Gabriella is just the perfect little baby. She currently sleeps almost all the time. In fact, she likes to sleep so much, we often have to wake her up to eat! The doctor wants her to eat at least every three hours, so we set our alarm throughout the night to wake us up so that we can wake her up to eat. Papa tries to wake up to the alarm, as his "job" is to wake up Gabi and bring her to me so I can feed her, although sometimes Mama wakes up faster than Papa. After I feed Gabi, I wake up Michael so he can burp her, change her diaper, bundle her up, and lull her back to sleep. It's been working out very well. We have discovered that an evening bath is the most effective way to get her to wake up so she will eat well, at least at that feeding.
After-bath snuggles
According to Lolo (Michael's dad), Michael was also a sleepy infant who had to be awakened to eat. At least we won't have to worry about her sleeping through the night once she's old enough to go longer without eating! According to Michael, Gabi makes the same expressions while she is sleeping and when she is waking up as I do. I guess this little baby is already taking after both of her parents. We are certainly enjoying every moment with her, in case you can't tell by the abundance of pictures.
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