Let me start by explaining the princess part of her name. Ayla has been a little more work than I anticipated. You see, Asher was a by-the-book baby. He ate, slept, pooped, and peed just like the books said he would. If the baby books said it would/wouldn't happen, Asher followed that. Ayla is not the same way. I have worried more about her in these two months than I expected. She has gone days without pooping (definitely okay, just not what I was used to so I freaked out). Ayla has TERRIBLE gas - it can clear a room. I don't know where she gets that, maybe from her dad. When Ayla wants to eat, by golly you had better feed her. She is not one that can patiently wait. Thankfully this hasn't been too much of a problem. Asher was easy to keep on an every 3 hour eating schedule, but Ayla has not been on that strict schedule. We try to go 3 hours, but Ayla gets it her way - so that means it could be 2 hours or anything thereafter. So there have been nights when I didn't get much sleep - princess didn't know what kind of schedule she wanted to be on.
Now with all that being said, the past two weeks have been wonderful. She goes to bed on her own so easily. I will feed her around 7:30/8pm and put her down in her bed. She will still be awake, but hang out until she puts herself to sleep. Then I won't hear from her until 2:30am or later like 4:30am. WOOHOO! So the first time this happened, I woke up to make sure she was breathing...numerous times. But now I am enjoying the extended stretch of sleep.
Ayla LOVES baths. If she is crabby or fussy, I can put her in the bath and she just chills out. She doesn't fuss or look sad at all. She enjoys them so much. I have thought about giving Asher and her a bath at the same time, but I am just not ready for that. We do bath time together, but Daddy bathes Asher in the tub and I bathe Ayla in the baby bath.
I thought I wouldn't mind reusing Asher's clothes with Ayla, but I was wrong. I was not a girlie girl growing up, so I thought I would be passing that on to my daughter. Nope, I want her in bows. ruffles, and pink as much as possible! I LOVE dressing her up! I can't get bows in her hair, but I have plenty of hairbands with bows on them that I can pretty coordinate with every outfit. Now if it would only get warmer so I can put ruffled bloomers on her under dresses instead of leggings.
STATS: 9lbs3oz (10%) 21 3/4in (10%) 14 7/8 head (25%)
Wearing mostly NB clothes but some 0-3m fit. We are finishing out our last pack of NB diapers and will open a size 1 pack probably tomorrow.
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| Bonnet my friend made. I love her in her bonnet |
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| Hello! |
Enjoying the nice weather!
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| Tummy time wears me out! |
