Our First Month

Katelyn's first month home has been full of craziness. All three of us have had to get to know one another. Katelyn seems to know who Dylan and I are and to recognize our voices. It's nice when I can talk to her and she seems to be calmed (at least momentarily) because she hears a familiar person.


Our first week was a little rocky. Katelyn did not want to breastfeed or sleep at night for her first few days. This resulted in cranky parents and Katelyn losing some weight. By Sunday, Katelyn was 7lbs and 2ozs. This was almost a pound less than she weighed when she was born. Luckily, she caught onto breastfeeding. In addition, Dylan and I have learned her patterns and been able to get her to sleep most of the time. We're lucky because she sleeps for six hours at a time at night :)


I've done more laundry than I would ever imagine. Using cloth diapers we have to do a load every other day. Kate is also a baby that spits up a lot. She typically goes through 3 outfits per day. Hopefully she outgrows this soon so we can stop doing as much laundry.


There has not been a "snow free" day since Katelyn was born. She is too small to take out into the snow this year so we did not invest in a snow suit. This also means that her first pictures in the snow will not be until next year. (Especially because we're hoping the snow is over with!) Due to all the snow, we have spent most of our time at home. When we do go out, Katelyn is a great sport. We've done several shopping trips and she has yet to throw a fit in the store!


At this point, she has met almost everyone in the family. It's nice to have so many people that love her. :I plan to write about each of her "firsts" in seperate posts. It's been difficult to keep up with the blog, but I promise it will be updated on a regular basis from now on.This first month has been busy, but wonderful and we expect things will only get better from here!