Elise has plenty of awake time now, and she's usually happiest in the mornings.
Biggest, cutest yawn ever.
This photo is blurry, and she's crying, but it just shows how strong Elise is getting.
I can't remember if I put on the blog before that Elise has reflux and needed to be put on antacid a few weeks ago, but she's otherwise healthy. Of course, I totally don't want my newborn on meds, but we have certainly seen improvement since she started taking them. She seems to be in less pain, less spitting up, better nursing, less throat clearing, etc. That said, Elise is definitely in that super fussy newborn phase right now, and we usually see the worst of it between 5-9pm. As you may imagine, that is a crazy time in our household since it is also Finley's most difficult time of day. Getting both children fed, bathed, and put to bed is a very long and exhausting process.
Elise still wakes up multiple times to eat at night, which is fine because she's actually a quick eater. The problem is that she won't go back to sleep! We often spend an hour trying to get her back to sleep in the middle of the night. Yikes.
Elise likes to look at the fan in our bedroom (so did Finley!), and she likes to be on her stomach and upright. She also seems to like being held near the window. Elise will almost never take a pacifier. She tries to get her fists sometimes, but isn't very successful with that yet. Elise is growing like a weed and is due another doctor visit in a week for her 2 month check-up and vaccinations. We're curious to see how big she'll be when she gets weighed and measured! Elise's eyes are still blue and her hair is still a light honey brown. She's pretty stinkin' cute if you ask us!
We are so attached to Elise already, and we feel so happy to have her in our family!
Okay, to bed for me. Elise is finally down and I'm falling asleep as I type this. Zzzzz....
