Baby boy loves when we read to him, more so when we get down on his level so he can see us during it.
I was doing this with him today, down on his playmat level, reading to him the very first book I bought him when he was still in my tummy, Where is the Green Sheep? when he looked up and gave me the sweetest smile.
Awww. 😍🙏
We introduced so many new things for baby boy today. Absolutely unintentional, but mostly all of them had been planned for a while:
We’ve moved him out of his bassinet carrier in the pram to the normal reclined pram seat, and he got a test drive too when we went out for coffee in the afternoon. He can see things, people, places now! Instead of just ceilings and tree branches and sky.
Tonight during dinner, quite randomly we took out the baby seat, the cushioned one that gets strapped onto a normal chair allowing baby boy to be at our level. It’s recommended use is from 6 months, but he was quite sturdy in it and is supported all around, and I think we had baby girl start in it a bit before 6 months too. We’ll only use it at dinner time, so if he gets cranky in the bouncer, we can pop him up on the chair with us for a few minutes so he feels included!
Lastly, the sleeping bag. He’s been in a sleeping bag with the covered parts on his hands for ages now, but we’ve decided to unzip those hand sections so he is hands/arms free overnight! I’m a tad nervous while also curious… will wandering hands help or hinder? Sleep has been a nightmare lately so surely this won’t make much difference… right?
😬😬🤣🤣
Sometimes I feel like the days go by so slow… but after a day like today, of so much growth, I think wow. Things are progressing. 🙏😉
My, how life swings both ways.
Today we celebrated the wedding of my dear cousin. We’ve been in each other’s lives for 30 years! She was 5 when we met. 🥰❤
I’m over the moon that she got her special day today. She’s waited so long, and finally got to celebrate in style. 👠🎵
Highlights of the day:
Seeing her head off to the church in the morning in her beautiful wedding dress (and me having a good cry over it!) 🥲
Watching her exchange vows 💕
Catching up with dear family and friends at the reception 😍
Having people meet our dear baby boy 💙❤
Getting him to sleep… so we could have a dance 🎊
Realising he can sleep through loud thumping music! 😲
Watching baby girl play with the other girls there, knowing these will be her best memories. 🥰
It was the most beautiful of days for so many reasons, and I am so happy for my little cuz. Only she’s not little.. we are all grown up! 😘😘
9 weeks with our boy.
I think back to that first night.
Creeping down the hospital halfway to make myself a tea… I was hungry.
Responding to well-wishes on my phone.
Wiping baby boy of the spit running down the side of his face.
Smiling, in disbelief. Relieved. Proud. Smiling.
Feeding in the dark.
Taping him on my phone in the middle of the night, whispering to him because we were in a shared room… wanting to capture that moment forever.
9 weeks since that night. And yet today it feels like we’re starting all over again. New routine. New things. New worries. New learnings.
But we got here once. And we’ll get there, again. 🙏❤
Photos of a very sweet Easter… made much more sweeter with baby boys presence.
His first. ❤🥰😍🙏
Today we had the first of our baby boy visitors roll in.
(The first visitors after our immediate family of course).
And while many of our fam and friends will wait another week or two before coming over, I was super happy to welcome two of my closest friends over today.
The kids played together, both young, and a bit older… the adults caught up, had d&ms, discussed the past, present, and the all-important future…
And it was a really good space to be in, for me personally. A couple of weeks ago I would have said “I need space” while simultaneously proclaiming “I need to see people!”
But today it was a definite, I need to see loved ones. 🙏❤ It filled my soul and provided me with much-needed clarity and hope for the future, and now all I need is one more thing, that everyone who saw me today will attest to…
SLEEP. 🥱😴🤣🤣
I’m going a bit stir crazy.
A very fresh newborn, sleepless nights, cluster feeding, and living and breathing within the same walls is making me go a bit nuts.
With such a beautiful sunny day, all four of us (👨👩👧👦) went for a walk.
Baby boy got to test out the pram for the first time, while Hubbie stayed close to baby girl who was on her bike.
At first baby boy was fussing, and I did turn around and start heading home. But then, whether he got used to the rhythmic movement of the pram on the footpath, or something else entirely, he settled and fell asleep! And I was able to follow my family around several blocks, using the pram baby girl had used, pushing a baby that I had dreamed of.
Little things. They’re actually big. 🙏💞
Baby parcels. It’s been a fun day 😁
The first one came in the morning. It was small and flat, and I knew it was one of the two things I ordered last week.
And so it was. The outfit I’m planning on putting on baby, one of their special ‘first,’ once they arrive. 🥰🥰😍😍
Oooh, I can’t help it, it’s so cute! I was oohing and aahing over it, and baby girl was like “come on Mum, yeah say you love it some more.” 🙄🤣
And I paused and went – “I love it!”
A sneak peek. 😉
Then, an hour or two later, there was another parcel. Baby girl informed me as I worked, that there had been something left at our door. We went to have a look… and I was immediately puzzled. The thing I’d ordered last week was small. This was in a medium rectangle shaped box. There was something that was meant to come in Hubbie’s name too, which may have needed a larger box, but this was in my name.
Intrigued.
I couldn’t wait. I ripped it open, and saw a packet of nappies. 🥰😁🤣
I knew immediately it was one of my besties who had gifted me this, before I even read the note that came with it. And so it was, she was giving me a pack of the ones she used on her little one when he was born.
Ahh, nappies! It’s already beginning! I need to have myself an arrangement of nappies, creams and wipes before baby comes, so I can start experimenting and seeing what works for baby (and me) and so I don’t have to worry about running around when baby is here.
It’s so exciting! I flit between being petrified, to excited, to anxious, to happy, to petrified again, to freaking excited!
AHHH! 😁🤣🙏🤰
Today was my first in-person appointment with a doctor at the hospital where I’ll be having my baby.
I should have been more excited than anything, but leading up to it I was super anxious. Baby girl was home from school, getting over a tummy bug, and Hubbie had to come home from work early to be with her, because I could no longer rely on her friend’s Mum like I was going to originally.
I didn’t know where to go, and how long it would take for me to get there. Amazingly, after taking one wrong path, I ended up seated in the waiting area of the outpatients clinic a minute after my appointment time.
Phew.
Even more amazingly, I was called in within minutes.
Being called in for an appointment on time? Incredible.
The appointment itself? Doctor schmoctor is all I will say. It is good to get stuff checked out, sure, but some of the stuff really, I feel is just scare tactics… I was so inclined to say –
“Did you know my Mum saw NO ONE before she had her first child, and she was fine?”
Speaking of my Mum, I was reminded of her frequent words “you are your own doctor.” Yeah, I kinda am. No matter what doctors suspect or predict or are wary of, I am in my body 24/7, and therefore have a good sense of who I am, and how I am going.
And for both of those, it’s good, and good. 🙏🙏
The best part of the visit was getting to hear baby’s heartbeat. She put a stethoscope type thing on my belly, attached to a device on the other end, and I could hear this –
“Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo” rapid fast rushing, beating sound.
Then…
“A kick!” the doctor exclaimed.
Yes doctor. That’s my baby telling you to calm the f&^k down.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Today was the first Christmas that we hosted at our house!
It was a beautiful and festive day, and each year I am more and more appreciative and grateful, blessed to have such amazing family surrounding me who I love so much. 🙏💖
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