Everly at 6 1/2 weeks

Okay, so a quick update on Everly:

• She has passed that "brand new tiny newborn" stage and is growing! 
• She is in size 0-3 clothes now and size 1 diapers
• She has now slept 4 six plus hour nights and two 7+ hour nights, but mostly has been going about 4 1/2 hours each night before getting hungry.
• She still likes being swaddled to sleep and is still in the bassinet in our bedroom.
• She takes about an hour to wake up from a deep sleep with grunting and stretching every few minutes.
• She is still a bobblehead but getting better at holding her head up; she is especially good at it when she is leaning against my shoulder or chest.
• She is finally starting to enjoy hanging out in a rocker or swing for a little bit before getting upset. She doesn't love being flat on her back to play and only likes tummy time a little bit.
• Once she is tired of the rocker or swing, which sometimes only lasts 10 minutes or so, she prefers to be held....all the time. She can go from screaming to being perfectly content the second you pick her up.
• She can really scream when she is mad and her entire body gets red and she just gets so mad! But, this is only when she is not being held. Otherwise, she is content and doesn't usually have any crying fits just to cry. So, that is good!
• She hasn't had any major tummy troubles, so we haven't had any more sleepless nights of her just being up because she doesn't feel good.
• She still hates the hiccups.
• She is not taking the paci well. I keep trying, but about 20% of the time, I can get her to take it. Otherwise, she is just mad about it. She has put her own thumb in her mouth a few times, so we will see if that sticks. 
• She still does that thing where she will stop breathing or hold her breath for a few seconds while she nurses and then get mad before taking a breath again. 
• She poops almost every time her diaper is changed and does not tolerate a dirty diaper for long.
• We think she has an umbilical hernia. Apparently, it's not a big deal so we will check at our 2 month appointment. 
• She has given two big smiles to Atticus, but otherwise, we are still waiting on them....
• She does not love her carseat either; she much prefers to be held when we are out at the park.
• She really likes being in her Solly Baby Wrap and I like it too.  
• So far, she really likes baths. The second I put her in the water, she becomes content.
• Her little skin is just soft and sweet and her little legs are just so cute! Also, her red hair is just the best!
• Atticus and Grace ask to hold Everly every day, even if for only a few minutes. Atticus loves to give her tons of kisses and tell her bye if he leaves or goodnight. He will comment on her cute little tongue or cute little hands or anything else. He just loves her. Grace will ask to play Patty Cake with her over and over and tell us she is "so adoh-able" or "so presh-dus" or "so cute". She also likes to cover us up while we are nursing with her pink blanket and calls her "my baby". Atticus calls her "our baby". They both will rock the rocker when she is crying and I cannot get to her right away. It's amazing how adaptable they have both been to having her. It has been no problem, as far as they are concerned, in having Everly in our lives!

And for quick postpartum update: just as soon as I think, and tell everyone, all pain is gone from nursing, it comes back. So, I just keep at it and rearrange positions and sometimes do a bottle to give myself a few hours break and then we get back to normal. 

So, we are just going along and things are going well so far! Here's some pictures of her in the last few weeks!