How did this happen?
Amelia is one month old. My last baby isn't a newborn anymore. I'm pretty sure she just pooped her pants in celebration, so this will have to be short. Amelia is such a different baby than Fiona was at this stage. All Fiona wanted to do when she was this small was eat. And eat some more. Amelia is much more a fan of the extended nap.
We had her one month checkup the other day and she's gained one pound in three weeks. I thought that was pretty impressive until I checked Fiona's baby book and saw that she had gained three pounds in her first four weeks. Did I mention that Fiona liked to eat? The doctor thought Amelia's weight gain was fine though, so perhaps this is an early lesson on not expending too much worry on comparing the two.
Mia's doing really well at sleeping at night, although she tends to be kind of a night owl like her father and doesn't want to go to bed until at least 12:30 am. She's good about spending some time in her bouncy seat and just taking things in. She doesn't have a problem with being held by other people (Fiona would start crying immediately because it was quite obvious that anyone but mom didn't have the magic boobs and there was no possibility of eating). She's gotten to the point that she's actually focusing on our faces and even giving out a few smiles here and there. She's just recovering from an incredibly horrific case of baby acne. She even had cradle cap in her eyebrows and was looking a little gruesome. We can now resume the picture taking without worrying about her being too appalling.
Fiona loves to hold her and give her kisses. Sometimes. When Amelia's hogging my lap with all of her selfish nursing though, Fiona tends to get a little territorial. And, as mentioned in the posts below, she's been a little low on attention lately and is trying desperately to restore the spotlight. We'll work it all out sooner or later though.
Anyhow, happy birthday Amelia. I can't wait to see what the next month brings.
Pictures to come.
We had her one month checkup the other day and she's gained one pound in three weeks. I thought that was pretty impressive until I checked Fiona's baby book and saw that she had gained three pounds in her first four weeks. Did I mention that Fiona liked to eat? The doctor thought Amelia's weight gain was fine though, so perhaps this is an early lesson on not expending too much worry on comparing the two.
Mia's doing really well at sleeping at night, although she tends to be kind of a night owl like her father and doesn't want to go to bed until at least 12:30 am. She's good about spending some time in her bouncy seat and just taking things in. She doesn't have a problem with being held by other people (Fiona would start crying immediately because it was quite obvious that anyone but mom didn't have the magic boobs and there was no possibility of eating). She's gotten to the point that she's actually focusing on our faces and even giving out a few smiles here and there. She's just recovering from an incredibly horrific case of baby acne. She even had cradle cap in her eyebrows and was looking a little gruesome. We can now resume the picture taking without worrying about her being too appalling.
Fiona loves to hold her and give her kisses. Sometimes. When Amelia's hogging my lap with all of her selfish nursing though, Fiona tends to get a little territorial. And, as mentioned in the posts below, she's been a little low on attention lately and is trying desperately to restore the spotlight. We'll work it all out sooner or later though.
Anyhow, happy birthday Amelia. I can't wait to see what the next month brings.
Pictures to come.
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