Liz' Life: 7 Weeks

Seven Weeks

Sleeping: She's only been sleeping for 2-3 hours at a time this week. She sleeps more during the day and sometimes I can't get her to wake up when I want her to since I've been trying to get her on a schedule but she lets me know I'm on her schedule.

Eating: She's still taking any where from 3-6 oz of formula with rice cereal and usually eats every 2-4 hours. She seems to be a lot more hungry lately. Feeding time has been a little hard because every other feeding I have to give her medicine for her reflux 30 minutes prior to feeding so sometimes I have to let her cry until I can feed her. Since I found out this week I was feeding her too much rice cereal she gets 1tsp per oz of formula now.

Activity: She looks around a lot more and is starting to sit up for longer periods on her own. I introduced her to a new toy this week and she seems to like it.

Likes: She likes to eat that's probably her favorite thing to do and she seems to like to visit her Abuela. She likes to be rocked and she still enjoys bath time with daddy.


Dislikes: She's not a fan of bath time with mommy. I guess I don't have that special touch that dad has. She HATES to have her nails filed. That is such a horrible process. She hates having her clothes changed and she doesn't like her swing most of the time.

Highlight of the Week: She had her 6 week check up this week where we found out mommy was overfeeding her and she was a whopping 11lbs 15oz. She got two shots and has started taking her acid reflux medicine. This week we also spent time with my foster family for 4th of July.

Pics from this Week

Bad Mommy

I have been a bad mommy! Liz had her 6 week check up today and we found out she has gained 2 lbs in just 2 weeks! Why? Because mommy has been over feeding her! Two weeks ago we went to the doctor because Liz had been vomiting up her food and her pedi said she probably had acid reflux and to add rice cereal to her formula. I took Liz to the appointment by myself and I thought he said to add 1 tbsp of cereal per oz of formula. WRONG!!!!!!! I was  supposed to be giving her 1tsp per oz!!!!!! So for two weeks she has been eating way more than she should. Her pedi just couldn't stop laughing. And to top it off my baby has been constipated all this time and I didn't know because she still has been having 2-3 bowel movements a day they just have been hard instead of runny. I feel like such a horrible mother. I made my baby the one thing I didn't want to do! I made her a chunky baby like I was and I hate it! I wish I could go back in time so I could do it over. She went from being in the 50th percentile to the 95 percentile.

I am just really really mad at myself! I know she'll grow into it when she starts getting longer and will hopefully burn some of that off when she starts crawling but until then I'm gonna know that I made her a little chubby thing.

Anyone else with kids ever do anything as stupid as what I did?

Happy 4th of July!

 Happy 4th of July from the Lopez Family!

For Elizabeth's first 4th of July we spent the day with my foster family. We chilled by the pool and ate steak, baked potatoes and corn on the cob and don't forget all the yummy brownies and cookies. We wanted to take a dip in the pool but I haven't had my 6 week check up yet :(  We did dip our feet in though! Hope everyone enjoyed their day!

Liz' Life: 6 Weeks

 Six Weeks

Sleeping: When we first put her down she usually only sleeps for a couple hours. After her midnight feeding she usually sleeps for a longer stretch. And she sleeps really good at her morning nap.

Eating: She's still taking any where from 3-6 oz of formula with rice cereal and usually eats every 2-4 hours.

Activity: She's been awake a lot more even during the night and follows her toy when you put it in her face and move it from side to side. She's also keeping her head up a lot longer.

Likes: She likes to be held all the time. She likes it when momma sings to her. Her favorite songs are the ABC song and The Wheels on the Bus. She also like her Bright Star toy. She loves laying on her tummy! She really enjoys bath time with Daddy.


Dislikes: She hates being put down for long periods of time. She hates laying on her back and still not a fan of diaper changes or changing her clothes.

Highlight of the Week: Joey's coworkers threw us a Diaper and Wipe shower on Thursday and got to meet Liz for the first time! (Of course she slept the whole time LOL)

Motherhood

It is very hard to write this post because I'm not writing it for my follower's to make me feel better but I am writing it to get it off my chest. I don't want anyone to judge me.

I have very mixed feelings about motherhood at this point. It is a wonderful and beautiful thing to see my beautiful baby girl and know that my husband and I made her. I love to look at her and hold her when she is content. It breaks my heart to see her cry and I just love her so much. I look forward to watch her grow up and to see what her personality is going to be like.

Every since I could remember people have always told me I was going to be such a good mom. But now that I'm a mom I feel like I'm a horrible mother! I have always been an impatient person and learning patience with a newborn has been difficult for me. At about 3-4 weeks old Liz was vomiting a couple of feedings and was really fussy and not being able to console her was so hard on me. She has been a little better since starting on rice cereal with her formula but she still gets fussy. She's not really on a schedule as our pediatrician said to feed her on demand and she hasn't been sleeping very well. She doesn't like to be swaddled and really doesn't like to sleep on her back for the most part. I always feel like I don't know if I'm doing things right and I always worry! I worry every time she gets fussy if she's sick or her acid reflux or is she just hungry or does she just want to be held. I still haven't distinguished her cries yet and I just want my baby girl to be happy.  I need to learn to not sweat the small stuff and to be more patient. I don't know if what I feel is normal and if every new mom feels this way or if its just me. I've had a few good meltdowns since she was born and I know a lot of it is from lack of sleep but I hope that it gets better soon.

I love my baby girl more than anything and am so blessed that I have her! Thanks for listening to me ramble on guys!

Liz' Life: 5 Weeks

 Five Weeks

Sleeping: Every night is different. There have been a couple nights that she's slept for 5 hours at a time but for the most part it's only 2-3 hours at a time. She still doesn't like to sleep in her crib. As soon as I put her down she starts crying.

Eating: I took Liz to the doctor last week since she was vomiting a couple of her feedings and her ped said she probably had acid reflux and told us to add rice cereal to her formula. Since then she hasn't spit up or vomited once! She's eating anywhere from 3-6oz.

Activity: She's getting to stay up more during the day. She has started to like her swing a little better but doesn't like to stay in there long.

Likes: She likes to be held a lot and loves to eat and be sung to.


Dislikes: She hates being put down for long periods of time. She doesn't like diaper change time.

Highlights of Week: My former coworker came to visit her for the first time.

Pics from the week:

Mommy and Elizabeth

Daddy and Liz

Showing off her jewelry

Great Grandma (GG) feeding Liz

Liz and her Abuela

Father's Day Recap

Daddy & his little sweetie

On Saturday Elizabeth and I took her daddy to Chili's because he loves their chicken fried steak. On Sunday morning I woke up and picked us up breakfast and gave him the cards from Liz and I and a little book called Daddy's Girl. Unfortunately I couldn't buy anything else as I don't have a job. But I think he had a good 1st Father's Day anyway. That afternoon we went to my foster family's house. They cooked steaks and potatoes and we had homemade icecream for dessert. It was a very nice relaxing day. It was Liz' first time around puppies and they have 3 dogs. It was so funny to see doggie Lexie be so protective over her. She had to be laying beside her the whole time we were there. It was so cute. I can't wait to see what next year's father's day brings.

Grandma Deb with dogs Lexie & Elle