Taylor - 2 weeks old

Taylor is 2 weeks old!  She’s gained some weight and is now 6 pounds 3 ounces!  She’s really alert when she’s awake and she makes the sweetest faces.  She’s a snuggler and loves to be held… loves to be held… especially during our dinner time.  :)  She’s nursing like a champ and also takes a bottle well.  She eats every 3 hours during the day and every 4 at night.  She’s a great sleeper and does well going right back to sleep at night.  She’s still a little peanut – so tiny!  She’s wearing preemie diapers and we’ve finally (thank you Bethany) found a brand of cloth diaper that fits her well and that comes in preemie sizes so she’s in cloth diapers most of the time (which helps to hold her pants up).  She’s beginning to grow out of some of her preemie clothes (carter’s brand is so much smaller than the other brands) but the newborn sizes are soooo huge on her.  She loves to be talked to and is especially fond of her daddy’s voice.  It instantly calms her and she just looks at him and stares so intently.  She knows her daddy’s voice for sure!

Nathan continues to be smitten with his baby sister.  He asks to hold her and pet her fuzzy head all the time and he’s so sweet and compassionate when she cries.  He knows it too.  He’ll tell you he’s the bestest big brother.

A little update on Nathan, during the last 2 weeks, Nathan decided to potty train himself through the night.  Come on kiddo, really, right when your sister is born?  We were prepared for regression in this area (he’s been potty trained during waking hours for a long time, and at nap time for about 3 months) but not advancement! :)  Especially considering he wakes us up at least once if not twice to go potty in the middle of the night. :)  At least he wakes up dry, every morning, and is so proud to do so.  One of these days, I’ll get brave and let him sleep in underwear at night!  So, a few weeks shy of 3 years old, Nathan is fully potty trained, daytime and nighttime.  Way to go kiddo!!!