Wife Life: Kennedy's 39 Week Check In

This week has been a total whirlwind. I started working 12 hour overnight shifts on the new unit and daddy has been in charge of dinner, bath time, bed time and all of the midnight snacks for a few nights a week. Baby girl was pretty confused and unhappy with the idea that mommy (and more importantly mommy's boob) was not available in the middle of the night. She was also not a fan of getting up super early (she is her mother's daughter after all) and then spending mornings with the sitter. It was kind of a rough week for all of us.

How Big Is Baby?

I think Kennedy is nearing 18 pounds and although it still doesn't seem like she has gained much weight over the past few weeks. I am wondering if all of her activity (crawling like a maniac) is slowing down her weight gain.
Size 3 shoes still fit!!!
Full time cloth diapering. We are out one snap on each side and one snap on the rise on all of her dipes. We have gone up a second snap on the rise on a few of her diapers and so far we are getting a great fit!

Development & Milestones

BLW is going awesome as always!! This kid loves to eat!
Still crawling, pulling up, cruising and climbing up the stairs.
No new words or signs this week, but she still loves to babble.
4 pearly white teeth and a few more below the surface

Diet/Nursing

Nursing has been great this week when I am home. Now that I am away for 14+ hours at a stretch, I really soak in our bonding time when I can.
Pumping at work this week went pretty well. I am able to fit in one good session in the middle of my shift and it is working out really well for me. My super huge stash is taking a hit, but I have so much saved that it won't be a problem at all.
BLW is still going wonderfully. Not much new this week, but she is doing really well eating whatever we eat.
This week instead of the sippy cup, we decided to use a small regular cup and help her with it. This is actually working out much better than the sippy cup, which she uses as a drum set.

Sleep

Naps have been kind of a mess this week. I have learned that she will sleep for about 2 hours if she naps in bed with me, whereas she sleeps for an hour or so in the crib. Since I basically go into survival mode in between 12s, snuggling with mommy in bed it is. Eh... maybe someday she will sleep in her crib.
Sleep-wise daddy said she did pretty good this week, all things considered. She still wakes a few times in the middle of the night, but Kevin handled everything wonderfully.

PP Mommy Check In

3 12s in a row kicked my butt. I am completely useless on the days I work 12s and the day afteer my long stretch. This will take some getting used to, but once I get into a routine I really think I will like this new schedule. Until then... I just need to figure out when I can sleep.
Right now I am about 118 lbs.
*For reference, my highest pregnancy weight was 162, my pre-pregnancy weight was 130 and my goal weight is 125*

How Is Daddy?

Kevin is the ultimate husband, and dad! I swear he just takes everything in stride and keeps on going. He is doing awesome with these solo parenting nights. I couldn't ask for a better man in my life.

Any appointments, visitors or outings? Anything else new?