The Oistad Family: Callison is 3 weeks old!

Our sweet Callie girl is three weeks old today! She is such an easy going baby and we have loved getting to know her better. She has won all our hearts completely.

We had her 2 week checkup last week and her weight was 7lbs 11oz. Yay!! Our pediatrician said she was doing great!! She has strong head control and likes to lift herself up by holding our hands. When she is awake, she loves to be held upright so she can check things out.

She is still sleeping most of the day and is up for long stretches at night, so we are working on trying to flip her schedule around. This entails us making ridiculous faces, singing songs and trying to be exciting when she is awake during the day and then being super quiet and keeping it dark/mellow during the night.

Callie likes to eat and is finally getting the hang of nursing. We had a pretty rough time the first 10 days or so but now Mommy and baby girl are figuring it out and getting in the groove. One of the things we noticed right away was that Callie spends about 5-10 minutes waking up before she is ready to eat. When Noah was a baby, he would go from asleep to starving, with no middle ground! Just goes to show how every baby is different! We are excited to learn more about her as she gets older.

The grandparents have been an ENORMOUS help to us these first few weeks as we adjust to life with a newborn AND a pre-schooler. Not sure how we would survive without them. Pao Pao and Grandpa Keith have taken Noah out to do lots of fun activities so I can sleep, catch up on housework or just have some precious one-on-one time with my Callie girl. Noah has been loving all the attention and it helps me feel a lot less guilty about "sleeping when the baby sleeps". We have also been treated to several delicious dinners and even a homemade breakfast! We are so blessed to have such loving friends and family in our lives (and nearby).