When Liam was Isla's age, he slept through the night. He went to bed at a consistent time and woke only to feed and then went straight back to sleep. He cried all day and slept all night. He grew quickly and steadily. Isla is happy all day, she squeals at people she doesn't even know. She wakes up all night to feed. She is tiny and in the second percentile. She screams hysterically for the entire car ride where ever we go. She loves her brother.
I think I thought having another baby would be like having another Liam. Well it isn't. I'm slowly learning and appreciating her for who she is. It feels freeing to accept her and just let her be her. She seems to need to nurse and be held more in the evenings than Liam ever did and that's ok, I've stopped trying to force her to do what Liam did at her age. I don't know why I thought she would be just like Liam. She's Isla. :)
Sometimes I want to just post random thoughts about what I'm thinking right now so in 10 months I can look back and laugh at how fast the time went and how much I stressed over something that was fleeting and ever changing. Maybe then if I ever have another one I will learn from my silliness.
These photos are courtesy of B. I've finally made it into some photos!
I found Liam sleeping in his room one afternoon with these Yoga blocks on him....strange.
I've been so neglectful of my camera and the blog lately. I've been exhausted and stressed about Isla's slow weight gain. Lots on my mind and not so excited about blogging. I want to remember these times though so I'll be back sooner hopefully.
I'm off to bed!! Goodnight!
