The First Month

Even though, Brian's favorite football team, The Pittsburg Steelers, didn't make it to the Super Bowl this year, he still had to show off his little munchkin wearing her Troy Polamalu jersey. He is determined to make her a tomboy.

Here Olivia is taking her first real bath. Her belly button stump had fallen off finally, and I couldn't wait to put her in the water. She liked it.

Still looking a little yellow from the jaundice, this is one of my favorite onesies because of the color. She looks so good in the color green. 

So sleeping was an issue this first month. She started the first two weeks sleeping only in her bouncy chair. Whenever we put her in the crib on her back she would grunt and cry like he was in pain. I had no idea that there was something wrong, until I finally took her to the doctor, and they told me she had reflux. They prescribed her some Zantac which started working a little bit, then Prevacid which worked even better. While we waited for the reflux medicine to start working, she would only sleep on our chest. Brian and I took turns sleeping on the couch so the other could get some sleep. She woke up every 2 hours for a meal, and we were exhausted.

For the record, Anakin, the dog, doesn't like Olivia and the fact that he is so close is really just him starving for a little attention from me. I guess when you're desperate, anything will do.

Here is Olivia in our bed sleeping on her side which is one of her favorite positions because the reflux isn't as bad this way; however, she flails about and ends up on her back which wakes her up. Then it's back to square one. At this time, she hated being swaddled. She would kick and wiggle her way out of every blanket we tried.

We were blessed to have Grandma Linda come visit us in our 3rd week. She enjoyed spending time with Olivia, and allowed me to take some much needed naps during the day.