Faith has been home for 3 weeks now. In some ways it seems shorter
but in others it seems longer especially at 6am when she hasn't let me sleep all night. She will be 14 weeks old tomorrow. Since she was 5 weeks early, her adjusted age is 9
weeks old. Plus, we have to to take into consideration all the time she
spent in the NICU/PICU. So far, she is acting fairly appropriate for
her age or maybe just a little bit behind. She still has her days and nights mixed up. After a week of keeping her up during the day as much as possible, we were all very cranky to say the least. It did not do any good to wake her during the day and not let her sleep much. She was still up all night, not eating well at
all, and cranky all day and night. She is also colicky and is cranky
because of that during the night. We are hoping and praying the colic
passes very soon and once it does we will work on a schedule. For now, I
sleep during the day when she does and am up all night with her. It is still very difficult to get much sleep because she has appointments in the afternoon when I need to be sleeping. This week is going to be rough with an appointment each day Monday thru Thursday. Thankfully 2 of the appointments are at our house but the other 2 are downtown. It is going to be a busy, exhausting week!
Thank you for your continued support and prayers!
With Love,
The Sunde's
Michele- it is such a blessing to see you all get to spend some precious time together home as a new family. Thank you so much for keeping us posted about Faith even in the semi-dazed state that comes with motherhood. You are amazing and have such a beautiful little girl. We are so happy that all is well and will continue to pray that the path continues to move smoothly for you all. We wish you all the happiness that comes with little ones and all the patience and strength to get through the challenges. With a little one who had colic I know how that part can be. I am not sure if she can have anything with her medicines, but I gave my son Hylands all natural Colic tablets and they worked wonders for him. I hope that you find a secret thing that works for Faith. thanks again for keeping us up to date and God Bless!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Gretchen!
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