UGH...Those growth spurts...

During an early morning grocery store run on Friday, I received a frantic phone call from my mom declaring, "DO NOT call your sister until she calls you today! They were up until 4am with the baby and can't even see straight. She finally fell asleep and they're going to do the same now." I was unfazed..."Yup. No problem." My mom, clearly more disturbed by this news than I was, asked, "Do you think everything is all right?" Continuing down grocery aisles, I answered, "Sure, everything is all right. She's having her 3 week growth spurt and the good news is that it sounds really textbook."

As necessary as they are, growth spurts can be enough to make you vomit, and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel may be a mere impossibility. Typically occurring at weeks 2, 3, and 6 and then again at 3 and 6 months of age, growth spurts leave as quickly as they come. So when your baby is feeding very frequently, somewhere around these times, be rest assured that this is normal and to be expected. Here are the details on growth spurts to post on your fridge for those times where you're at your wits' end. And to make you feel better, my sister and brother-in-law, two days later, are now laughing about this.