Tuesday 25 November 2014

Fifteen weeks



At 15 weeks Eve:

- Likes Mama, Daddy, Charlie, milk, napping on someone, watching other babies, bouncin' bunnies song time, her mobile, kicking on her play mat, watching, being snuggled up in the sling, warm baths, going fast in the car and rolling from side to side,

- Dislikes the bouncy chair, getting stuck in traffic, being left too long on the play mat, sudden noises, brotherly pokes, not getting milk on time (all the time), Baxter walking across her and being put in the cot awake,

- Three and a half months is all about learning new things. Every time I put her on the play mat she gets more active, rolling on each side and grabbing and chewing on toys.

- Baxter cat followed us to Boppin Bunnies this week, he came so far with us we had to go back home to get him to stop following.

- We had three baby friends over yesterday for a film afternoon. We watched Frozen and ate popcorn and natchos.

- We've had a couple of Christmas shopping trips to Bluewater. E got grumpy v quickly and a lot of time was spent feeding and soothing her.

- We watched the Christmas parade and saw the lights on the tree turned on. E slept but Charlie got to meet Santa.

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Fourteen weeks


At fourteen weeks Eve:

- Is chunking up, she's getting chubby little legs and arms, a kissable round belly and is quite solid when she sits up on my lap.
- Recognises the word 'milks'. If she's grumping and I say 'do you want some milks' she brightens right up. I then have to feed her!
- Getting lots of hair, she has a little fuzzy bald spot at the back from sleeping, but the rest is getting quite long and lightening up.
- Still fully breastfed and she gets really excited about eating!
- Smiles a lot and recognises people. She gives me a lovely good morning smile when she wakes in the morning.

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Thirteen weeks



At thirteen weeks Eve is:

- On the move, after watching the older babies last week she rolled from her back to her side.
- So alert, she's always watching everything that's going on.
- Too big for the moses basket, she almost fills it and with night time kicking it was beginning to rock v. dangerously. So the basket is out and the travel cot is in. She'll sleep next to our bed in the travel cot until she's big enough for her own room.
- Wearing lots of new clothes, we're having fun putting on the new 3-6 month outfits we've been given for her as well as the hand me downs from cousin I and C's old clothes.
- Being a naughty sleeper at the moment! She keeps waking up once put into the cot and really only wants to sleep on me. Last night she wouldn't go back down after waking up at 3am, so we spent the rest of the night in a cycle of feeding, burping, sleeping on me, placed in the cot, crying, feeding etc. - grr.

Wednesday 5 November 2014

A day in the life - Monday 3rd November 2014

An example of our routine with Charlie at four and a half and Eve at three months. I'm on maternity leave and Tom's office has moved to London Bridge.

4.30am - Eve wakes for a feed, this is good, she's slept for over six hours. I burp her and she falls asleep I put her back in the moses basket, not so good she won't settle. I burp her again, feed her again, burp her again and she's asleep in her basket at 5.20am.

5.45am - Charlie wakes up and comes into our room. I shush him so he doesn't wake Eve, give him a hug and take him back to his room with the Kindle. He's been wetting the bed recently but is dry today which is good. Charlie plays on the tablet and I go back to bed. Tom gets up at 6am and gets ready, then gets Charlie dressed at 6.45am.

7am - Eve is still asleep, so I get washed and dressed whilst Tom gets Charlie's breakfast. T then leaves for work and as the baby is still asleep I'm able to put the washing on, continue unpacking our bags from last week's holiday and polish Charlie's school shoes.  I also eat a banana and make a coffee.

7.50am - Baby still asleep so I wake her to give us enough time before the school run. I change and dress Eve then bring her downstairs for a feed. Charlie is playing Rayman on the PlayStation.

8.20am - We pack Charlie's reading bag with his reading book, contact book, completed homework sheets and toy dragon. We put on coats and shoes and I put Evie in the sling.

8.30am - We walk through the drizzle to school. On the way we see a missing cat poster and I chat to the mum who put it up and promise to look out for the cat, she got spooked by fireworks and not come home. At school we wait for the gate to be unlocked and I talk to another mum about the half term holiday. When Miss K unlocks the gate C rushes through and waits to say goodbye at the classroom door.

