Rowan Update - 7 weeks

Wow! We can't believe it's already been almost 7 weeks since Rowan joined the family!

She is doing great! We think she might be tipping the scales around 12 pounds right now... we'll get the real numbers come May 17 when we go see the doctor for her 2 month check-up. Nursing is going really well (as you can see below!) however this child REFUSES to take a bottle! I mean, she's a baby - the bottle should be no problem, right? I've given daycare a heads up and they've assured me that this is somewhat common and that she'll figure it out eventually. Luckily, we still have around 5 weeks left to get this ironed out. Fingers crossed!

We should have seen her lack of enthusiasm for the bottle coming - as she has not been interested in a pacifier either. I had heard of this breed of baby but thought, like unicorns, they didn't exist. I just couldn't believe moms who said they're kids didn't take pacifiers. They're babies after all! But now I know unicorns are real. I mean, now I know these mythical babies do exist, right in our own house!

She might be a basketball player...I think she got the tall gene!

Other than not taking a bottle or pacifier, Rowan is doing lots of fun things:

* She is starting to smile at us more (this stage came pretty late with the girls since they were 6 weeks early so we are really enjoying seeing it in her at this early stage)

* She is holding her head up like a champ! (Like every other new parent, we assume she is the ONLY one her age doing this so well!)

* She has started to pull up with her arms when I hold her hands! Impressive, no? (see above)

* She is very alert during the days and thankfully very sleepy during the night! We've had one night where she slept from 10pm - 6am! Of course this will never happen again but generally she'll go between 4, 5 or 6 hour stretches once a night and then go right back to sleep after her feeding. Rowan, have we told you how much we LOVE you?

* She LOVES her baths. We totally thought she would hate them (she would always cry when we changed her diaper in the beginning) but she just lays back and takes it all in! We use this as one of our weapons should she get into one of her "I'm so tired I'd rather cry than fall asleep for three hours" spells. It generally doesn't work but for some reason we always think it will! :) Silly parents we should know who's in charge by this point!

I know there's lots more to update with but I'll save them for our 2 month check-up post which will have the stat I know you all are looking forward to: head circumference!

The shirt says it all!