giraffe sweater:
down east basics (only $12 right now!) shorts: loft sandals: target
The night times have definitely been the most stressful part of my day since having Addilyn. She would much prefer to be held all night. Which is why I am so thankful for my dad. The last three Saturday nights he's come over to my house around 11 and just stays in our living room holding Addilyn. She doesn't seem to care to sleep before midnight so he holds her until she falls sleep, stays with her and then brings her into me when she needs to eat. He even changes her diaper, gets her swaddled up again and puts her back to sleep and stays till about 4 or 5 in the morning.
He is like the baby whisperer. I jokingly called him my night nurse after the first time and I only wish that he was there every night! It has definitely been a huge blessing to get a few good hours of sleep and not have to worry if she is happy and being taken care of.
Want to know another way I've dealt with the stress of having a newborn? Read about my neuro BLISS experience here.
Happy Wednesday!
39 comments:
What a very sweet Dad you have! I learned that ANYTIME someone wanted to give me a break and take over, I let them. My daughter had colic and would just cry and cry. When we stayed at my in-laws house, my mother-in-law volunteered to sit up and rock her while we slept. She was very helpful and I will never forget it.
First of all, your shorts are adorable, I love them!! That is so precious and kind of your dad :) It really does sound like something my sweet dad would do too! What a blessing!
Awe what a great Dad and Grampa!!! So awesome. That is amazing.
Okay, those shorts I. NEED. THEM. so cute!! And your dad is awesome. I don't even think my dad would know how to swaddle!
Love this outfit :)
Nightchayde
That is AMAZING, how awesome is your dad? And how great do you look?
Carly
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what a super sweet dad you have, katie!! that is awesome! also that giraffe sweater is ADORABLE!!
SO SWEET! Also, love the sweater you are wearing, so cute.
1. Love your giraffe sweater!
2. What a sweet daddy! I may force my dad to move nearby when I have a baby. :)
love those shorts!! and that is sooo sweet of your Dad!! i'm sure he's in love.
xo,
Angela
How sweet of your dad! That is amazing!
This top is adorable and I love the scalloped shorts!
xx
Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
You can tell he's been waiting for another granddaughter :) I'm sure he considers himself the lucky one!
that is great.
That's so sweet!!
Wow! That's amazing that your dad does that for you! Every mom should have someone like that in their life!
Katie, you look SO good!!!
What a sweet grandpa Addilyn has!
What a great dad you have! So sweet!
I love this post. What a wonderful dad you have. I think that is so sweet and thoughtful. Also you look amazing!!!! I love your outfit.
What a fabulous dad! Its too bad that I don't live closer to you. I actually am a baby nurse who left my beloved job to work in our family business. I would love nothing more than to rock your sweet baby at night. Be blessed! Susan
I'm pregnant so I don't feel bad admitting this, but hearing this story about your dad just made tears stream down my face for a good 5 minutes. It is so sweet. Not only because he loves you so much to give you rest, but that he loves his grandbaby so much he wants to spend those wee hours of the night just holding her close to him. I don't know why I got so emotional...hormones I"m sure, but my parents live 14 hours away and I know my dad won't be able to have those moments - at least not often. You are so blessed and so is he and so is Addilyn. I love this.
That is so sweet of your Dad!! I only hope that I live closer to my parents by the time that my husband and I start having babies!
Lauren
Fizz and Frosting
oh that is so sweet of your Dad!!! That just makes me smile.
I just teared up reading this. What a sweet Daddy you have! Such a blessing! You look great, by the way!
That is awesome that your dad does that for you guys!
-Sharon
The Tiny Heart
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How sweet of your dad to come and help!! That is awesome he is so great with your little gal! :)
love love your shorts!! and what a sweet grandpa addilyn has :)
Love the scalloped shorts! And those sandals...they are a wardrobe staple ;) And I am picking up some of that Neuro Bliss today..if it works like the Neuro Sleep..I think I am going to love it
What an amazing Dad, you are blessed! So good having someone like that you feel confident leaving bubs with :)
Wow! What an absolute blessing that your dad is willing to do that for you! He sounds like am amazing man! He obviously adores his daughter and granddaughter. :-)
You've got a very sweet Dad!! :)
Your dad sounds like an angel! That is so sweet of him and I love that it is helping you relax just a bit.
Oh I love your giraffe shirt! You have the cutest clothes.
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What a sweet thing to do :-) xx
Love ure outfit! How sweet is ure dad? That's so special for all of you.
That's so awesome that he's there to help you out! I and two of my siblings were in our teens by the time our youngest sister was born--she was an extremely fussy at night baby and my Mom had a difficult recovery back to health--so it was a family project to take care of baby Sarah at night, with us older kids taking shifts, too!
Your dad is amazing!!!! Oh my goodness. It really is incredible what a few hours of sleep can do for you. So glad he's there to help!
Your dad = awesome!
Reading back on your posts, I swear we have the same child! Grace also wouldn't sleep anywhere but in arms her first few weeks and my father in law did the same thing- he came over and just held Grace and rocked her until it was time for her to eat again.
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