life with emilia: ten weeks in.
TIME IS GOING WAY TOO FAST! waahhhhh.
When she smiles at me, I just melt. Melt melt melt into a giant puddle.
I can’t believe it’s been TEN WEEKS!! Life is so crazy and fast and amazing. Emilia is the sweetest little thing and I want to have her be this cuddly and little forever.
Current things?
Adjusting from one to two is HARD!! I’m still getting used to it. The house is still an absolute mess. Like I cannot get a handle on the toddler mess that Max creates. It usually looks 100% cleaned up twice a week, I’d say. The rest of the time? It’s cleaned up with toys strewn throughout the house. It is so impossible to keep things uncluttered, even when we’ve made a spot for them. Ooomph!
The other thing is that I AM SO STIR CRAZY!! Before we had Emilia, Max and I went everywhere and did everything. When the weather has been warmer, I’ve taken both kids and it’s fine (I mean it’s hard as hell but I handle it) and as long as I’m relaxed about the new normal, it’s enjoyable. But it’s been SO cold out and I just can’t justify taking Emilia out in the freezing cold – along with the time it takes to get both of them in and out of the car, meaning one of them would be stuck in the cold for a minute while I get the other in the car. STRUGGLES.
Other than that, we’re all good. Excited for 40 degree temps next week!
This child is still sleeping so much – and sleeping through the night. THIS BOGGLES MY MIND. Honestly, I hate to even type it out because when I dealt with Max not sleeping for 24 months, I wanted to scratch my eyes out every time I read about babies sleeping through the night. I googled everything, tried everything I could (aside from crying it out and stopping breastfeeding) and was still awake constantly. If that is you, I feel your pain. Not even exaggerating when I say that Max didn’t sleep longer than two hours at a time for 24 MONTHS. Gahhhhh!
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop, meaning that I keep thinking I will “screw up” her sleep and she will stop sleeping these stretches.
But right now, when I say “sleeping through the night” Emilia is going 6.5 to 8.5 hours at night. She almost always goes 6.5. And then often, she will start to squirm at 6.5 or 7 (she is still right next to me in the bassinest) but not cry and not even open her eyes. She usually falls back into a deep sleep for an hour or two. Her doctor says that “sleeping through the night” is considered from the hours of 12 to 5. Crazy right? This is seriously blowing my mind! I just can’t believe it. She sleeps more than Max now… still!
However, I will be absolutely shocked if she starts sleeping longer than 8 hours in a stretch since she is exclusively breastfed? But at the same time, I can’t believe she is going this long. It’s nuts. It’s amazing. In one way I feel very, very rested, but in another way I don’t feel rested at all since I’m running after Max a bunch!
She and Max are such different babies! The only thing they really have in common is that they are/were so so happy all the time. Such pleasant, happy little babes. Max was a dream without any sleep (which is the only way I survived it, let’s be real) and she is a dream with tons of sleep! How does that happen?
She’s just so chill and go with the flow. It’s awesome and I feel super lucky. She’s much bigger than he was at this stage and her chins just kill me. I could eat her up! I wonder if she will surpass him – she is already almost HALF of his weight. It’s freaking adorable.
My biggest issue is just wishing I could clone myself and be everything to both kids all the time. Like I already feel like I don’t get to hold and snuggle Emilia as much as I did with Max. It kills me! I just want to snuggle her 24/7 and it breaks my heart. Baby wearing makes it a little better.
Still feel insanely lucky that Max is obsessed with her. I mean, he calls her HIS BABY. He gets very concerned when we go somewhere without her (his music class, activities, a Target run, etc) and he can’t take when she isn’t with us. I actually find myself having to keep him away from her as opposed to worrying about him being jealous – he just wants to kiss and hold and pick her up constantly and trying to calmly keep his face out of hers 24/7 without making him feel sad is tricky! Annnd honestly it’s kind of funny… haha. Let’s see if he is still this happy once she is on the move.
