Little Lily

Since Lily turned two months old a while ago and is now closer to three months than two, I thought it is was appropriate to finally give up an update on her. I do not remember her actual stats cause those are on a paper somewhere put away in an attempt to keep the house clean, but she is the 95th percentile in length and 73rd for weight. She finally started to smile which has made quite a difference for us. It is amazing how encouraging something happy from her is! The doctor ordered another hip ultrasound to see if the ligaments were tightened up yet. We went yesterday for that. After a lot of screaming, and a bottle full of sugar water to placate her, they were able to see how her hips were doing. They are definitely better than they were at the first ultrasound but are still loose and come out of the sockets. So we have an appointment with a pediatric orthopedist on Thursday to see what we will need to do to fix her hips. We are hoping for something that is not too crazy and disruptive to her daily life (read: something that will not make her more fussy than she already is). So you can pray with us that whatever the solution is will be effective but not crazy. Honestly, there have been a lot of days recently when I feel like I can not really take much else, and while I know that the Lord will give us the strength to handle whatever he brings our way, I am hopeful for an easy solution.

Lily has quite a strong preference for me, and so I am already struggling thinking about going back to work and what it will mean for her and the people watching her. Thankfully, both my mom and her teacher at mom's day out are more than ready and willing to make it work.

Even though she and Tripp look a lot alike, they are nothing alike in personality. Tripp took whatever bottle, whatever was in it, would go to any person, hardly cried, and Lily is pretty much the opposite of all these things. She does not do great on the bottle, will not take formula, and cries a lot (if she is not with me and sometimes when she is with me too). However, unlike Tripp, she has done a great job sleeping at night (she is down to mostly waking up just once) and prefers to just be put down and go to sleep on her own (which is a HUGE benefit for us)! She also has been taking 2 or 3 hour afternoon naps, generally around the time that Tripp takes his nap. So on days like today, when he gets up around 5:15 and I desperately need to take a nap, I usually have some time to rest in the afternoon. I am working on getting her on a more predictable schedule, but I do worry that whatever we have to do for her hips might throw everything off (or maybe she will be just fine with it, which would be awesome). So we will see.

I love this girl like no other, and it is hard for me to see her unhappy. So I just continually pray for her, for us, and that her big brother will continue to not be phased by her crying, especially every time we get into the car!