The DeLorme Family: One Week Old

    I realize that this post is a few days late, but it is quite the challenge to get much done these days with a newborn. Her priorities come first, so things like blogging have definitely taken a little bit of a back burner for the time being. I want to make sure that I continue to blog each week to document her first year of life.
     Graceyn is already a week old. Time is already flying by. I want it to slow down! I want her to stay this tiny and cuddly forever! I feel like she has already changed so much. I spend a lot of time holding her and cuddling her. I know all too well that she will not love to be cuddled and held all the time for long. I am taking full advantage of this short time while I can. That is why I'm not so concerned about the state of my house or that certain things get done.   I am spending most of my time enjoying our newest blessing.
     At one week old, Graceyn does not do much besides sleep and eat. She sleeps a ton. She is rarely awake to do more than eat. She will stay up for a bit in the mornings and the kids love interacting with her and showing her things. They bring over different toys for her to look at. She really loves her swing . I put her in the swing in hopes of it stimulating her and keeping her up for a bit, but it always makes her fall asleep. I know that sleep is so vital at this point and this is when she is doing all of her growing. I have noticed in the past few days she is up a bit more more during the day.
      She is doing pretty good at night. Some nights are better than others. She generally wakes up about every two hours to eat. So I'm getting stretches of about 1 1/2 of sleep at a time. I will take it for the time being. I am just happy she is pretty consistent with waking up at least 2 hours from her last feeding. I think Dawson was waking up about every hour at this point. She remains to be a champion eater. She is like clockwork with her feedings. When two hours is up, she always wakes up and is ready to eat.
     Graceyn is a very sweet little girl. She loves to be held and loves to hear the sound of my voice. She is a very good baby so far. I don't want to jinx anything. Dawson was a good baby the first few weeks before his colic set in. I am praying day and night that she does not get colic like Dawson had. I am really hoping she stays mellow and laid back.
      Graceyn does not like being wet at all. Her baths usually consist of a very upset little girl. When she has a wet diaper she is also not happy. She hates getting dressed. Other than being wet and getting dressed are the only things that seem to bother her.
      I will be back to update about our little girl when she is two weeks old. Here are some pictures from our first week home.