Babykins is not a baby who likes napping. Naps are a thing to be shunned and ignored and fought against for as long as possible. Even when we try to have a quiet time to aid the ability to nap just doesn't work she will fight her way through.
The one thing she does like is the carrier, but even that can take a long time to aid the napping process and there is no guarantee that on carefully taking it off that she will remain asleep long enough to put her down. So when she does nap I try hard to get as much in and as much done as i can and this leads to tired mummy.
We're also on a teething jag right now which probably isn't helping the napping, she's constantly chomping on something and pulling fingers to her mouth to chew on. I know it's going to get worse before it gets better.
And babykins is getting very very talkative, she spent ages yesterday talking to her nanny and cousins over in England. She loved it. I did too, after she talked to my eldest niece we talked to my eldest nephew who at 8 was very interested in what babykins calls me and his uncle and telling her that her mummy is his god mummy. He was also very concerned and told me all about that there had been an earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the tsunami had reached America and had it got to us......I told him we were fine that we're the far side from Japan and it didn't get anywhere near us.....he does worry so much - bless him
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Monday, 4 April 2011
Carrots are yummy....
that is the verdict from babykins. They are far yummier than the baby rice was and she complained at me a little while ago when they were all gone for today.
Another couple of days and then we'll get to see how yummy she thinks something else is, probably sweet potatoes
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babykins is insisting on helping with this.....i this that says get off the notebook mummy and play with me.....
Another couple of days and then we'll get to see how yummy she thinks something else is, probably sweet potatoes
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babykins is insisting on helping with this.....i this that says get off the notebook mummy and play with me.....
Friday, 1 April 2011
hello again dark O'thirty
Any who knows me well, knows I am not a morning person.
I never have been.
Don't get me wrong, if I have to be up I can do it, just don't expect me to be coherent or sunshine and daisies for a few hours. When I used to work I had three alarm clocks to get me up for my awesome 2 hour commute - those two hours gave me the time to wake up and be semi-human by the time I reached the office or site depending on the day.
Once I moved over here we had a small double for two not so small people, and my natural body clock soon asserted itself so I was up til 2-3am and then I'd go to bed and Xero would be up at 4 for work and it was all good, tiny bed didn't lend itself to both of us sleeping at the same time for extended periods. We got a new bigger bed when we got the house and this is awesome, especially now with sleep patterns being all over the place.
See, we don't have babykins on a set schedule. I think she's taking after me as a baby. She will not go down in the bassinet if she is dozy or still awake in any way, shape. or form. When we've tried no one gets any sleep. She often falls asleep after her last feed if not during it, but this can be anytime between 6pm and midnight, depending on how tired she is and if she has napped during the day. She also seems to be getting into the habit of waking up at 5am regardless of what time she went to bed. I can hear you saying what about the nights she doesn't go to sleep at her feeding. Well those are the nights when mummy straps on the infantino carrier (which is awesome btw) and walks around the house, up and down the stairs until she drops off to sleep. It's probably a good job she likes the carrier, babykins has this big grin everytime she sees it because she knows it means we're going outside or she's going to get cuddles and singing while we wander around the house at all hours of the night.
Now if I could just catch up with myself and sleep I'd be as happy as a nitwit psychic wombat. However the sleep eludes me. I'm exhausted most nights and go to bed at the same time as we put babykins down (to do otherwize would be setting up for disaster) but of course 6pm is too early and I'm wide awake....9pm is a good time but then I spend half the night awake for various reasons, I wake everytime i turn over.....I wake because we have the lamp on and I can't sleep with the lamp on unless I'm utterly exhuasted and that only happens every few days. I know I'm not sleeping anywhere near as deeply as i used to which may also be adding to the general feeling of tiredness all the time.
