Wiggins: Week 6

Fin Fin, The Fin Master, Kickin Chicken, Blue Eyes, Tiny Hiney, Aunt Sarah's "Lil Pumpkin", Scuddle Butt (per daddy??) & Psycho Baby are just a few of the nicknames that Finley has acquired in her short 6 weeks of life. Of course with the Psycho Baby nickname, Wes sings it to the tune of the 1977 hit "Psycho Killer" by the Talking Heads, for those of you that remember that song?! She only gets called this name at her peak angry moments when we have no choice but to sing our "Psycho Baby" song in order to overcome our frustration and instead make ourselves laugh! :)

Overall, we had a pretty good 6th week. I went back to the doctor for my 6 week check up and everything was good there. I also had a follow up ultrasound on the cysts that they had found on my thyroid when I was pregnant and those hadn't appeared to have grown any. Still waiting for the doctor to call with the report but the nurse that performed the ultrasound seemed to think I had no reason to be concerned so I'm happy about that!!

As for Finley, she is grinning like crazy!! This week she has actually smiled at us numerous times!! It is such a rewarding feeling. You work so hard for these first 6 weeks trying to learn how to meet her every need and the best response that we had before was for her to peacefully sleep or burp really good. Don't get me wrong, a peaceful sleep or good burp is still very nice! But now she smiles and for some reason it seems to make all of that hard work even more worthwhile.

A little "Fin Grin" :)

We enjoyed dinner with the Ruddick's at Hamontree's in Fayetteville on Friday but we waited just a bit too long to leave the restaurant. Finley had a crying fit on the way home, true "Psycho Baby" style! Our "plan" was for Wes to feed her a bottle at that feeding but her mommy packed milk and no bottle in her diaper bag. Prime example of a case of the "Mommy Brain" as Clancy calls it!! Since pouring it into her mouth wasn't exactly an option, we had to pull over and I had to feed her in the car on the way home.

Daddy and Finley before dinner with the Ruddick's

Mommy & Finley before dinner with the Ruddick's.
Too bad we didn't have a "psycho baby" pic of
what she looked like on the way home!! :)

Finley is doing really good with her nighttime bottles. Grandma Phyllis fed her for the first time on Monday night after Wes cooked us a yummy craw fish pasta dish. Justin's girlfriend Russlyn was very kind to feed her on Saturday night!! As we all sat down to eat steaks that they had cooked for us that night, Finley was feeling a little left out and she decided she wanted to eat at the same time as all of us. ;) Russlyn insisted that we eat and that she would feed Finley which was really nice of her!! Uncle JJ fed her the later half of her bottle which was a first for him with ANY baby!! Job well done JJ!!