Millie Janalee is three weeks old today! It's hard to believe that she will be ONE MONTH OLD next week! What?! How does that even happen? See...I told you I would just be repeating myself every week. It's just that I don't think I've woken up that many nights. I don't think I've fed her that many bottles. I don't even think I've changed enough diapers for one month! Maybe I should check my calendar to be sure. Yep. She's definitely three weeks old. Gosh!
Millie Janalee is the absolute JOY of our home! Russ and I could both sit and stare at her all day if our house wouldn't just turn into an episode of Hoarders with a sinkful of bottles, dishes, and formula...and laundry piles ceiling high. This week, I found enough courage to trim Millie Janalee's fingernails. I've been putting it off by making her wear those mitten things. She was probably scared to death when she realized she had ten long gangly things attached to her arms! I guess, while I'm being honest, I should tell you that I only trimmed her thumb nails. I'm scared to do the rest. Her thumb nails were easy because they were the longest. Any advice on this subject? I know to wait until she is asleep, but I just can't get her little bitty nails caught in the scissors. They do scratch her, so I want to trim them. I'm just thinking I'm bound to take a big chunk of her fingertip with it if I'm not careful.
As much as we love to watch our sweet girl snooze and dream, we have so much fun when she's awake. Russ loves to play his guitar for her. Millie Janalee just stares and kicks her little legs and moves her little arms around to the music. A dancer perhaps? Maybe.
We take lots of unnecessary video footage of her too. It's pretty embarrassing. When I'm alone, I'll videotape thirty minutes of her just laying there. Complete with my own commentary. "Here's Millie Janalee making a surprised face. Now she's rolling her eyes. Here are her legs kicking. She's getting her exercise." One day, Millie Janalee is sure to look back and scoff at the whole charade.
She's a pretty content baby at three weeks old. However, she has her moments. This past week, especially, she's so much more alert and trying to tell us what she wants. We better up the learning curve here so we can figure it out quick. She has a massive mad cry. You'll know it if you hear it. Believe it or not, she wasn't crying about this "party on her head." She actually enjoys head gear! Ha! She was probably crying because she was hungry. That's really the only time she cries - if she is hungry, gaseous, or has a dirty diaper. Oh, and if she has to change clothes. Uh oh...
We gave Millie Janalee her first big bath this week. She's been getting sponge baths until this past weekend. I was waiting on my mom to walk me through the big milestone. She loved it! She hung one leg over the sling and plopped it in the water. As if it was her own personal spa day. Girl after my own heart!
Our little princess had her first baby shower this weekend at our hometown church. She couldn't attend since she is still so young, but we made sure to display plenty of pictures of our girl. We stayed with my parents this weekend, and I think Millie Janalee got plenty of love. My mom took "night duty" the entire weekend and let Russ and me sleep. So nice! She said that her mom did that for her, and she wanted to do it for me. The first night, I got up to help and was immediately reprimanded. I think SuSu secretly just wanted some one on one time with Millie Janalee. During the day, PawPaw and Russ kinda hogged her. She's got the men of the family wrapped around her little finger!
Farley loves his baby sister. He's actually not living with us yet. He has come to spend the night a couple of times, but my parents are keeping him until our visitors slow down. I'm scared he'll dart out the door when we have a visitor. He likes to be right by her side, and he always wants to check on her when she cries. He's such a good big brother...as long as he learns to share her toys.
I've got to work on getting pictures of all Millie Janalee's facial expressions. I would need to keep a camera on me at all times...especially naptime. She makes the BEST faces! I'll leave you with a couple from this week. I love to catch her sleeping with her little cheek propped on her tiny fist. So cute! Her surprised face is one of my favorites! She just stares and makes faces all the time! I'm loving this little phase of Millie Janalee's life!
Last night, my singing appeared to be the ONLY thing that would calm Millie Janalee down. Bless her heart! She must be tone deaf if she enjoys my performances. I had to Google lullaby lyrics, because I was embarrassed to continue making up words that rhymed...or didn't rhyme! I think I drew the line when Russ came around the corner laughing and asked what in the world I was singing. Mainly, I couldn't remember anything past buying a diamond ring.
I've got it now...
I buy a mockingbird, and if it doesn't sing...I buy a diamond ring, and if it turns to brass...I buy a looking glass, and if it gets broke...I buy a billy goat, and if it won't pull...I buy a cart and bull, and if it falls down...Millie Janalee is still the sweetest little baby in town.
I know Millie Janalee appreciates my research! After all the Facebook advice I've gotten on the subject, hymns may be our next endeavor. If that doesn't work...it's Pandora!
Happy three weeks, sweet girl! I love you!
8 comments:
Get some baby nail clippers - I always felt safer with those! She's adorable and I am so thankful for your little blessing. Praise God!
Why my baby was itty bitty I just filed his nails with an emory board while he slept. I tried the baby nail clippers for a little while, but they are just so dull that it would take several squeezes on the same fingernail to get it to finally cut. So I just sucked it up and used the regular clippers. It made it so much faster that everybody was happier during mani-pedi time.
I would definitely go with the nail clippers! Just pull the tip of her finger down a little away from the nail and clip it! It gets easier, but I was totally nervous the first time! Glad you are enjoying your sweet baby girl. I just dropped my baby girl off to kindergarten this morning!
I would definitely go with some nail clippers. Just pull/press the tip of the finger down a little so that there is enough space between the nail and skin and clip away. I was totally nervous the 1st time I clipped both of my kid's nails. Glad you are enjoying your sweet baby girl. I just dropped by sweet baby girl off at kindergarten this morning!
I agree with the nail clipper comment. It is so much easier with them and I always felt like I had more control over them.
I had to giggle when you mentioned making up songs. My husband laughs at me daily because I am always singing songs to my girls and they are usually songs that have just popped in my head. I can't remember the words to all of the nursery rhymes to save myself.
I'd use one of the very fine grit nail files and you can file her little nails while she sleeps! Congratulations!
She is just precious! The only way that we could cut our sons nails when he was a baby was while he was in his car seat in our van. It worked every time. The very first time that I cut our daughters I cut the end of her finger. I felt horrible but she only cried about 3 seconds. Try the baby nail clippers. They will work much better than the scissors.
I heard a lot of moms say they bit their baby's fingernails off but that just creeps me out. I totally agree with the clippers. I still dread cutting my 16 month old's fingers because she hates it.
I didn't know the words to many songs either so I started singing hymns.
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