Week 14 Summary

This week has FLOWN by! 
A lot of it probably has to do with it being Region week for Cheerleading.  Good news: We are headed to STATE!  Bad news: I have barely seen my daughter the last three days.  I miss her! Thank God for the work that Joe does with her!  We may get frustrated with each other and stressed about how to best make plans that will suit Addison's schedule, but he is so great with her and loves her so much.

Personality
Addison still loves to be active, she gets very bored at home.  She has started holding on to us when we carry her, which is sweet.

Nursing
She has gotten very efficient, often taking less than 20 minutes to drain me.  I hope that this means that she is efficient, and not that I don't have enough.  At some feedings, she acts like she is not interested in eating for long.  She acts somewhat like she has bad gass or is full- but she stays fussy afterwards. 

Waketime Length
We are still trying to get this honed.  An hour fifteen to an hour and a half is our goal. 

Nighttime Length
This week, we have tried to be consistent with eating around 7:30, and going down around 8:30.  Then, I dream feed her around 10:30 or 11, depending on whether or not I have dorm duty.  Then, she stays asleep until 6:30.  There are a couple of exceptions through the night where she will whimper and would likely break into a full out cry, but we usually go in and re-insert paci, and shhhh her for a couple of minutes.  This either helps for the rest of the night, or sometimes we have to go in every twenty minutes for an hour.  Those are hard nights.  As soon as she stops doing those little wakenings, we will start moving towards dropping the dream feed.

Growth
I have no idea if she has grown or not "officially" but she seems sooo long right now!  When I switch sides while nursing, it seems that her body is SO long compared to what I am used to!

Swaddling
Still using the Swaddle Me blanket.  She still gets really mad when we use it, but I am still believing that it keeps her asleep!

No Wonder Week

Our Schedule
6:30 wake/eat/get ready
7:15 leave for the sitter
10:00 eat
1:00 eat
3:30/4 eat
6:30/7 eat
7:30 bath and bed routine down by 8:30

Outings/Events
Friday I had a very busy cheer day.  Addison was with Daddy ALL day long!  I encouraged him to take her out of the house so that the two of them don't go crazy!  They ended up going down to Cherokee to see Pops, and eat lunch at Zorbas.  Then, before bedtime, they went to see Grandma and Grandpa Butler. 

Helpful Books/Websites
no time for books this week!