As promised, here’s the next set of pictures…
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Cracking the Code
This might be a little premature, but I think I am on to something with regards to Kayden’s frequent nightly feedings. She is a new baby so we were expecting that she would wake up often, but wow every 2 hours was taking its toll on us! When Kayden was brand new she would not sleep in the bassinet. Many nights I would let her sleep on my chest, which was a little scary but hey anything to get a few winks of sleep. After about a week she started accepting the bassinet as her place to sleep. One morning, however, when Scotty got up for work I put Kayden in bed with me and she slept longer than she had the whole night. I wasn’t sure if it was because it was morning or what- she has her days/nights confused. So last night Kayden started out in the bassinet as she had every other night in the past two weeks and only made it an hour before she started trying to escape her swaddle. I was very tired because I had just fallen into a deep sleep and here she was wanting my attention. I didn’t think it would be possible to get out of bed so I just picked her up, moved the sheets around, and stuck her on her back in bed next to me. She slept for the next two and a half hours without a peep!! After two and a half hours I could tell it was time to feed so I woke her up and fed and changed her. In less than 30 minutes we were back in bed. The next round of sleep was three and a half hours!! She loves sleeping in the bed apparently! I only woke up three times with her and got a total of 8 hours of sleep. This is a great accomplishment! We’ll see if it works tonight as well… fingers crossed!
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Kayden’s Model Pictures (Photo Set 1)
Nam got creative last weekend and took a whole bunch of photos. I’m planning to add a few more in each photo set over the next few days.
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Staying Connected
Yesterday my iPad 3G came in the mail. According to my husband I needed to sell my iPad and get the 3G version so that I could have the Internet on the go. Of course I ‘need’ this. Yesterday I also got my new iPhone 4. Through these two Apple devices and my laptop and iMac I have no excuses (according to Scotty) to keep this site current. So some days we’ll post pictures and some days I will add blogs.
Kayden is 3 weeks old and doing the same things she has been doing since she got here- eat, sleep, poop, and do it all over again! I know she is getting bigger because she is heavier and she is eating all of the time! She eats every two to three hours and she takes in a lot each time. She’s a hungry girl!! She still sleeps a lot (except at night) and has a great temperament. Her belly button is closed now she she is ready for an official bath. Scotty said she smelled like spoiled milk so I gave her sponge bath this morning. I know Scotty wants to be able to document her first bath time fun. After giving her a handful of sponge baths, I can imagine that a real bath is going to be anything but ‘fun’!
New Features
Two new features that I’ve been working on:
- Subscription Newsletter – I’ve added the capability to signup for HatcherHome.com alerts. This feature is currently being tested but you are welcome to subscribe to the alert list.
- Corporate blocker workaround. Creating this site from the bottom up with my own content should now allow this blog to be viewed from within most corporate networks. Please leave a comment if you’re still unable to view any of the pictures/videos.
–Scott