No, not motherhood, well that too, but keeping up with the blog. I must admit I got a bit slack when my ma said that they wouldn't be able to see anything new until they get to Queensland. Well they're now in Queensland, oops. But will try to publish weekly from now on, as I'm sure I'm going to forget something doing one big post like this (not to mention not being able to fit all the new pictures in).
I see it has been about a month since I last wrote and that is a pretty long time in a new baby's life.
Highlights: Lots of smiles. She is very free with her smiles. I get lots of them - no laughing yet but I think she is pretty close. When she sees someone new you can see her put her thinking face on "who is this person", then she gives a little half-smile "they seem nice" and then it is smile, smile, smile, "very nice to meet you!". New update: I think we had our first laugh last night. I was doing a 'growly' face to her then smiling, and I'm sure I got a hahaha, hasn't been repeated yet though so still not sure.
She is sleeping pretty well (she has just been downgraded from a very well as she has just woken up when she is meant to be asleep - will get back to you later). It has been a busy couple of days, we think she might be going through a three month growth spurt. So far she is still sleeping at night though, at least for a few hours.
The feeding is getting better and she is putting on a lot of weight. At our visit to the maternal health nurse about two weeks ago she was about 5.5 kilos, nearly 2 kilos above her birth weight! That placed her in the 50th percentile for weight and at 62 cm she is in the 75th percentile for height.
She loves to chat and is really happy when you talk back to her, especially if you repeat her noises. Her new favourite noise which she is really proud of is a drawn out kkkkkk with a bit of phlegm involved.
The lowlights haven't been too many. She doesn't do a lot of crying, the least fun thing we have done has been to take her to get her immunisations, she was ok just after but then later on came the screaming, but after some baby panadol she seemed happier.
I suppose it has been a big month of learning about the world around her and the people in it. Like I said, I will try to update more often so her little milestones are recorded. But I best get this at least up so Nan and Pop will have a few new photos to look at.
