Olivia has been sleeping in her bassinet for just over 3 weeks now, and doing great! We are very glad that we spent the first six weeks co-sleeping with her; we think it really helped her knowing that we were right there all the time and that her needs were going to be met quickly. She sleeps in her bassinet during naps also, if we are home (I used to just lay her wherever she fell asleep, or have her fall asleep on me, which I still do sometimes if she's having a hard time).
I use my Moby wrap still, mainly when I'm at the office for nursing. Seems she's at a point where she doesn't like facing in on my chest when she's awake, she would rather face outward; we'll see if I can tie her that way somehow :)
It seems that we are starting to get into some sort of a sleep routine. In the mornings we wake up between 7:30 and 8. Get fed (one side), changed and dressed. Then she sits in the bouncer or swing while I feed the cats, make breakfast, put dinner in the crockpot etc. Sometimes I take her in the bathroom with me so I can shower. Then we eat again, change diaper and she usually falls asleep about 2 hours after she wakes up (around 9:30-10). This depends on the day, sometimes it's an hour after we wake up, just depends. Either way, she takes a nap in the morning. How long of a nap also depends. Sometimes it's an hour, sometimes its 3 hours. She will then take another nap in the afternoon. This one is usually a bit longer than the morning one, 2-3hrs. She wakes up between 4and 5pm, we eat dinner, feed several times and she is in bed by 8:30 or 9. Wakes up between 3:30-5am, eat (one side), get changed and goes right back to sleep. Of course there are days where she will literally sleep all morning and all afternoon, wake up in the evening and then still be in bed at the usual time and sleep fine throughout the night.
I am working about 10hrs/week at this point, some from home and some from the office. If I go to the office, I'll go whether she's awake or asleep and just feed/change her there and do as much work as I can while she's awake. Or I'll just take extra time and wait for her to fall asleep. She's pretty good about staying asleep there so I can usually get 3-4hrs of good work in.
Going to the barn is a lot easier now than before. I'll go after work if she's still sleeping and just do as much as I can until she starts to wake up, then head home. Or I'll head out there when I know she's sleepy so she'll fall asleep on the way. I have gotten rid of my direct-line thinking in this area...thinking I have to get to the barn just for 30 minutes to fill nets or whatever, and then get annoyed/frustrated when she wakes up and it takes me longer. I'll take her out and walk around with her, or just take her out in the carseat (if it's not too cold obviously) and just fill as many nets as I need for the next day, say hello to the girls and head home. It's obviously easier when someone goes with me, but I am doing pretty good at being out there by myself.
She still isn't taking a bottle...we have only tried maybe half a dozen times, so I'm not terribly worried at this point. I may just have to leave for a few hours and let Roger figure out how to feed her :) She isn't taking a pacifier yet either, just sucking on her hands!
I am washing diapers about every 2-3 days. Washing doesn't take long, even with the extra rinse. Drying takes about 90 minutes, with dry 3 towels to help absorb moisture. Shells don't take long to hang dry.
At this point, I definitely feel that I can 'live my life', but I can't be a direct-line thinker; meaning, I can make plans, but I still need to go with the flow and not be upset if my plans change because she is fussy or we need to get home earlier or whatever. We are definitely learning to be home by 8 at the latest so we can get her in bed by 8:30 or 9. Staying out until 9 doesn't work very well :)
She loves to lay on her mat and look at all the toys. She has started to hit them with her hands. She can hold the rattle in her hand also. We do tummy time as much as possible, but she gets fussy about it after a few minutes. She doesn't like her swing quite as much as she did a few weeks ago, she likes her bouncer better; not sure if that's because the swing doesn't have anything hanging to look at/play with..? She is starting to 'talk', especially to daddy! It's awesome to hear all the sounds she is making :)
We went for our first walk in the jogging stroller and she loved it! I can't wait to do that more over the summer and as she gets bigger :)
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