Lately

So BR is now 5 weeks old and I can't believe it's already been that long since she was inside me and I was begging her to come out. haha! Life at the Williamson's house is completely different and for the most part, it's a good different. Brantley Rae has turned our world upside down and we're all still getting used to it.  I'm writing this post so that I can remember what life has been like over the past 5 weeks.

When we first came home BR slept all the time and ate every 2-3 hours no matter what time of day it was. She was often awake at night and only wanted me to hold her. We (myself, my mom and Chase) spoiled her rotten that first week because she hardly ever got put down and she got to sleep on one of our chests every night. Bad move on our parts but she slept=we slept. My wonderful mom was here for the first 3 days with us day and night. It was great to have her here helping out around the house and with BR. Chase ended up working those first couple of days while my mom was here and then he took half days when my mom went back to work. It worked out pretty well. Chase and I were able to talk BR's newborn pictures that Wednesday when she was only 6 days old. They turned out so cute! See...

 

Over the past few weeks BR has developed a touch of Colic. At around 5-6 o'clock each might she starts to fussy A LOT. Some times it helps if we walk around bouncing her, but then sometimes she wants to eat every hour on the hour until 9 o'clock. We've been trying Mylicon but it hasn't seemed to help all that much. My cousin, Sara, told me about Gripe Water last night. She said that it's a soothing agent type medicine instead of a gas relief. I'm gonna get some of that later today and try it tonight if we need it. Overall, I'm hoping that BR's colic goes away over the next week of so. I'm really tired of fighting her fussiness every night.

Brantley Rae has gotten LOTs of love from Mommy and Daddy over the past 5 weeks. We just love watching her little facial expressions and watching her change everyday.

On February 7th, BR took her first real bath because her umbilical cord stump had already fallen off. She didn't care for it all that much but she survived. I was so nervous during the whole thing that she was going to fall out of the hammock thing and fall in the water. Thankfully she didn't and I got her all clean and dry.  I was so glad for that to be over and done with. I waited a few more days before trying that again. haha!

I know another thing I was gonna document. BABY ACNE! Yuck Brantley Rae has got a serious case of it. It's all over her sweet little face and I wish there was a way for me to make it go away but I know I just have to keep her face clean and wait it out. I talked to the nurse at her doctors office this morning and she said it should go away in a week or so. We will see. Here is a picture of the acne. It's sadly worse on the right side but you can tell it's pretty bad. It doesn't seem to bother her so that's the good thing.

 

So guess what...Brantley slept for 5 hours straight!! Hallelujah!! 

I was SO happy, surprised and a little worried when I woke up and it had been 5 hours since I put her to bed. Thankfully she was okay and starting to wake up so I quickly went into her room and picked her up to love on her and thank her for sleeping so long. haha! I know that's silly but I seriously hope this becomes a nightly event so I can get more sleep.

Today has been a pretty good day. Chase has been off work today so we got to go to Jacks for breakfast. It was yummy and better than a bowl of cereal. When we got back home BR and I played, I feed her and after even more playing she finally went down for a nap at 1:30. She's still sleeping. I can't believe it! I'm sure she'll wake up soon and be ready to eat her lunch, if you will.

Don't you just want to eat her up? I do!

I'm not sure what all we're doing this weekend but I do know we're gonna do some shopping for myself and BR tonight. I need pants and she needs a mobile for her crib. I found a really great one at Toys R Us. I love going shopping for Brantley. It's so fun!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Maybe I'll have more pictures to share on Monday.