I want to do at least one post a month on Jenna and what she is doing and how she is growing. I also want to share my favorite pictures of each month. Since Jenna is now 4 1/2 months, I have some catching up to do. I am going to start with day 1 to 4 weeks and do a month every week for 4 to 5 weeks and then I should be caught up.
So here we go: Up to 4 weeks
I can’t express the emotions and changes that you will have after you have your first child. You have to adjust to a new way of living and you slowly wonder how you ever survived without this beautiful bundle of joy that is your child. You will go through many trials of how to handle parent your child. If you are anything like me you will read books, read the internet, consult your mother, consult friends that just had babies, consult doctors and nurses, but in the end you will come up with your own unique way of parenting that works for you and your child/children. I always say, take all the advice you can get, but when it comes down to it you know your child the best and what will work best for you and your family. Becoming a parent is such a wonderful experience, but no two parents are alike and no two babies are alike so you will do a lot of learning as you go!
Tucker and I decided early on that we were not going to let Jenna train us, but rather we would train her 
We didn’t want to be prisoners of our own home so we decided that Jenna wouldn’t slow us down too much. She would go where we went, learn our routine, and sleep when we slept. HAHA, okay, I know the last one was a stretch, but I threw it in there anyway. Jenna came home from the hospital on a Thursday, and as many of you already know, she was born 3 weeks early. Well, we had some friends at the beach that were throwing us a couples shower that was supposed to be 2 weeks before Jenna made her arrival, well since she came 3 weeks early we weren’t quite sure what to do, but we decided to go to the shower with Jenna in tow! Now, don’t judge me just yet. Jenna slept just about the whole time while everyone ohhhed and ahhhhed. Jenna didn’t stay more than a couple of hours before my mother took her home. This was probably the hardest part for me so we left soon after!
Jenna has been a GREAT sleeper since the day we brought her home. She only woke up once a night to eat and went straight back to sleep. We were lucky, my mom stayed with us for the first few nights and since we weren’t breast feeding we were able to sleep as my gracious mother fed Jenna. Seeing my mom go was probably the hardest part for Tucker!
Jenna’s first few weeks, she didn’t do all that much, she ate, she slept, she did what babies do!! She did however, have LOTS of visitors. Within weeks she met her Aunt Nini and Uncle John, Uncle Wilbur, Aunt Jen and Uncle Mo, her 1st cousins and some of her second, her Great Aunt Suzie and many friends of her parents! Of course she already met her Grandpa Stickney, Mimi, Hollywood and Flash.
During her first 4 weeks, our biggest issue was finding the right formula. We tried Enfamil and Similac and finally decided that Simalac Sensitive mixed with Similac Advance was the way to go. She weighed 6lbs, 7oz at birth, but when she came home she was 6lbs, 1oz. She didn’t gain above this until she was 2 weeks old. Since then she has been growing like a WEED!! Below are some of my favorite pictures of Jenna in her first 4 weeks:
First Day Home!!
Her first bath.
She has the Stickney crooked pinky!
Being Breech, she loved her feet up.
Her favorite bear that is almost as big as her!
