Hello lovelies!
It’s now two months since Elly came into this world and she
is adapting so well, so fast. Over the last one month, her eyesight has
improved and now whenever I put her down and move around a room, she follows me
with her eyes and even turns her head to look for me if I move out of her line
of sight. There are times when she starts to cry when she can’t see me. I know
it isn’t a very good thing that she is this attached to me because in the event
that I will need to leave her at home while running my errands, she will have a
difficult time. For instance, some weeks ago I had to go for my post-baby
check-up. I had a very early morning appointment so I decided to leave her at
home with my mum. The long and short is that I ended up missing her so much. I
couldn’t get her out of my mind. And it appears the feeling was mutual because when
Elly woke up and I wasn’t the one who picked her up, she was terribly upset. I
rushed home soon after I finished at the clinic to find a very upset little
girl who couldn’t understand where her mother had gone. Since then, she always
checks to make sure I am around.
One other milestone that Elly has reached is that she smiles
more and more every day. At first her smiles were few and far between. But
these days she smiles more frequently and laughs quite a bit. She even smiles
in her sleep! And she has the most beautiful smile ever! When I’m feeling low,
just seeing her beatific smile lifts up my spirits.
At 6 weeks, Elly had her follow up check-up and vaccination.
She received an oral dose and two injections. I remember this day like it was a
bad dream. The doctor had me hold both of Elly’s legs so that he could inject
her. She cried so much! I almost cried
as well. I wanted to be given the injections for her so she wouldn’t be in so
much pain. Her dad did pick her up and managed to calm her down enough so that I could give her some Calpol to help with the resulting fever. That was one of the longest days yet.
On the sleep front, Elly is sleeping more and more these
days. She sleeps for longer hours at night and only wakes up once or twice to
feed and get changed and then falls back asleep. Our daily routine is pretty
stable. She wakes up at about 9a.m, feeds, has a bath and then sleeps again. On
most days she wakes up at 2p.m to eat again then we play a little before she
sleeps some more. I try to keep her awake from about 6p.m so that she can sleep
better at night. I do this by speaking to her, singing and playing with her. I’m
lucky that I have several people at home to entertain her so that she doesn’t fall
back to sleep.
The biggest challenge I am facing is that the many people
who are around her to carry her has made it difficult for me to train her to
sit on her own. I am trying to train her though and I believe in good time,
Elly will learn to sit on her own with or without people being around her.
So far these are my experiences with my two month old baby
girl. She has greatly improved since her first month and is growing to be a
real beauty.
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Happy Tuesday.
xo
Audrey