Time flies when you're having fun. Christmas break flew by and we've already been back to school/work for three days. Alyssa's spending her days with her auntie Pam while we're at work and all we can do is think about her and worry about her all day. Even though I dreaded going back to work (especially the getting up REALLY early after not sleeping at night part), it's nice to get back and see my students. One of my intern program support providers was in my classroom today and one of my students asked me who he was. I told her that he's another teacher here to help us. She asked if he was here to replace me, and I told her that no, they're stuck with me. She seemed happy with that answer, and I was happy with her reaction. I'm my students' third teacher this year, so they have some trust and abandonment issues. I'm doing my best to provide a stable environment, and it seems to be going really well. Today went especially well - my students have finally gotten back into school mode after the break.
Alyssa got her tongue clipped today. I wasn't there when it happened, but I have it on good authority that she was not happy about it. I wouldn't be happy if someone cut my tongue either. She was pretty cranky the rest of the evening, but we're already noticing a difference in her eating. The last couple of weeks, nighttime feedings took an hour to get a bottle down, every three hours; that makes for tired parents and baby. Tonight, she drank a bottle in just a few minutes. Hallelujah! We're hoping that trend continues into tonight, so maybe we'll get some more sleep. Both of us are walking zombies most of the time nowadays (though I got a nap this afternoon - woo hoo!).
Alyssa turned one month old on Tuesday. I worked and had class from 6:30am to 8:30pm that day, so I missed the vast majority of her birthday, but I remembered to tell her happy birthday at 3:45 this morning, when we were up together. She's growing so fast - we call her our little heifer because she eats so much. She's grown from 19" to 21" and 7lbs to 10lbs. In just a month! That's a lot of milk! She's completely filling out her 3 month outfits, so we'll be ready to move on to 6 month outfits in the next few weeks. She's holding her head up herself, though it's still a little wobbly; she's smiling, especially when she farts; she smiles at us when we smile at her, which is so cute; and she has no problems letting us know when she's unhappy, which can be slightly frustrating when we can't figure out what's going on. But Mike and I make a great team and everything's going much better than expected. She's still a great baby and we're so happy to have her.
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