As much as I am going to really miss my tiny little newborn, I am really enjoying this new phase in Z’s life. I will start to feel a little sad knowing she wont ever be that teeny tiny little baby anymore but then she will give me a big, open mouth smile and my heart just melts into a puddle. That is when I realize that this next stage in her life is going to be oh so much fun.
We are starting to have a routine and I like it a lot. Here is how it goes:
In the mornings (usually around 9-10 AM, it varies) I get her from the co-sleeper and as soon as I say Good Morning she will give me a big blurry-eyed grin. I can tell she is sleepy and when I un-velcro the SwaddleMe blanket, she will begin her back-arching and stretching. She even makes little stretching grunts. It’s adorable. I feed her about 4oz and then go change her diaper and change her outfit. I finish the last ounce and then we just talk and play for a little bit. She is usually back asleep within’ an hour or two for a good nap.
She will usually eat again around 11:30 AM and then take another bottle around 2:30 PM. After the 2:30 PM bottle, she goes to sleep and gets up at 4 PM, on the dot, every single day, for a bottle! She eats and then naps on and off while I start dinner. She is usually getting fussy as soon as Gene walks in the door (6 PM) from work so he watches her while I finish dinner. She’ll usually eat after we have eaten. She goes to bed sometime between 9-11 PM and will usually sleep a good 11 hours or so.
In all honesty, I cannot complain about this little munchkin. She is a really good baby and is usually content just laying in her bouncy whenever I need to get something done around the house. Sometimes I’ll lay her in her crib to look at her Winnie the Pooh mobile for a change of scenery. It is so much different have a baby that will actually interact with you. It’s so much fun and I know it is only going to get better.
[sidenote] I’ve noticed that she is really enjoying when she sits in the Bumbo chair or when I sit her up on my tummy when I’m laying down. She likes when we hold her up like she is standing on her feet too. Today she has really been trying to lift herself up, like her head and upper torso whenever she is laying on the bouncy seat.
I waited SO LONG for my kid to be interactive. I swear every second was a year when we tickled him and blew on his tummy and he just stared at us like we were crazy clowns.
You 2 are so cute! As wonderful as they are as teeny little babies, I like the interactive stages so much better (although sometimes, the teeny little baby stage is so much easier).