And regardless of all this come 5am on a large percentage of mornings......the sweet and dulcet cooing of Babykins starts up with the is anyone awake "oooooooo" and if she doesn't see a face soon.....ramps up to the wake up before I start screaming "aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh". She's such a happy and smily girl you can't be cross and when you look over the edge of the bassinet and her little twinkling eyes see you and this big grin spreads across her face........
well hello then my old friend 5am.....nice to see you again....lets enjoy together the quiet that comes with a contently feeding baby.
And lets ignore the crazy cat who thinks it's time to charge around the house playing with everything and demanding attention........it's babykins time.....not furbaby time
I never have been.
Don't get me wrong, if I have to be up I can do it, just don't expect me to be coherent or sunshine and daisies for a few hours. When I used to work I had three alarm clocks to get me up for my awesome 2 hour commute - those two hours gave me the time to wake up and be semi-human by the time I reached the office or site depending on the day.
Once I moved over here we had a small double for two not so small people, and my natural body clock soon asserted itself so I was up til 2-3am and then I'd go to bed and Xero would be up at 4 for work and it was all good, tiny bed didn't lend itself to both of us sleeping at the same time for extended periods. We got a new bigger bed when we got the house and this is awesome, especially now with sleep patterns being all over the place.
See, we don't have babykins on a set schedule. I think she's taking after me as a baby. She will not go down in the bassinet if she is dozy or still awake in any way, shape. or form. When we've tried no one gets any sleep. She often falls asleep after her last feed if not during it, but this can be anytime between 6pm and midnight, depending on how tired she is and if she has napped during the day. She also seems to be getting into the habit of waking up at 5am regardless of what time she went to bed. I can hear you saying what about the nights she doesn't go to sleep at her feeding. Well those are the nights when mummy straps on the infantino carrier (which is awesome btw) and walks around the house, up and down the stairs until she drops off to sleep. It's probably a good job she likes the carrier, babykins has this big grin everytime she sees it because she knows it means we're going outside or she's going to get cuddles and singing while we wander around the house at all hours of the night.
Now if I could just catch up with myself and sleep I'd be as happy as a nitwit psychic wombat. However the sleep eludes me. I'm exhausted most nights and go to bed at the same time as we put babykins down (to do otherwize would be setting up for disaster) but of course 6pm is too early and I'm wide awake....9pm is a good time but then I spend half the night awake for various reasons, I wake everytime i turn over.....I wake because we have the lamp on and I can't sleep with the lamp on unless I'm utterly exhuasted and that only happens every few days. I know I'm not sleeping anywhere near as deeply as i used to which may also be adding to the general feeling of tiredness all the time.
And regardless of all this come 5am on a large percentage of mornings......the sweet and dulcet cooing of Babykins starts up with the is anyone awake "oooooooo" and if she doesn't see a face soon.....ramps up to the wake up before I start screaming "aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh". She's such a happy and smily girl you can't be cross and when you look over the edge of the bassinet and her little twinkling eyes see you and this big grin spreads across her face........
well hello then my old friend 5am.....nice to see you again....lets enjoy together the quiet that comes with a contently feeding baby.
And lets ignore the crazy cat who thinks it's time to charge around the house playing with everything and demanding attention........it's babykins time.....not furbaby time
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
The difference a year makes
This time last year we had as of about 7:30am found out that we were just over 6 weeks pregnant with babykins
and today, a whole year on to the day, we have the most wonderful little girl in the world. Just look at how much she's grown.
It's hard to believe she's almost 5 months old......and still in her 0-3month clothing.....lol
oh such a Glamourous life I lead
This was the thought that was running through my head this morning about 45 mins after I'd gotten up. Babykins had been fed, we were snuggling and getting her wind up when the unmistakable feeling of hot, wet spit up running down my cleavage happened. No one ever warns you of these 'special' moments, or that your little one will then happily lay on the bed while you find a change of everything and giggle at you.
I don't know how some of these celebrity mom's manage to look so glamorous all the time mere days after having their latest baby - well yes I do - they have an army of helpers willing to take and feed the little one and pamper the mother til she looks like a goddess. There's the constant - she got her figure back in 8 weeks - you can too........
yes right that'll be in my dreams.
