One month bear portrait & day-three bear portraits.
Anna sort of wanted to be in the action when I took Sarah's monthly bear portrait today. Now that it has been a month, I asked Anna if she likes Sarah and she said, "yes!" She still doesn't actually want to touch Sarah but I think they're getting along just fine so far.
Sarah has been extra sleepy the past couple of days and even took a few naps in the bouncy seat because she just couldn't stay awake (and it's frustrating to try to keep her a awake just to turn around in an hour to try to get her to sleep so sometimes it is just easier to give in —especially if she's acting super sleepy when I'm trying to prepare dinner).
We are in the midst of trying to get Sarah to take the pacifier although I'm wishy-washy on it. She doesn't like the same brand Anna liked (Sarah acted like we were trying to shove rat poison in her mouth) but I found another brand that she does seem to appreciate. The problem, of course, is training her to keep it in her mouth so I don't have to run up and down the stairs 10 times in an hour. In the middle of the night she falls asleep after nursing and doesn't typically need the pacifier then but sometimes in the morning and maybe half the time during the day I've been pushing it on her. But, because she does sometimes fall asleep without it, I find myself hemming and hawing if I should be promoting it or not.
Sarah is not particularly screamy (yet—fingers crossed that she doesn't get super screamy just because I typed that!) where Anna got screamy at right around 3 weeks and it lasted for a few weeks. I've mentioned that afternoons are hard with her because she doesn't want to fall asleep but I think she has been easier than Anna at this age for sure (I remember rocking and shushing Anna under the bathroom fans a lot and I know we had introduced the sound machine by this point with her, too). It makes me sad to think that Anna's reflux was probably a big part of her problem and it makes me thankful that Sarah doesn't seem to have the same troubles.
