Everything is getting better now and I had my first night's sleep of 6 hours the other night. Most days, Clara has been cluster feeding nonstop particularly from about dinnertime until 10ish. I am exclusively breastfeeding as I did with Amélie and for most of the month she was feeding every two hours. This past week, she can go about every 2-4 hours during the day and about every 4-5 hours at night.
We're usually all up by 7ish and getting out the door with two takes so much effort. Amélie has been so good with Clara. She grabbed a burp cloth for Andrea when she saw Clara spit up. She'll bounce Clara in her chair when she's crying and sing her a song. She even talks to her in a little baby voice and go up to her all the time to give her kisses. Sharing my attention with both can be difficult at times especially when Andrea had an overnight work trip last week and both needed to be cuddled to sleep. I heard Amélie quietly crying and then I heard her say to me that she was sad. (I think because I was giving Clara a lot of the attention.) Other than that, Amélie has been very good at patiently waiting for me to finish breastfeeding or tending to Clara.
Clara has definitely grown so much since she was born and is up from her birth weight of 6 pounds 15 ounces to 9 pounds. Most of her newborn onesies don't fit her anymore. She has really long legs and feet. She's also developed some baby acne on her cheeks that I am hoping will pass soon.
Lately, Clara has been loving cuddles all the time and I'll have her in my Solly baby wrap during the day so she can nap. Otherwise, it's her bouncy chair then the Cocoonababy plus Snuzpod at night which we used with Amélie.
I can't wait for Clara to start smiling and showing her personality, but overall she's been a very easy and hungry baby so far. We all love her very much. Happy one month Clara.
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