Baby Girl Poth

Well, we've still got a screamer. The past several days have been challenging, but we are learning how to manage Wren's day and taking it one day at a time. We have good days and bad ones, and today's been a pretty good one. Melissa came to stay with us this week and my dad came over today to pack our rental house. They've both been a tremendous help and we are SO grateful! We move into our remodeled house on Friday, so we'll finally have more space. Wren's 2 week check-up went well. She was only 1 oz short of her birth weight, and medically everything is great. Her umbilical cord fell out yesterday so we are looking forward to giving her a real bath tonight. Despite the sleep deprivation and occasional feelings of hopelessness, I feel so lucky to have our healthy baby girl. Walks with Wren <3 At her 2 week check-up My first beer in 9 months! Melissa watched Wren while Cam & I met our friends at Truck Yard. Morning cuddles A

Wren's a screamer. We've been struggling with trying to find out what's wrong with her the past few days, and each time we think we've found something to soothe her, it fails and we're back to square one. We took her to the doctor yesterday and they ruled out anything medical (she's healthy and almost back to her birth weight), and said it's too early for her to be displaying signs of colic. We started feeding her a little more each time in case she's hungry and giving her gas drops in case she's having gas issues. Cam returns to work full-time on Monday. I'm hoping we can get this figured out before the weekend for our sanity... Dad so hard. Wren stopped crying for 30 minutes yesterday as we went to the doctor to try to find out what's wrong with her. Snug as a bug

It's funny how new parents only post pictures of their newborns sleeping or looking extra sweet, but don't take pictures or videos of blowouts, middle of the night rocking & "shushing" marathons to soothe their fussy babies, or mental breakdowns from Mom and Dad. Surely we're not the only parents of newborns that struggle through the "un-postable" moments, right? The past couple of days have been rough. When we brought Wren home, we thought we got lucky with a good sleeper. She'd go down for a nap easily and sleep until we woke her for her next feeding. Yesterday she decided that sleeping is not her jam. Each time we've tried to put her down, she'll fuss and cry until we soothe her for 30 minutes to an hour. This made the middle of the night agonizing for me, as I had to soothe her after her 1:30 am feeding just to have to do it all over again for her 4:30 am. I miss sleep so much. Parents, any tips on how to help us get through this

We have spent an entire week with Wren, and it's been a roller coaster. The past few days we experienced sleepless nights and stressful moments (moments that lasted hours), but also daily lessons and feelings of relief that we're going to be just fine. I am SO grateful to the friends and family who have offered meals, words of wisdom and support in general the past several days. I'm off to sneak an hour and a half nap before the 1:30 a.m. feeding. ;) Neither of us are really fans of Valentine's Day, but we made an exception for our sweet babe. Oscar supervising Tummy Time Angel baby

Cam and I brought Wren home yesterday and introduced her to her big brother Oscar. Oscar doesn't seem to be taking it too hard that he now has to share our love with a tiny human. He is very curious when she makes noises and smells everything of hers. He's intuitive enough to know he has to be gentle with her, but not so much with my incision wound. ;) Wren LOVES to eat. She's cluster eating feeding now which means I'm pulling out a boob every 90 minutes or so, but I prefer that over a fussy, hungry baby. She had her newborn check-up today and everything is going great; she's already gained an ounce since she was discharged yesterday. Wren, I love your sweet coos and adorable baby noises. I love how you make funny facial expressions while breastfeeding and napping and how it feels when we make eye contact. I love how you have a full head of black hair when I was born bald and have thin, light hair to the day. You are a little angel baby and your daddy and I are

Our little Wren made her entrance on February 8 weighing 7 lbs, 8 oz. She and I are both doing great, and Dad is turning out to be a natural. One of my biggest fears of pregnancy was that I wouldn't be able to breastfeed, but Wren latched on immediately in the recovery room. The first night in the hospital was a little challenging - very little sleep, and pain from my incision is no joke. Cam and I are so in love with this little human. <3