We have lots of snuggles daily – the three of us. It’s my favorite time and I know, just KNOW, that I will look on these days and want them back so, so, so much.
She’s just my favorite little bug! xo
41 Comments on “life with emilia: ten weeks in.”
Where is her rainbow onesie from/where have you been getting most of her outfits from?!!! I love it so much!!!
the rainbow onesie is cloud island from target!! that is where i have got most of her stuff – honestly i haven’t bought her much yet since she is just in onesies for ease, but we have got a lot of adorable outfits/gifts from friends and family!
She is seriously scrumptious!! My 5 month old has slept 12 hours a night since 2 months and is exclusively breastfed so I think she can do it! Every baby is wired differently, so I’m sure he is my unicorn baby and the next one will be like your little Max! Congrats again, thanks for taking us along your journey!
ohhh my gosh so maybe it can happen with emilia?! haha i sure hope it does! xo
Not sleeping is/was my son. I know that struggle! Im so glad she is a good sleeper!
oh man. totally feel for you! the only thing that got me through it was thinking that in, like, 45 years, i won’t be able to sleep at night and will wish i had a newborn to snuggle.
That last picture… AH, just the cutest!!!!
thanks ashlyn! xo
She is too sweet 😍 You gave me hope! My son is almost 18 months and the worst sleeper known to man. Also breastfed and refuse to cry it out. I’m scared to have another like him and deal with this level of sleep deprivation. Now I have like 40% hope for the next one sleeping 😂
hahaha i totally feel you joy! ugh. sending lots of sleepy vibes your way. i will say that my son taught me to survive on NO sleep. it is amazing how little sleep i can get these days and still function (not a good thing necessarily, but an okay thing with having kids!)… i never thought i would have a child that slept. i bet if you have another, they will sleep like a dream!
Ahh this post gave me all the feels. 😍😭😩 I had my first baby 6 months ago & man, those first months were such a crazy adjustment for me, they were a whirlwind! So I’m already missing them! It’s so sweet to read how much Max loves Emilia, but I can only imagine how different having 2 as opposed to 1 would be! Love your recipe posts, but I’m really loving the baby updates too 😄
thank you jill!
I cannot get over those cheeks! She is absolutely adorable!!
thanks simone!
This 61 year old Nana loves reading this! My first (and probably only) grandchild is now 11 weeks. I am so lucky they live close by and I see him at least once a week. Since school was out Monday, I had him ALL DAY, and they also let me have him all night on New Year’s Eve! I cherish these moments, like you are cherishing yours. Enjoy! What loved little ones they are, and in a perfect world all little ones would be as lucky.
how wonderful!! so happy for you. :) thank you elaine!
Sleep is such a hot topic. You are so lucky to have a great sleeper in Emilia! I was so against CIO, terrified I would raise his stress hormones and he’d never trust me again. But I could not keep showing up to work like a zombie as I am one that needs lots of sleep to function. So we did it and it hurt my heart. But he has been a champ sleeper ever since. It is not for everyone to be sure, but if I ever have baby #2 I would CIO sooner. Unless I had an angel baby sleeper like Emilia, that is!
Love these posts, thanks for sharing!
you are so right!! i think i even probably wrote this 3 years ago when i had max but if i had to leave the house to work, i would have NEVER survived on the little sleep he gave me. i think i would have done CIO really quickly with him!!
What baby carriers are you loving?? I love my wildbird linen ring sling!
i’ve mostly been using the solly baby (which i used with max a ton) but she is getting heavier so i’m going to start using something more structured! i’ve never been able to get into the ring slings. ugh. they just seem so uncomfortable to me! i wish i could.
I could never get into ring slings, but I love mei dai’s (the ones with a panel but straps that you tie). They’re so comfy and adjustable but also not too fussy. You can also use them on your back, when/if you feel ready for that.
I cannot handle her cuteness! Also can’t believe how much she looks like Max in some of those pictures!! The one of her lifting her head up? Freaking dying. Her eyessss omg. Love her. And love seeing how much Max loves her! I live for your insta stories of the two of them.
thank you!!
