Mildred Jane at 8 Months

Mildred is 8 months old now!  It doesn’t seem like she should be that old already, but that’s probably my lack of sleep talking.  Mildred still isn’t sleeping through the night, but at least she’s only getting up a couple times most nights.  She’s always wanting to eat.  But at her age, that’s a good…

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Mildred Jane at 7 Months

Millie is a 7 months old!  It doesn’t seem like it should have been that long, but that might just be my lack of sleep talking.  Millie still isn’t sleeping thru the night, but we are down to only getting up once or twice a night, which has helped.  She’s sitting up on her own…

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Mildred Jane at 6 Months

Mildred Jane is 6 months old now.  A whole half a year!  I feel like it’s a miracle she’s survived so long with me for a mom.  I couldn’t get anything except serious face when I tried to take her 6 month pictures,  but she was extra smiley when we had family pictures taken a…

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Mildred Jane at 5 Months

Mildred is 5 months old now. That’s almost half a year! In the last month Milli has: figured out her play gym mastered rolling front to back and back to front on hard surfaces discovered her feet She is currently enjoying that play gym and playing with (if not reading) her crinkle books. Though her…

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Mildred Jane at 4 Months

Mildred Jane is 4 months old!  She has had a big growth spurt in the last month and now weighs in at  a whopping 12 lbs, and is 23 inches long. In the last month she has also learned the new skill of rolling over, which she only likes to do when she doesn’t think…

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Mildred Jane at 3 Months

At 3 month’s old, Milli is 9lbs and 14oz, just more than double her birth weight.  She is starting to make happy noises and look at you when you talk to her. Most of the time, Mildred is a happy baby.  When she isn’t being held, her favorite thing to do is to sit in…

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Maternity Leave

It’s almost June, which means that my maternity leave is quickly coming to a end.  I’m not sure how I feel about that yet.  I am looking forward to getting back to a more regular schedule, and being able to talk to adults about things that aren’t my tiny human.    During my leave, I…

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One Month

Mildred turned 1 month old on Monday. It seems like we were just in the hospital with her a week ago, but that might just be because I’ve probably only gotten a week’s worth of sleep in the last month. I should probably just be glad that I’m not Milli. She’s been having tummy troubles…

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