Little Bug has been our little girl now for 6 weeks and 6 days, the same amount of time we had to prepare for her upon learning of her arrival the day we turned in the paperwork to the adoption agency.

These past almost 7 weeks have flown by in comparison to the almost 7 weeks that we waited for Little Bug to arrive.

I’d say the 3rd, 4th and 5th weeks were in the hardest in caring for her because the first and second week I had almost constant help from family members.

And now here we are at 7 weeks! I can already tell there is going to be a tremendous difference between week 3 and week 7.

We haven’t quite hit the routine mark yet – but we are very close!

Little Bug has developed somewhat of a eating pattern, which makes it so much easier for me to predict when she is hungry. She has also developed somewhat of a sleeping pattern, which has enabled me to better know when I will have a block of time to do laundry, wash bottles and blog!

And let me tell you … The Miracle Blanket is a MUST HAVE!

For about a week now, Little Bug eats around 9pm and then has a good awake time (when we go on a walk). Then we put her bed anywhere from 10-11pm and she doesn’t wake up to eat until at least 3am – sometimes even later than that!

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Thank you for all the kind words concerning my blog. I love that through my trials many people have read this story and found encouragement in their own struggle with infertility.

I once heard that it is only once you have actually been through something that you are able to really empathize and help others going through the same thing.

That is so true. No one quite understands what it is like to go through infertility unless they have personally gone through it as well.

Being infertile opens the door for me to minister to the hearts of other woman going through the same thing. I will not miss out on that opportunity. 

In those dark days when infertility seemed to surround me from every angle, I longed to find others going through the same thing. It was through blogging that I found a tremendous support system. I “met” other women going through infertility and through writing the blogs, people locally and from all over the globe started praying for me.

I greatly desire to be available to anyone who just needs to make that connection with another infertile woman!

With that said, feel free to contact me through a comment. If you desire contact by email, leave your email address and I will respond as soon as I can!

- Elaine