Discovery: The New Mom Edition

I understand things in life better since becoming a new mom. Everyone says you will appreciate your mother more which of course I do. I also thought my Mom was pretty amazing before I had Isabelle. If you are lucky enough to know her, you know that she is the human embodiment of the energizer bunny! Despite being 36 years my senior she can ALWAYS keep going when we are working on a task together and forget trying to beat her in exercise/sports. It is a combination of energy and tenacity that makes her akin to the character. I am totally off on a tangent! Anyway, the discoveries I have made since becoming a mom are different than what I expected!

For instance, drive-thrus (can you make that plural?). I always considered drive-thru windows somewhat redundant in some cases and in others for the lazy. Don't think for a second that I didn't use them before baby (BB); However now I understand their importance and they are a downright necessity for a new mom. I find myself wishing there was a drive-thru version of every venue I frequent. Grocery shopping would be considerably easier if you could just go through a drive-thru. Somehow I managed to buy a house in the only neighborhood in the US that DOES NOT have a Starbucks with a drive-thru close by.

Mom Jeans



Fashion High Waisted



Another thing I never understood BB were high-waisted pants and I am not talking about fashionable high-waisted...I am talking about mom jeans. I thought they were a fashion faux pas that I would never repeat; However when you have gone from housing a 6-9 lb baby inside your body to all of a sudden giving birth you have a little extra belly going on. Now I am happy to report the belly goes down quite quickly but any "pinchiness" around the mid-section is not cute Post Baby (PB).


The other thing that I am discovering is the definition of "sleeping". I know you don't get a lot of sleep with a newborn but BB I was unable to function on less than 9 hours of sleep ( for prolonged periods of time). Now I am somehow able to form complete sentences, most of the time, on a mere 4 hours of sleep and that is a COMBINED 4 hours! The little miss has taken to sleeping in 2 hour intervals, meaning by the time I feed her and put her down I have less than 2 hours to sleep :) So sleep has taken on a whole new meaning. I used to call the sleep I get now a nap or cat nap.

I am sure there are more unexpected discoveries I will make as the weeks go by and when they happen I will update! Motherhood is quite an adventure and I feel incredibly blessed to be on it!

Week 2 and Tummy Time

Little Miss Isabelle has been doing great this week! She is doing so well at tummy time and is already lifting one side of her body to try and roll over!!! We are so proud of her! She has definitely been having a growth spurt which has resulted in eating every 2 hours!!! I think she might just be 6 ft tall by the end of the year :)

2 Week Update!

Isabelle had a great visit at the doctors' office. She is now 7 lbs 6 oz!!! I guess those feedings every 2 hours are paying off--what a blessing!

Right now she is a pretty good sleeper and really only cries when she is hungry or when she is having her diaper changed. I hope she stays this easy going! The Little Miss is also SUPER strong! I started tummy time with her today and she lifted her head up and changed to the other side. She also started lifting the side of her body trying to get change positions to her back! I am so proud of her. She gets really frustrated during tummy time and cries but she is also super determined to move!

Glamour Shots

We had the newborn photos taken of the Little Miss on Sunday by Tiffany over at Mulberry dreams! Isabelle proved herself to be quite strong willed, no surprise considering her lineage, as she refused to sleep. The idea was to get our sweet sleeping beauty posed on all sorts of cute girly props with headbands etc. Instead we got a few sleeping beauty pictures and the rest show off her beautiful eyes :) Despite her stubborn streak (streak that will last a lifetime) the pictures turned out great and I can't wait to print out the pictures and share them!

On a sad note, today is Dylan's last day of paternity leave. I am so thankful for his generous paternity leave and have really been spoiled by getting to spend time with him. Not to mention all the help with Isabelle...the middle of the night diaper changes/burping/cuddles to get her to sleep at 3 am! I know he and Isabelle needed this time to bond too! We will miss you tomorrow my love!

Happy Wednesday!

Laughing Baby

Can my 13 day old baby be laughing???

I will try and capture it on video. We noticed from the very first day she smiled. It is so cute! She smiles after she nurses, when she is in a deep dreaming state. Now Dylan and I have noticed she does this cute little giggle while she smiles sometimes too.

I think she is laughing for sure....
We are such first time parents :)

Happy Tuesday!