces of formula and then she is happy. This was hard for me at first because I really wanted to just exclusively breastfeed but now I realize that this is just something that has to be done and I am coming to grips with it.Anyway, just wanted to share our little accomplishment.

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Saturday was Aaron's birthday and he spent the morning cuddling with his baby girl. Because of little Eva, it was Aaron's best birthday ever.

At about 1:00 in the afternoon, we dropped Eva off at Grandma and Grandpa Faulhaber's house so we could go out to lunch and a movie. The first few hours were fine but by the time we got out of the movie, we missed her so much and couldn't wait to go get her.

I love to swing

Eva does not like to be put down....unless you put her in her swing. She loves to swing! So, when mommy or daddy need to get things done around the house, Eva goes in her swing and she is as happy as can be.

My doctor appointment

I took Eva to the doctor today because for the past week (maybe more) her left eye has been really gunky/crusty and we were afraid she was getting sick or it was infected or something. Well, it turns out that she has a blocked tear duct which I guess is fairly common. So, at least it's not infected but it's still not pretty to look at.
We have to go back in two weeks to check her weight....she went from the 20th percentile to the 13th percentile. She was up to 7 lbs 9 ounces. At her last appointment, she was 7 lbs 1 ounce. So, she is at least gaining weight. But, if she goes down in the percentile any more, we may have to start supplementing with formula. I was hoping that we wouldn't have to do this (for monetary reasons) but, we will do whatever is needed to make sure she is healthy.

Baby Power

Am I cute, or what?

Music lover

Eva loves music....it calms her right down if she is fussy. She especially loves it when daddy plays guitar or piano for her.