9.00 - Back at home I grab an orange juice and oat bar and feed E whilst watching the new David Attenborough wildlife documentary on iPlayer. We have 2 hours before we need to be at E's music class. Baby is grumpy before epically filling her nappy, so I change her then put her back in her cosy cow suit and into the sling. It's raining outside so I put my parka on around both of us and get out the brolly. We have a walk through the park and although soggy, it's nice.

11am - We arrive at the nice pub in the park for our Boppin' Babies music session. I meet my friend K with baby C and she introduces me to some of the other Mums. The session is brilliant, lots of songs, instruments and props including a parachute, bells, rubber frogs and scarves. Eve is the youngest there but likes taking it all in and is tired out by the end. We stay for a coffee and a chat, E falls fast asleep.

1.30pm - We walk home through pretty torrential rain, E is snug in the carrier under my umbrella. At home lunch is a mishmash of canapes and salad leftover from my brother in law's photography exhibition launch. I feed and change E whilst watching TV, then it's time to collect her brother.

3.15pm - Charlie bursts out of school brimming with excitement from the day. It was  little Miss R's birthday and she picked him to help her make cupcakes for the class. He also got his very first reading book with words in which he is v proud about. At home he eats his cupcake and has some juice. He has an hour and a half before tea to choose what he wants to do. Whilst I feed Eve he watches a little of The Busy Town Mysteries on Netflix and then plays Rayman.

5pm - C's tea is ham sandwiches, a babybel, cucumber and a couple of mini sausage rolls. After tea we go upstairs and C helps with E's bath. He selects a sleepsuit for her and washes her tummy with the sponge. I dry her in the cot whilst C plays with his 6 plastic Halloween rats in her bath water. We then tip the baby bath into the main bath and run more hot water and bubbles for C. He can undress himself but needs help getting in and out of the bath. Once in I leave him to play and rescue a screaming Evie, I take her through to watch her big brother and she calms down enough to go back in the cot with the mobile on. I wash Charlie's hair and he begs for 10 more minutes, we settle at 5 and I entertain E whilst sorting through her baby clothes, she's into 3-6 months now so the things she's grown out of need to be packed away. I help C get dried whilst holding a crying baby, then we all head downstairs. E has another feed and reads his books to me.

6.30pm - Daddy's home and he chats with C and gets a smile from the baby. It's bin day tomorrow so Tom sorts the recycling and cleans the cat's litter tray whilst I finish reading with C. At 7pm T takes C to bed where they clean teeth and read a story. I continue to feed E.

7.15pm - T takes E whilst I get my tea, she starts grumping so I have to eat fast then take her back for a feed. She feeds and snoozes on me until we go to bed at 9pm.

9pm - Bedtime, I'm exhausted, E's woken up as T took her upstairs whilst I got changed. I feed her in bed and get her fast asleep in her moses basket at 9.45pm. I fall asleep pretty much immediately ready to do it all again tomorrow.



Three months old



Some big changes this week, maybe it was the Wiltshire air from spending half term with Granny and Grandad.

Eve at twelve weeks:

- Has suddenly grown out of her 0-3 clothes. Vests, sleep suits and leggings are a no go, some dresses can now be worn as jumpers, dungarees and socks are still ok.

- Weighs 12lbs 10.5oz so still tracking a tiny bit above the 50th percentile.

- Is interacting with the world more. She turns her head to see who's speaking, is fascinated by the TV screen and will happily watch Charlie and the cat as they play or sit near her. She'll also grasp my hair and is just beginning to hold onto toys.

- Continues to be vocal, more coos are being added to her repertoire. We can have v long chats with her replying to me at the end of each sentence!

- Mostly sleeping well at night, usually 6 hours with a 10 min feed and back to sleep for a couple more, though if she wakes earlier she's likely to wake 2 or 3 times more and will stay awake for longer periods.

- Was worn out by our music lesson on Monday, stayed awake throughout and kept looking round at the other babies.

- Fed for the first time on a train when we went to Woking to see a friend and her 4 month old. It was fine, no one in the carriage really noticed.

- Still grumpy in the evenings the HV has recommended we start putting her to bed earlier, so we'll begin tonight.
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