Getting to Know our Dani

It's hard to believe that it has been a month since our daughter was born. It has been quite eventful! She has definitely not been boring and has already proven to be much higher maintenance than Jack. This is not hard, however, as Jack was the most laid back baby ever. And it really isn't Dani's fault that she has been a little difficult. She has had a lot of issues to deal with.

First, she developed a milk protein allergy which caused us to play formula roulette. We switched formulas four different times trying to find something that would agree with her. In the meantime, she developed a HORRID butt rash that wouldn't heal because she kept going to the bathroom. It was awful. She was a trooper throughout, crying only when we changed her (I cried too.) which is amazing since she must have been in such pain. Finally, we switched to soy and found a remedy for the rash. Both have worked wonders and we hope we have found our formula.

However, we think that it took awhile for the milk protein to get out of her system because for about four days she had horrible colic at night and cried constantly. It was extremely trying and we were exhausted from the lack of sleep and screaming. It has gone away and since Sunday, she has been just fine at night.

The last issue is that she seems to have her days and nights mixed up. Last night was pretty good but it has been a little rough with that. However, despite it all, we still know we are incredibly blessed and there are people who aren't able to have kids that would kill to be up in the middle of the night feeding a baby. She is a very nice girl and she loves to snuggle. She looks so much like me as a baby, so naturally I think she is beautiful!

Jack has been slowly becoming more interested in her and now touches her and pretends to kiss her, though his lips don't actually touch her. He did Tummy Time with her the other day too. At times he can get a little jealous and it has been a juggling act for all of us. We are all trying to find our way: we're trying to figure out how to handle two, Jack's trying to figure out how to share the spotlight and Dani's trying to figure out being a baby outside the womb! We could all use a bit more sleep (except for Dani--she sleeps just fine!) but I know that someday, when she's toddling around, I'll miss snuggling with a baby!