Babykins is a happy little thing, but she likes to have the time and complete attention of one adult at all times while she's awake. She's coming up to 5 months and is full of curiosity about everything. She loves watching Top Gear (why is my daughter already into high speed cars?) and for some reason, the weather channel.....especially the radar maps.....I think its the colours that grab her attention. Right now that's what she's doing watching the weather while concentrating very hard on a lovely smelly diaper for mummy.
I shouldn't complain, so I have no time to exercise regularly, but I get to play with the prettiest little girl in the world. The house is a mess, but when you only get an hours worth of nap a day you learn to prioritise and getting a meal for me has become more important than dusting the house, and the dust bunnies are happily playing with the cat, so it's all good. Then April is coming up and the lull in the HPKCHC should give me a little more time to throw at getting this house tidy and well it'll never be spotless but at least it can be said that we definitely live life in this house.
In other news, babykins has started eating real food - well baby rice. This is huge for me because it gives me a small break from her being on the boob almost all the time. she goes an extra hour between feeds when she's had the rice before her dose of mummy milk and I can't wait until the end of this week when we can start the next step of the food adventure and try.......carrots and then theres all the fun of sweet potato, peas, squash....and the fruits after that. So far it's not been as messy as I thought, she's been pretty good and hasn't spit everything out all over mummy......that I know will come soon and she'll find it hysterical that mummy is covered in whatever it is she has spit out in disgust.
And we're back full circle to how glamourous it is to be mummy when you end up covered in all sorts of things you once never thought you'd ever be covered in.
wouldn't change it for the world.
I don't know how some of these celebrity mom's manage to look so glamorous all the time mere days after having their latest baby - well yes I do - they have an army of helpers willing to take and feed the little one and pamper the mother til she looks like a goddess. There's the constant - she got her figure back in 8 weeks - you can too........
yes right that'll be in my dreams.
Babykins is a happy little thing, but she likes to have the time and complete attention of one adult at all times while she's awake. She's coming up to 5 months and is full of curiosity about everything. She loves watching Top Gear (why is my daughter already into high speed cars?) and for some reason, the weather channel.....especially the radar maps.....I think its the colours that grab her attention. Right now that's what she's doing watching the weather while concentrating very hard on a lovely smelly diaper for mummy.
I shouldn't complain, so I have no time to exercise regularly, but I get to play with the prettiest little girl in the world. The house is a mess, but when you only get an hours worth of nap a day you learn to prioritise and getting a meal for me has become more important than dusting the house, and the dust bunnies are happily playing with the cat, so it's all good. Then April is coming up and the lull in the HPKCHC should give me a little more time to throw at getting this house tidy and well it'll never be spotless but at least it can be said that we definitely live life in this house.
In other news, babykins has started eating real food - well baby rice. This is huge for me because it gives me a small break from her being on the boob almost all the time. she goes an extra hour between feeds when she's had the rice before her dose of mummy milk and I can't wait until the end of this week when we can start the next step of the food adventure and try.......carrots and then theres all the fun of sweet potato, peas, squash....and the fruits after that. So far it's not been as messy as I thought, she's been pretty good and hasn't spit everything out all over mummy......that I know will come soon and she'll find it hysterical that mummy is covered in whatever it is she has spit out in disgust.
And we're back full circle to how glamourous it is to be mummy when you end up covered in all sorts of things you once never thought you'd ever be covered in.
wouldn't change it for the world.
Friday, 14 January 2011
2 months
yes Babykins is two months old already, time flies.
Her 2 month check up was today and she's still a tiny thing for her age, finally into the 0-3 month clothing she's weighing in at 8lb 12oz - which is how much her youngest english cousin weighed at birth, and she's 22in long. This and her head measurement show that she's in proportion and in the 5th-10th percentile.
She's doing well in other things, doing things like the rolling over that they don't expect to see much of until they're 4 months old, and babling away to her dr during her exam. She also smiled at the nurse before her shots. She calmed down really quickly after her shots, I was pretty impressed , it took me a lot longer to deal with needles so I'm hoping she'll be good about it and always take her shots so calmly.
