Bad news: She got her first shot. I had a feeling of dread, only because you never know how a baby will react to shots, and she and I are still getting the hang of each other in a lot of ways. After sleeping solidly for about 5 hrs and then being awake for 2 hrs straight, I thought, gee, this isn't too bad. Last night though when she wouldn't stop fussing AND wouldn't sleep until after her feeding at 3 am, I was scolding myself for being so confident that she would get through it so easily. Luckily this morning, she seems anxious to make up for her lost sleep and is currently still sleeping quite soundly. Hopefully, she's over the worst.
In other baby news, I received a full fledged pooping yesterday. I've learned you really have to have the next diaper RIGHT THERE, otherwise you're risking the perfectly clean clothes that you just put on. (And then I had to stay in them until we went home because it happened while we were over at my in-laws. )
I feel as if I have just dipped my little toe in the sisterhood of being a mother. I'm sure there are much worse things that could and will happen. I'll just wait patiently until I've been "baptized by fire." Or covered in vomit, urine or any other liquid that might find its way out of Aftyn and on to me.
By the by, any good ideas of getting our baby to burp? I have tried the hand under the chin with the tilted forward position, the non tilted forward position, the normal "on your shoulder", the wrestling position - over your shoulder so your shoulder is pushing right into their tummy (I got one burp out of her that way), laying face down on my lap, and probably every other position there is. I've patted soft, hard and medium. I've patted low and high. This sounds like it could be a song. :) Anyway, if you've got a secret burping position or something that I haven't mentioned, please help a tired burper out and share. I will try anything. We are currently using Dimethicone drops and they seem to help a little, but the thing that would REALLY help is if we could get the dang bubbles out with burping.
As promised, here you go. There are more, but most of you will be seeing those pictures in her upcoming photo spread for her baby announcement. Have a fabulous day!
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I usually leave that up to Brett. :) He's better at that than me. I've found that I don't pat hard enough or with the right technique. Brett usually sits them up with his hand on their chest and his fingers under their arms supporting them while his other hand pats their back until the burp finds its way out.
Your pictures are adorable, Alysa!! Can't wait to see little Aftyn again, she's so cute. As for the burping bit, it's tricky, isn't it? Spencer wasn't a good burper at first. My mom suggested something that worked eventually... After you're finished feeding her, lay her flat on her back for just about one minute to let things "settle". Then pick her up and burp her. That seemed to work with Spence, after about he was a month old. But that first month, the best way was to feed him, lay him down and pretend to sleep, then wait twenty minutes and pick him up again and he'd burp. And yes, I too found that Brian was better at burping Samantha than I ever was, so maybe Reed is the answer?? We keep praying for you all!
I love that photo of her!!!
No advice on burping. Sounds like you've tried it all. Good luck though.
Hooray for baby Aftyn! She is so stinkin' cute! I can hardly wait to see her in person!!! Our Ashton is getting a big kick out of Aftyn's name being similar to hers. She can hardly wait to see her for the first time...and probably poke her eyes out or something (completely out of love for her though. I think it is a 3-y-o thing). She is such a little momma! Congrats to you both! We'll see you this weekend if you are around (Brent has a H.S. reunion we are coming up for). Love ya, Jenalyn
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