Oh, how I hate to hear her crying...

Looking into those pretty blue eyes while getting grins and gurgles is THE BEST, but she still cries at times. For the past week, the schedule has fallen to where daddy can hold her while I make dinner, then we eat while she swings or lays on the floor while we eat, then I feed her. But lately while I'm cooking dinner, she starts crying while daddy has her after he's had her for a while. It's usually because it's getting close to her eating, but also because she is still getting used to daddy and the way he does things. It is so hard to just go about making dinner while she is just crying away...I want to fix it, but David needs time to figure things out with her himself. Plus, the few times that I have stepped in to offer suggestions on what to do to get her to stop just makes him mad/sad. I know that he is gone working all day everyday and only has a short time in the evening and on the weekends with her, but the crying I have to hear during the day is minimal, so it's hard when it happens at the end of the day. I need to just keep my mouth shut and start leaving the room, and he will figure out the way and she will love and trust him. He's already competing with not having a boob to offer, so I know it's hard on him. ;) But she is happy most of the time with both of us, and I know it will just keep getting better. She's still little and needs a lot of sleep with short spans of attention.

I'm so relieved not to have the extreme anxiety anymore regarding whether or not she is getting enough milk...that was the roughest part at the beginning. She is having plenty of diapers and growing great! So now we are looking forward to seeing her start grabbing stuff (which she's already grabbing the edge of her blankets and bibs) and rolling over (which she's still not super thrilled with tummy time, but she sure is getting strong). Her new favorite thing is for daddy to let her sit on his arm near him elbow while he holds her chest (she's basically in a standing position) while he flies her around the room...she'll let him do it for a long time...but arms get tired so she needs to get used to chilling more and not having to be walked around constantly.

She's so cute and can't believe she's about to be 3 months old! It seems like it's flying by on one hand and like we've had her forever on the other!