Things we Learned about Esme in her First Four Weeks

• She loves hats
• Hats calm her down. In the hospital the nurses called her "the little diva," because she'd scream until we put her little beanie on. Doesn't bother me-they're so cute! 
• She loves to be swinged (swung?)
• When we were still in the hospital the nurse took Esme to the nursery so I could get a couple hours of sleep. I missed her and went to go see her. When I got there I could see her across the room in a swing, with a "smile" on her face. No, it may not have been a smile in the conventional sense, but she looked so content. Also, when we put her in her car seat she screams bloody murder until we swing her in it.
• Beans and Fenugreek make her gassy
• Biiiiiiig mistake eating Botana. And then once I stopped Fenugreek supplements her gassiness has gone down.
• She likes sitting up like a big girl and being bounced
• She isn't a very fussy baby, except in the evening. When she gets fussy she will instantly stop if you sit her up. After a couple minutes she may start fussing again, but a couple gentle bounces and she is a happy camper again.
• She hates pacifiers, loves our fingers
• We waited and waited to give her her first pacifier (due to breastfeeding nipple confusion fears) and even then I did my research on the best paci to give her. She hates the thing. On the rare occasion she takes it, it is out withing 5 minutes. However, she will suck on our pinkies until the cows come home. In a couple weeks we are going to introduce her to a different type of pacifier and hoping she enjoys that kind.
• Toes to nose and she farts like an old man
• Sometimes she needs a little help getting those farts out. Toes to nose and we start looking around to see who stepped on that giant frog.
• She is a night owl
• Probably due to the influence of her parents, but she is up until 1 or 2 am before her "big stretch" of sleep. 
• She likes to snuggle
• She cannot stand being set down. I don't want to "spoil" her and I don't think she can be spoiled this early, but its hard to get much done. She will be in a deep sleep (or so we think), we set her down, and 2 minutes later she is screaming bloody murder. Once she is held again she is happy.
• She hates being swaddled
  
• This is the advice we get all the time for the previously mentioned problem, but she hates it! She liked it until she was about 1 week old, but since then its a lost cause.