Yes, Jess feels sick and she wishes she could take her migraine medications. But, everything looks healthy so far. We are excited. And Heather is really excited, though not quite entirely clear on the concept. She's far more excited about our camping trip tomorrow.
Recently, Heather has taken to screaming fits when we try to put her to sleep.
Often, we can get her to sleep and then after anywhere from 0-30 minutes she'll wake up crying and then screaming and nothing seems to calm her down. She acts likes she's just in horrible discomfort. And this will continue for what feels like forever, but is usually more like up to 30 minutes.
Last night this went on and off for about 3.5 hours before she finally stayed asleep for a few hours.
We've tried all our normal soothing techniques as well as feeding her and administering Colic Calm. There doesn't seem to be any strong correlation between any of these actions and her eventual calming down.
Usually, once it passes, she's in a really good mood like nothing ever happened. And this change can happen in a matter of minutes.
Anyone have any bright ideas about what she could be so upset about? Or magic ways to help soothe her?
She did eventually get used to it and was then very happy and excited about eating it, but I don't have any pictures or video of that part.
Heather officially has a favorite song—"Baby Mine" from Dumbo. She smiles every time I sing it to her, and it's adorable.
Heather was three months old on Saturday, and she already seems so much more advanced than when she was born. She's able to:
Her current favorite thing to do is stand on the bathroom counter and stomp her feet. She also likes to play with the hanging animals on her playmat or bouncer, and I've recently started filling the sink with water then sitting her on the counter so she can splash with her feet. "Pat-a-cake," "This Little Piggy," and "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" often get smiles, too. She's sleeping really well at night (normally only waking up once to eat), but still not napping for more than 45 minutes at a time during the day.
[FYI, Heather's pupils get really small in these pics, but it's just because of the light in her eyes. Try not to be creeped out.]
At her two-month checkup, we discovered that she's not growing as much as her doctor would like, so we did another weight check last week to check her progress. She's growing, just not at a very fast rate. She left the hospital at the 54th percentile (7lbs 12 oz) for weight and was up to the 66th (8lbs 3 oz) a few days later, but she's now down to the 17th (10lbs 9 oz). Her pediatrician isn't worried, though—she thinks it's just Kyle's genes making her scrawny. She has another checkup at 4 months, so we'll see how she's doing then. It's hard for me not to worry, but I just keep reminding myself that she's happy and has all the skills she should have at this age, so she can't be doing too poorly.
As for me, I was diagnosed with post-partum depression a few weeks ago. I had been improving for several weeks, and my mood was alright most of the time, but the bad days were very bad. So I got in to see a psychologist who diagnosed me, and I saw a doctor the next day for some meds. I've been on a low dose of Zoloft for 2 weeks now, and I can already see a huge improvement. It probably also helps a lot that Heather is crying less these days, plus she's a lot more fun. I love when she smiles and makes happy noises, and I really enjoy seeing her learn to do new things, like grab at her links (a very favorite toy) or roll over.
All in all, I feel like things are starting to even out and calm down a bit around here. Finally.