Oh, Scarlett. I can not believe you have already been here for a month. You are an amazing child. I cant wait to see you grow, but at the same time I feel panic when I think of you not always being my baby.
The days are filled with a very typical newborn routine. She nurses for the majority of the day. It is my very favorite thing. I feel like I belong to her. She knows I am hers, and I am happy with that being true. She will eat and sleep on and off with no interruption. She is in my arms most, if not all, of the day. She lays down to stretch but most of the day she is held in my arms or a carrier. I dont have a stroller, carrier car seat, bouncer or crib (by choice), so that leaves mom's arms. At night she spends a few hours in the bassinet by our bed so I get some time with Nick, and then a few hours with us. I could just stare at her all day long. When Nick and I are watching tv he will comment on something that has happened or ask if I just saw that, and almost always my response is "Huh?!, Oh sorry I wasnt looking at the tv" Haha. Scarlett smiled for the first time at 4 weeks old (and 1 day). She has smiled a few times since then and its so exciting to see her start to respond to us. She was nicknamed "Potato" by uncle Austin and is lovingly referred to that by Nick most often. I take about a million pictures of her a day, everthing she does is still the cutest thing I have ever seen. Most of the family has met her by now, with the exception of Matt (my brother Matt, not Nicks... she has 2 uncle Matts) I miss him so much and cant wait for him to see her. Your "big sister" Tasha (the pup) loves you and licks you all the time. I love when babies grow up with dogs and become absolutly immune to them constantly being in their personal space :-) I am LOVING cloth diapers! It is the easiest way to save money and I wish I could shout it to the world so more people could see just how easy it was. It takes less than 10 minutes of my time every 2 days and she is a completely free baby. Shes wearing 0-3 month clothing because shes too long to fit into newborn, but they are pretty big on her right now. Shes in that inbetween phase of the two sizes. Im not sure how much she weighs but I feel like she is soo big (maybe 9 pounds now, haha). She almost always takes a bath with me, she likes it more and so do I. She is almost never burped because she almost never spits up. Another beautiful thing about breastfeeding. As for me, recovery from delivery has been so easy and its incredible when I see my reflection and remember how big I was just one month ago. I can fit into most of my pre-pregnancy clothes. I cant wait to get back into shape and feel healthy and strong again (Gotta get ready to bike across the country with Matt... yay!) Were starting to pack, so we can do it a little at a time. Its HOT, HOT, HOT here in AZ and we are thrilled to be moving away from here.
I feel like this is what I was always meant to do. Being a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me (aside from being Nicks wife).
Scarlett, WE LOVE YOU! We are absolutely consumed with love for you.
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