One Month of Eloise Belle!

Hard to believe our sweet Eloise Belle is already one month old. Crazy how fast time has flown by + I can honestly say, it’s going faster than it did with George! We are quite the busy household these days and our arms are full.

I will say that becoming a second time mom has been challenging but incredibly delightful.Long gone are the days where I am worried to put a newborn down or stressed over each + every cry. It also helps that miss E is so chill and happy pretty much all the time. She has a small fussy time at night but it’s hardly madness. I feel very fortunate for her.

Our life has certainly got busier with two little ones in the house but gosh, our hearts are even more full than I ever thought imaginable. There is nothing better (and I mean nothing) than watching your first born love on your little baby. Siblings man, good lord, so effing cute. And to think this is only the beginning of a lifetime of love between these two. If I think about it too much I will turn into mush/never stop sobbing.

Sleep deprivation isn’t really happening like I thought it would. Eloise sleeps really well. Like, really well. I think she wakes up maybe once in the middle of the night. And the only way I know this is because George wakes up and I sometimes go into his room + schlep Ellie in with me…and yes, I sometimes rock GBB to sleep while nursing Ellie in the football hold. Yes, it’s not the comfiest on my back/body but looking down at my two babies sleeping soundly + looking so comfortable and safe, I’d do it over and over and over and over again. BUT I’d also be okay with not waking up at all in the middle of the night, haha.

We live in a pretty tiny home and Ellie doesn’t have a nursery. We decided to keep George’s bedroom his own so he could have his own space if he needed it + although I sincerely think that he would be ECSTATIC over sharing a room with Elle, we have her in our room. I definitely think our kids will share a room eventually but we are currently rocking the co-sleep game.

We co-slept with George and it was fantastic–we all got incredible sleep (even though he was up a lot more!) and with our new(ish) king size bed, we have Eloise in there with us + it works out fantastic. I don’t know how breastfeeding mamas don’t co-sleep! It makes it sooooooo much easier.

Lately GBB has actually been going to sleep in our bed and it eliminates any night wakings–I think he was missing me–so this is fantastic. I, obviously, have the least amount of space in our bed but if that means no night wakings I AM DOWN.

Eloise is nursing like champ + has had an incredible latch from the get go, so I’ve been very fortunate with that. I pumped last week and gave her her first bottle and she loved it too! I’m excited to have that option so that I can go out on some dates with my little dude. Oh, and my husband too ;)

She is still rocking newborn outfits and I cannot get over how tiny she is + how tiny these little sleepers are. And don’t get me started on how cute newborn diapers are!! CAN’T HANDLE IT.

Eloise started smiling and it MELTS me. She looks up at me with her be eyes (and insanely long eyelashes!) and flashes her gummy smile andddd I die.

Sissie, my darling sweetheart, you love: to cuddle with mama and daddy, to nurse, to be burped (and holy moly, her burps rival her daddy’s!), to sleep, the car (HALLELUJAH! if you’ve been following this little blog of mine, you’ll know that GBB despised the car + it was totally stressful!, your soother, and your big brother (who is equally enamoured with you!).

Ellie, my little girl, you do not love: having gas and when the car is not in motion + it wakes you up.

I never knew I needed a daughter in my life but oh my word, I did. And I am thrilled it’s you. Eloise Belle, you are a complete peach who has brought immense joy into our home and into our hearts. I can hardly wait for all of our life adventures together. You are the perfect addition to our family and you make your mama + daddy VERY proud.

We love you something fierce. To the moon girl, to the moon.