Troubles & Triumphs of a Growing Family: Bristol

I can not believe that my sweet, screaming baby is one month already! It seems like she was just born yesterday! She certainly is making her presence known in the family everyday! I have a feeling she is not going to be the kind of girl who sits back and goes unnoticed. If she is anything like her sister, we are in trouble! Hopefully Bristol does not try to out do Brooklyn!

Bristol is proving to be one of the greatest joys and greatest challenges in my life so far. I love her to pieces but man can she scream and cry...and she does NOT give up! Her current record is screaming for 6 straight hours!! Now that is with a few 5-10 minute breaks...but certainly not many! We decided to take her to the doctors this week to try and get some answers as to why she is so uncomfortable and unhappy. She weighted 10lbs 10 ounces!! The doctor prescribed a stronger gas drop and said that it is probably colic. She recommended not switching formulas yet, so she is still using sensitive formula. Well the first few days on the new drops were great!! And then she became constipated...leading us to today, which was a day full of restless, sleepless, fussiness, and screaming. Hopefully she is past that now and things will again improve....I do enjoy the satisfaction of being able to finally calm her after a screaming fit. She looks up at me as if to say...Thanks Mom! So anyway, hopefully things get easier for her and she can start enjoying life outside the womb :)

The boys would like to hold her more but unfortunately she is not very content and it makes them a little nervous so right now there is not much opportunity for them. But again, they are AWESOME at helping me out when I need them too! Zach picked her up and brought her to other day...he's getting so grown up and mature!

Well at 1 month Bristol is:
- not doing a whole lot yet
- screaming and suffering from colic :(
- drinking 3 - 4 ounces every 2 - 3 hours
- sleeping 3 - 4 hours at a time at night...once she falls asleep!
- wearing 3 month clothes or 0-3...no more newborns though
- sporting a funky mohawk style hairdo :)
- constantly being pestered by her big sister who likes to poke and pet her and say Dog
- not enjoying the swing but loves the vibrating bouncer
- enjoying being rocked in the recliner for hours on end with a pacifier in mouth and white noise playing loudly
- loving listening to white noise ( loud)
- a wiggle worm
- picking up a few nicknames - Brissy, Bristol Pistol, and Little Monkey
- the final piece to our family puzzle <3