My breastfed baby slept like 10 hours straight from 2 to 3 months old. Then that stopped… but she’s a good sleeper now at 7 months! Well, most nights anyway :)
I love reading these posts. Enjoy the baby snuggles ❤️
woohoo! that is great to hear. thank you jen!
Thanks for the update, they are both so, so, so cute. I would not be able to get any work done at all, so I think you are amazing!
I only have 2 to go on, but I think the sleep difference is boy/girl. My girl slept and slept. We had to stop the 3 hour naps when she started Kindergarten! My boy, never slept. But, now they’re both teenagers and perfectly fine :)
haha i have been wondering this too!
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Hi Jessica! I have a 3 year old boy and a 6 week old baby girl. I told you this about your last Emilia update but I seriously feel like I could have written almost this whole thing (except my boy is a pretty good sleeper – don’t hate me!! 😉)
Anyway, thanks for sharing – this is just such a happy time and I want to savor it and stay in this little bubble forever! Except I’m already excited for the days of all of the cute dresses and leggings and bloomers and hair clips… gah, it’s going to be so fun having a girl! 👧🏻💅🏼👛🦄
Adorable! I love the outfits! And great job for not doing CIO- it is so inhumane. My little guy is 18mo and goes through rough phases when he doesn’t sleep too well, but it will pass.
All my babies haven’t slept much in the first 6 months. A few of them switched to legitimately sleeping after 6 months. Whenever I hear of a baby sleeping all night when s/he is a newborn I’m filled with BOTH joy and envy. But mostly Joy – these updates are so fun to read. Keep kissing those cheeks.
oh my gawd she is SO CUTE. What an expressive face. i just totally LOLed at her precious little being. happy sigh.that is so sweet that Max calls her his baby AHHHHHHHHH overwhelmed by sweetness. <3 so happy for your family!
she’s so sweet! thanks for sharing, expecting my first in 3 weeks. where is the poof headband from??
Such a sweet post. Thanks for sharing in your Sunday post. I’m preparing for a 2 year old and a newborn and love hearing how other mamas do it!
Omg I would die if my baby didn’t sleep long for 24 months!! How did you do it?! My baby girl began sleeping 10 hours through the night at about 10 weeks and she was breastfed and a healthy baby! We’ve been so blessed. She totally fights going down but once she’s out she’s out lol! Maybe it’s a girl thing?
My 4 month old daughter is also EBF and has always slept through the night. For the first month of h er life we had to wake her to feed her bc she wasn’t eating enough. I thought for sure we were messing with this miracle but she still sleeps through the night and I’m still holding my breath waiting for a possible 4 month sleep regression to kick in. Our first didnt sleep through the night until he was 10 months old and even then he would occasionally wake up to play at like 3 am or he would flip himself while swaddled and get stuck belly down. She hasn’t even tried to flip over in her sleep and seems to prefer sleeping on her back. God bless these easy going second children. Also, my son (5 years old) calls our daughter his baby too and he makes frequent visits to the infant room to interrogate her teachers as to how much they are feeding her, whether she’s been crying and so that he can tell her she’s the most beautiful baby in the world (all the heart eye emojis).
She makes me so happy and these updates make me SO happy. I can’t imagine what a circus it is going from one to two but you still infuse it all with your joy and love for these two and it is just the best. (PS And I TOTALLY feel you that somehow as they get older, even though you are more “rested” sleeping through the night, you’re somehow just as tired chasing them around! But no matter what, it’s the best tired there is.)
Thank you for always making me smile with these windows into your mama world. They are the best!
Max and Emelia look exactly alike – HAH! cute
Oops I meant Emilia – my niece spells it the other way ;)
She is precious. I think she looks so much like Max and dad but I do see so much of you in her too! babies are the best! enjoy every second of the scrumptiousness!!!
omigahhhh she is so adorable. what brand is the Macaron outfit? Must. Have.