{"id":11995,"date":"2012-02-29T00:57:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T05:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/?p=11995"},"modified":"2012-02-29T00:57:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T05:57:49","slug":"life-with-a-newborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/life-with-a-newborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Life with a newborn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey there, Sweet Shoppers!<\/p>\n

Libby here checking in from a very sleep-deprived state.\u00a0 As most of you know, I gave birth to, quite possibly, the cutest baby on the planet 2 weeks ago today.\u00a0 We are still trying to adjust to life with a newborn.\u00a0 Being as my older daughter is 14, it’s been a while since we’ve had to do these middle-of-the-night feedings and things like that.\u00a0 While there is something to be said for being older and wiser (and more patient in my case) when you have a baby, I have to admit that my body doesn’t cooperate quite as easily as it did 14 years ago.\u00a0 I’m pooped!<\/p>\n

The hardest part for us right now (aside from the breastfeeding issues which we are working on) is the fact that little miss Chloe has her days and nights turned around.\u00a0 She has a nice long period of being awake until about 2 in the afternoon, but then she crashes and sleeps for the rest of the evening.\u00a0 There is NO amount of stimulation that will wake this child.\u00a0 I have to wake her to eat during this period, and that is such a challenge because she’d be perfectly content sleeping through it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, since she rests so well during our waking hours, she is up every 2 hrs to eat at night.\u00a0 And sadly, due to the aforementioned breastfeeding issues, she takes a LONG time to finish a feeding.\u00a0 So, it’s not unusual for her to eat for an hour, sleep for an hour or so, and then wake up and want to eat again.\u00a0 If anyone has any tips for getting her on a different routine, we’re up for trying anything!<\/p>\n

Having said all that, I do have a few pictures to share.\u00a0 If you’re my friend on facebook, I have to apologize in advance as you’ve probably already seen most of these.\u00a0 What can I say though?\u00a0 I’m too sleep-deprived to edit new pics for this blog post.\u00a0 LOL<\/p>\n

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And if getting to look at that precious face isn’t enough, I’ve got another little treat for you!\u00a0 In honor of my new little angel, I’m releasing a kit named after her this weekend!\u00a0 I’m offering up an early little sneak peek here as well as a chance to win it before you can buy it!\u00a0 If you like what you see, just leave a comment on this blog post (be sure to include your SSD forum username), and I will choose one winner to receive the kit for free!\u00a0 Deadline to enter is 8pm Central Time on Friday 3\/2\/12.<\/p>\n

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Finally, did you notice that it’s Leap Year!?!?\u00a0 Did you see Robin’s little announcement in the newsletter?\u00a0 If you missed it, check out this one-day-only sale!\u00a0 You won’t find prices this low on our kits again for 4 years!<\/p>\n

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On that note, I’m off to try a final feeding before I go to bed for the night.\u00a0 Hoping that maybe she’ll stretch out tonight’s feedings to at least 3 hrs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey there, Sweet Shoppers! Libby here checking in from a very sleep-deprived state.\u00a0 As most of you know, I gave birth to, quite possibly, the cutest baby on the planet 2 weeks ago today.\u00a0 We are still trying to adjust to life with a newborn.\u00a0 Being as my older daughter is 14, it’s been a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":12000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[129],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11995"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12011,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions\/12011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweetshoppedesigns.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}