Day 17 - Growth Spurt?

Babywise schedule was working out pretty good until last night...Allie suddenly felt the urge to eat at 12:00 am, 2:00 am and 3:00 am and then today, she wanted to eat at 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm. All were full feedings...

Babywise suggests that you feed every 3 hours (suggests...) and then wake time and then sleep. I was getting a little worried that we were straying from this suggestion so much and it started to really bother me since we had made such progress before on the schedule.

Then I picked up the other book that I've been reading, "So that's what they're for" and it reads, "Check the calendar if your baby is suddenly wanting to breastfeed around the clock. He's probably going through a growth spurt. This can vary, but to give you an idea, expect growth spurts at two weeks, sometime between week 3 and week 6, and 3 months."

For Allie during this time...I'm kicking the Babywsie suggestion for a few days (it does mention in the Babywise book to take your baby's hunger cues and feed as needed). She's fussy and hungry...all the time. I'm chalking it up to the growth spurt and still believe that she's a good baby...don't all moms?

I was able to get out and run some errands today leaving Allie at home with mom. It is weird now getting out of the house. I've been enclosed for so long now and it feels weird to leave Allie. But I was able to meet Brad out for lunch, get dog food, develop some pictures, go to Buy Buy Baby and do a little grocery shopping. I am still having to wear my maternity pants...but only 10 more lbs to go...almost able to squeeze back into my normal pants...just not quite yet!!

Allie and I were able to take some pics that I've been wanting to take for a long time. I'm going to try to take these same pics at different intervals to show how much she's grown.