Oh what a night!!!

So I had a fun night last night (well technically this morning but no need to split hairs). Harper woke up at 2 am to be fed, so I fed her and while I was doing that she pooped, so I finished feeding her then laid her on changing table to change her. THAT'S when I noticed poop all over my shirt!! This has been happening a lot because newborn diapers are too small and size 1's are still too big. I have been putting her in size 1's anyway so every now and then she poops out the side, anyway....... I took off my shirt and threw it on the floor then proceeded to change her diaper and put new pajamas on her. Then I grab a new shirt out of my dresser and put it on. At this point she is wide awake so I pick her up and start heading to our bed where I will attempt to get her back to sleep and all of a sudden she burps and throws up all over me!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? Luckily it was projectile so it only gets on me and the floor so I don't have to change her pajamas again. I wake Josh up and pass her to him so I can change AGAIN!! Harper, in the meantime, is just laying in Josh's arms smiling away!! I get changed again, then take her from him so I can nurse her since she just puked up everything she ate. Finally at 3 am she has a full belly, clean diaper and is sleeping peacefully in bassinet, I on the other hand am looking at all the dirty laundry on the floor that just accrued in an hours time......oh the life of a Mom!!!

Harper 6 weeks

Harper had a 6 week checkup on Wednesday (basically her 4 week checkup but it was 2 weeks late cause her doc was booked!) Pax went too for a re-check from his ear infection and I was alone since Josh had to work. Well we get there and the nurse informs me Harper is getting shots!! I was not at all prepared for this, I thought they had to wait until they were 2 months, but she said nope, 6 weeks or older and since we were there might as well do it so we don't have to come back and pay co-pay again. Sure that makes sense and is all fine and dandy but HELLO I need to mentally prepare myself for shots for at least a day, instead I had 10 min. I was also worried how Pax would handle it, he is very overprotective of his sissy so I didn't know what he would do when he saw a nurse jabbing his sister and making her cry. So I kept talking to him about it and telling him it was very important to sit still and let the nurse do her job and that sissy was going to cry a lot but she will be ok and the shots are good for her. His eyes were big as saucers when the nurses came in and he sat so still and was so quiet while they injected her. I am so glad he did good cause I was crying and I don't know what I would have done if he got upset, we would be one big crying mess :) Harper did really well though, she was done crying before they even got the band-aids on, however she was very cranky the rest of the day and would cry hard whenever someone touched her leg or moved her. The doctor said that she has thrush in her mouth so she is on antibiotics and I am praying she doesn't pass it on to me through nursing because I heard it can be quite painful.

Nursing is still going very well and she only gets a bottle if I am gone or we are out and about in public, AND we have not had to supplement with formula at all!!!! I am so happy about this and happy about all the money it is saving us from not using formula, I do miss having help with feedings in the middle of the night. With Pax, Josh and I would just take turns with feedings but obviously he can't help me this time around (I don't think he is complaining one bit though).

Harper is so much more alert now and doesn't sleep as much, she has a morning nap then is pretty much awake most of the day, then has an evening nap and is awake after that until about 9 or 10 when I nurse her and put her to bed. She is really good when she is awake and usually just looks around so I don't mind that she is sleeping less. Her nights still vary, we have our good nights and bad nights. She is really following objects and people now, and smiling more too! Here is her 6 week stats:

weight=8lbs 14oz (she was 6lbs 40z at one week check)

height= 21 inches (20 at one week checkup)

So she is growing, growing, growing!! Here are some pics from this week. She loves laying on the playmat that Auntie Amber brought up for her, she really looks at all the toys and especially the mirror that hangs above her head, she already loves to look at herself...such a girl!

tummy time!

she is only wearin her onesie due to an explosion she had all over her clothes :)

love her big eyes, hope they stay blue!!

look at those chunky legs!