Linnea - 16 days old

This week has been one of changes from the previous two weeks. For 6 nights she's kept up the same sleep pattern. I keep the bedtime routine exactly the same every night which has been great. She knows what to expect. I nurse her at between 1130 and 1230pm and put her down after some burping and swaddling her. I lay her down awake and she's typically out like a light within minutes without fussing. Then at 4:55am (ironically the time she was born) she wakes up (sometimes a few minutes earlier or later) and I feed her and we repeat the same process. I change her diaper usually at the beginning of this feed to fully wake her up though. Then between 8am and 830am she wakes up again and I feed her and we then begin our day with awake and tummy time. She will then be put down awake in her bassinet and she begins her crying before she falls asleep on her own. On Monday though we had a really different day. Jeff was gone all day working at Transcend Coffee and I was home alone with Linnea. She was really fussy in the morning and missed her nap between feedings and again after her "lunch time" feeding as well. I realized she was really gassy and not feeling well but overtired. By the late afternoon she was quite hysterical and wouldn't feed at dinner time. She would just scream. I finally got her to sleep for an hour and then she ate really well after an almost 5 hour break without feeding. I was kinda freaking out at this point wondering what I was doing wrong, but she just was so tired and not feeling well. After that her evening and late night feedings were awesome and she still slept well at night.

Tomorrow I am doing my first photoshoot after having Linnea. I'll be photographing the vocalist Eva Bostrand, providing her with new headshots. This coming weekend I'll also be photographing 2 weddings. On Saturday I'll be in Edmonton and have help from friends Aaron and Shaun and then on Sunday we drive out early in the morning to the Kananaskis to photograph the 2nd wedding with friends Aaron and Lane. It should be really fun but tiring I'm sure! Jeff will be joining us on these weddings and bringing Linnea for feeding. It should work out well. :) Right now it's 4:45 and Linnea hasn't really napped since 2:30pm. Ahhh well, sigh....it's all good. She's had some great lung practice this afternoon!