Lily the Puka Bean

That's my nick name for her anyway. She likes to spit up. Or as we call it, puk. Pook. Whatever, she does it a lot. After nursing her on each side, she gets burped. And with each burp you have to wait with rag in hand for the onslaught. You cannot burp this girl over your shoulder unless you want puk all down your back and all over the chair and wall behind you. I usually like to burp her with her over my knees with her face pointed towards the floor. Easier for clean up, I'm telling you. You'd think she hadn't really gotten anything to actually digest, but this girl eats like a horse. She nurses every two hours for 10 minutes each side. Ava would nurse every 3 hours 5 minutes on each side. Of course, she still eats like that, and she's a bean pole. Lily is a chunkier baby than Ava was, that's for sure. I don't think Ava ever had rolls. Lily does, it's pretty cute.

She also likes to pee every time I take her diaper off. It's insane. And for those of you who have boys and are familiar with this practice, its a little different when a girl does it. It pools underneath them and you don't even know it's happening until you notice the puddle they are now swimming in. Yuck.

As for her temperament, she is a very sweet, calm, happy baby as long as you are holding her. If she is left alone for more than 10 minutes, she will start fussing. The fussing grows over a period of 10 minutes or so until it becomes a full on cry. But still, her full on cry is nothing compared to Ava's ear piercing "please God make it stop" cry. But Lily loves to be held. It's hard when I have a lot to do, but my sling helps. She loves that thing. Ava didn't take to it that well. But then Ava didn't like to be held that much. She loves cuddling now though.

So after all the messes this girl makes, a bath is in order! And this girl is definitely a Pisces! She loves the water! She could be giving me that full on cry and as soon as she gets in a warm bath, she usually has this look of euphoria. She will just sit there and let me pour the water over her. Even her head! She loves it!. Of course this past week she has found it to be a lot of fun to kick and wiggle while she's in there. So now I'm going to have to lay a towel down under he sink lest my kitchen become flooded from Lily the Lochness Monster.