Olivia’s top lateral incisors are breaking through, and the pain was so bad one morning that she was acting totally unlike herself as a result. She woke up crying, with a clear runny nose and alternated between crying and saying (and… Continue Reading
This was the “non-Wonder Week” Wonder Week! While Olivia made such great strides in terms of development (see below), she was super fussy and refused naps to the point where she was averaging a little over an hour each day!… Continue Reading
This week, Oliva: Officially started crawling on January 9, a few days shy of her 6 month birthday! Ate avocado and didn’t really like it. We’ll try again soon! Loves watching me do stuff around the kitchen – putting dishes… Continue Reading
It seems as though Wonder Week 19 has passed!! This week, there was a significant improvement in Olivia’s mood, sleep and eating. She’s way less fussy – it’s like she’s back to being her fun, silly, smiley self – and… Continue Reading
Why do I feel like our updates have been the same for weeks? Maybe because this Wonder Week 19 / 4 month sleep regression / wakeful period feels like it has lasted forever. Well, this week Olivia’s sleep was decent (as in, waking twice… Continue Reading
Do I jinx us if I say that Olivia’s sleep issues peaked this week? Call it 4 month wakeful, 4 month sleep regression – whatever it is/was kept us on our toes with 1h 30 min wake-up intervals at night and naps… Continue Reading
When Olivia started behaving “strangely” at 5 weeks, and then again at 7 1/2 weeks, I started researching growth spurts. Obviously, I knew that at this age babies are always evolving and that you can’t count on one period lasting… Continue Reading
This week, Olivia was extra fussy and very clingy at night. One late night in particular, she fell asleep on my chest after eating. When hubby tried to gently pick her up – she was in a deep sleep, mind… Continue Reading
As a new parent, when your baby starts to cry (seemingly for no reason), the tendency is to jump to diagnose colic. We did it ourselves when Olivia was two weeks old because all of a sudden, she started crying… Continue Reading