6-month update (I've made everyone else do one....)
We are extremely lucky. Leah has got to be one of the easiest babies in the history of the world. Not a single problem to date (knock on wood). Everything has been so completely perfect that we feel kinda guilty. Like textbook perfect, you name it, she's the poster kid. No joke. I'm terrified that we'll get payback when she hits the terrible two's.
She got on a pretty decent schedule early on. Wife would get up for the 1am feeding, I'd handle the 4am one, and we each got decent sleep. She started sleeping through the occasional night at about 14 weeks, through every night at about 20 weeks.
She only cries when she's tired or hungry, so stick a bottle in her mouth and she'll eat or pass out. Either way, no more crying. For the rest of the time she'll giggle, smile and play with whatever's around. Rarely any fussing at all.
The only real negative is that 2 weeks ago, my wife was diagnosed with a hyperactive thyroid. She had dropped a ton of weight and wasn't herself, super tired and always worn down. As a result, she had to go on medication which forced her to stop breastfeeding. We're glad she was able to do it for 6 months, but the unexpected end of that special time with our daughter was really tough on her emotionally. I got choked up pretty good when she took Leah up for 'the last time' with tears in her eyes. They are both handling it fine now, but those few days were sad.
I've turned into that guy who loves to show people pictures. I used to mock these people, now I see how I have become these people. Fortunately, I realized early that not everyone really cares to see my girl as much as I like to show them. It's tough sometimes, and I still find myself doing it sometimes, but I'm working on it.
You can see my dilemma:
See, there I go again.... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]