Nora Kate is 7 Weeks

Seven weeks have already passed since Nora Kate's birth!  It seems impossible, but at the same time, she is already such a part of our family!  The boys seem to be getting more and more used to having a baby sister in the house!  They both like to hold her (for short periods of time!). 

This week Nora Kate got to help her Daddy celebrate his 29th birthday!

 

 

She also got to go to Dollywood for the first time, and did great!

 

She cheered on the Vols!

(The boys both wore this onesie when they were this size, and it's one of the few things that wasn't too boy-ish for Nora Kate to wear.  AND the tutu was a piece from one of my old dance costumes!  So I really liked this outfit!)  :)

We went to Nana and Grandad's to watch the football game, and all three kids were decked out in their Tennessee attire!

One big accomplishment for her 7th week, was taking a bottle for the first time!

Both brothers wanted to watch her take her first bottle.  Carter saw that there was something white in her bottle, and started asking for his milk (in a sippy cup, of course)!  She has now taken three bottles, and done great with all of them. 

Nora Kate looking sweet and wishing us a Happy Fall! :)

The kids in their matching Jack-o-Lantern shirts on October 1st!

 

In other Nora Kate news...her 7th week was a mix of good and bad in terms of her reflux.  The first half of her 7th week was pretty miserable with her crying and seeming so uncomfortable!  The Zantac the doctor had prescribed made things worse, so I had been holding out hoping she would get over it on her own.  By the weekend, though, we knew we would be taking her to the doctor ASAP when they opened on Monday.  We still had a lot of fun, but no one was sleeping much.  Thankfully John was off the weekend so he was home to help me a night, but the day we went to Dollywood we had both had about 4 hours (max) sleep.  More than being tired, we both just felt so sorry for our baby girl being in such discomfort!  Thankfully, on Sunday night, Mom came over to stay for about half the night so we could get some rest.  Monday mid-morning, we took Nora Kate to the doctor where we got two new reflux medicines!  THANK GOODNESS!  Almost immediately when we began giving her the medicine, she has been so much happier and sleeping better too.  I am so thankful that we figured this out and got something that works!  Now we can tell more about our sweet Nora Kate's personality, and it's wonderful!  She's much more smile-y and coo's some.  Now we enjoy holding her during the daylight hours, and just because we want not because she's been crying for a couple hours!  Most of all, I'm just glad she is feeling better!

The reflux solution was the big news for her 7th week!  Also while at the doctor she weighed in at 11 pounds 4 ounces, which equates to her still gaining about an ounce a day which is perfect! 

Nora Kate is getting even stronger at holding her head up, and she loves to look around when being held up to your shoulder.  Since starting the reflux medicine, she is a happier baby in the car too!  She has also been enjoying more time in her swing.  We are loving our precious Nora Kate!

I plan to update at 8 weeks/2 months, and then go to the monthly updates until age two when I will switch to the 6 month updates, so check back in a week for one more Nora Kate update!