I'm half expecting a cranky evening, Xero will be out gaming and she's been a bit fussy this afternoon, but we'll see.
Her 2 month check up was today and she's still a tiny thing for her age, finally into the 0-3 month clothing she's weighing in at 8lb 12oz - which is how much her youngest english cousin weighed at birth, and she's 22in long. This and her head measurement show that she's in proportion and in the 5th-10th percentile.
She's doing well in other things, doing things like the rolling over that they don't expect to see much of until they're 4 months old, and babling away to her dr during her exam. She also smiled at the nurse before her shots. She calmed down really quickly after her shots, I was pretty impressed , it took me a lot longer to deal with needles so I'm hoping she'll be good about it and always take her shots so calmly.
I'm half expecting a cranky evening, Xero will be out gaming and she's been a bit fussy this afternoon, but we'll see.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
of rolling and grinning and generally being cute
So we haven't really said much about babykins so far.
She was born late on a sunny afternoon by C section and the first things I heard ( being strapped down to the table and unable to move or see anything) was her crying and the nurses exclaiming how beautiful she was and how much hair she had.
She had a lot of hair.
Both of us were born with lots of hair so I was expecting the hair but it seems to be a point of exclaimation for everyone who meets her. It's lightening up quickly, it was so dark when she was first born and now it's mid brown and getting lighter, you can see blond strands in there and in the sunshine it has a beautiful coppery glow to it. She gets that from my side, and I expect at some point in the next few years she'll be a redhead for a while before turning blond and then slowly fading back to brown with red highlights.
Her eyes were very dark when she was born, deep dark almost navy blue. they as well are lightening over time and at almost 9 weeks old there a stormy grey/blue and so expressive.
Babykins other milestones are going well....she's laughing and grinning at us a fair bit of the time, she gurgles away at intervals holding a conversation with you. Last week she rolled over for the first time from her tummy to her back, and i caught it on our flip, not hoping she'd do it I was expecting to catch her wriggling herself forward a little like she'd done before. She repeated this rolling three more times before she got bored. She rolled again today, I'm such a proud mummy that she's so good at it. She's been trying to hold her head up from the very beginning. She's getting stronger with it all the time. She still loves curling up in a little ball on anyones chest to sleep.
Friday we go to see her pediatrician and she gets her first round of shots.....I'm quite glad that daddy will be home to help out with the probably cranky babykins.
She was born late on a sunny afternoon by C section and the first things I heard ( being strapped down to the table and unable to move or see anything) was her crying and the nurses exclaiming how beautiful she was and how much hair she had.
She had a lot of hair.
Both of us were born with lots of hair so I was expecting the hair but it seems to be a point of exclaimation for everyone who meets her. It's lightening up quickly, it was so dark when she was first born and now it's mid brown and getting lighter, you can see blond strands in there and in the sunshine it has a beautiful coppery glow to it. She gets that from my side, and I expect at some point in the next few years she'll be a redhead for a while before turning blond and then slowly fading back to brown with red highlights.
Her eyes were very dark when she was born, deep dark almost navy blue. they as well are lightening over time and at almost 9 weeks old there a stormy grey/blue and so expressive.
Babykins other milestones are going well....she's laughing and grinning at us a fair bit of the time, she gurgles away at intervals holding a conversation with you. Last week she rolled over for the first time from her tummy to her back, and i caught it on our flip, not hoping she'd do it I was expecting to catch her wriggling herself forward a little like she'd done before. She repeated this rolling three more times before she got bored. She rolled again today, I'm such a proud mummy that she's so good at it. She's been trying to hold her head up from the very beginning. She's getting stronger with it all the time. She still loves curling up in a little ball on anyones chest to sleep.
Friday we go to see her pediatrician and she gets her first round of shots.....I'm quite glad that daddy will be home to help out with the probably cranky babykins.
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