She is acting much less like an infant recently. She is so much more alert and loves to see what is going on around her. Her favorite thing to do is to 'talk' with someone! It's so cute when she chats with you, she changes her tone and smiles so much at her companion! Oh the many facial expressions of Leah!!
In true DeLange fashion Leah does have a couple nicknames. We mostly call her Lele ( pronounced Lee-Lee). We also call her Lele-kins. And when she is being a pain, we call her ratty or ratty-pants.
She loves to eat :) She eats every 2-3 hours during the day. Seems like she eats more often the days after I work. She still naps between every feeding usually. Most of her naps are 45min to an hour, and she does one longer stretch in the afternoon that is closer to 2-3hrs. Leah takes most of her naps in the swing. And for night time she's still in our room. At night, she goes down around 9:30-10:30pm, up around 4:30am to eat, and then up for the morning around 7:30am. A couple nights after I have worked she has gotten up an additional time around 2am. That has been super rough since I've only been in bed for like an hour and a half at that point!!
The biggest change for this month has probably been me going back to work. It really has gone well so far. Obviously an adjustment we are all still getting used too. We didn't do a bottle over maternity leave as much as we maybe should have. When she did have a bottle she did great with it, but we realized she never had numerous bottles in a row.... So a couple times when I was at work she gave Alec a hard time. Thankfully my first two shifts back were the weekend; it was much easier to leave knowing it was Alec at home with the girls! Both our babysitters we have are amazing though! My sister in law, Kaitlin, usually watches them when I work, and we have a Calvin student, Haley, as well! Between the two of them I have almost all my childcare needs met!
The playmat has really come in really handy recently. She loves laying on there and is swatting at the hanging toys now! She also loves to sit on the counter in her bumbo seat and watch me in the kitchen. We do tummy time, but she really isn't a fan of it for more than a couple minutes at a time. So, no where close to rolling over or anything like that! Brie likes to try and hand her baby toys. Anytime Leah is laying on the floor or sitting in the bouncy, Brie will run and say 'I'll go get her some baby toys!!' I think once Leah can grab these toys from her it will be so fun for Brie and take their relationship to a whole new level :) Whenever I prop Leah up on the couch or our bed she tries to sit up! She will be a very happy little munchkin once she can sit and play with toys, but she's got a while to go! Meanwhile it just looks like she is doing ab exercises! Leah went for her first outdoor stroller ride recently, she fell asleep all bundled up on a sunny day. I foresee many walks in our future as the weather continues to transition to spring!
She wears 6 month clothing (has for a couple weeks now!). It is so fun to put Brie's old clothes on her, it just brings back memories of when Brie was a baby and now making new memories in the same clothes with Leah! I've gotten far more nostalgic in my old age. I have some little girl outfits that are passed down from Alec's sister, Kate, and so Leah is the 4th or 5th little girl wearing it! Claire, Jenna, Briana, Tia, and now Leah! Even though those outfits are the ones with set in spit up stains and such, they are by far my favorite!
Leah is great at tagging along with us wherever we need to go. On Thursdays I go to a women's bible study, Brie goes to nursery during this and Leah hangs out with me and listens to our discussion. On Fridays we go to toddler time at the library in Lowell. She either sleeps in her seat the entire time or loves to be held and watch the commotion going on. I try to avoid having to take both kids to the grocery store, but when I do, Brie sits in the cart and Leah gets to ride in the carrier attached to me. Leah always does great in stores though, loves riding in her car seat and getting pushed around, she either sleeps or just looks around taking it all in.
Out little Leah is such a good baby, almost always content and happy. Alec and I know we have it good and are very very thankful for that!!! I just feel so privileged to be her mommy; we are blessed beyond measure that Leah is a part of our family.
My precious babe with old man hair :)
2 comments:
What a joy! Hope the nights get better!
Beautiful children. You are both doing a great job. You are blessed.
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