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Jenn
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Dear Caitie,
This was our third month together and I have to say, it was the best month yet! You spent less time crying and sleeping and more time awake, playing and talking to your mama and daddy. Your personality expanded so much this month that it’s impossible to describe it. You’re so much fun right now that I hate to miss a single moment of your awake time.
Speaking of which, you’re not much of a napper. If I’m lucky, you have one two hour nap in the middle of the day. Most days I’m not so lucky and you grab a few winks here and there, always waking if I leave you to go do something. You’re making it very difficult to get anything done.
You had some firsts this month – you rolled over for the first time, from your stomach to your back. Maybe it was a fluke because you haven’t done it again. You’re also a pro at rolling from your back to your side, but you don’t go any farther – probably because you still hate being on your stomach.
You also made your first long-distance trip this month to help celebrate your grandpa’s 50th birthday in Okotoks. You were pretty good for the trip, you slept most of the way and only woke up a couple of times for feeding. You were pretty good with that big crowd of people, too – though mostly you wanted to be held by mama and just look at everyone else.
When we were in Okotoks, we looked at mama’s baby pictures and grandma’s baby pictures and you mostly look like us from the eyebrows down. From the eyebrows up you look just like your daddy and you still have his expressions. Although, your little crooked smile is all mama, just like your goofy laugh is kind of like your mama’s goofy laugh.
You’re getting so big. At your two month appointment with the public health nurses, you weighed in at 11 lbs. 9 oz. I’d guess you are 13 lbs. or so now. As I write this, you’re lying on the floor beside me and you’ve discovered you can kick the toys on your toy bar to make them move. It’s quite funny to see, you lifting both legs way up and aiming for the toys with your feet. You’re inventive – most kids would reach with their hands for the toys. But your hands are quite busy as you’re trying to cram them both in your mouth.
A birthmark showed up this month on the underside of your left forearm near your elbow. Mama has one on her left arm, too, only mine is on the top side of my forearm near the elbow. You also still have that little stork bite on your right hip.
This month, you became quite a chatterbug and will “talk†for almost an hour to me, the ceiling, your mobile – whatever catches your attention. “G†noises are your favorites. You like to talk to grandma and grandpa on the speaker phone and you make them laugh with your chatting. Grandma says maybe we shouldn’t encourage you because then you’ll be like me when I was little and you’ll never shut up.
Another cute thing you started doing this month is rubbing your little eyes with your tiny hands when you’re tired.
Also this month, you showed me that you love it when I sing to you by smiling and cooing. Sometimes I think you’re trying to sing along. You also enjoy dancing.
You fell in love with your reflection this month. Several times a day, you and I stand in front of the mirror and you smile at and talk to yourself. You’re awfully cute.
Trips to town and shopping seem to be enjoyable for you. Everywhere we go, people have to stop and talk to you and you smile at all of them. You make everyone fall in love with you, you little charmer. Shopping with you is much more fun than doing it by myself as you’re always smiling and cooing at me.
Baths and babynakedbutt are still your favorites. Mostly, you like to wear as little as possible.
You spent a little bit more time outside this month. The mosquitoes are very bad this year, but I rigged your car seat up with a mosquito net, so you’re happy for a little while when I’m planting flowers and such. However, many days have been either raining, windy or too hot for you so you really haven’t spent that much time outside.
Daddy is one of your favorite people in the world and sometimes you like him more than mama. Daddy is lots of fun and talks to you and makes faces and helps you sit up and stand like a big girl. You love to tell your daddy stories and sit on his chest when he lies on the floor. He thinks you’re a lot more fun now than you used to be.
You’re not very satisfied to lay on the floor or lie in someone’s arms anymore – you want to sit up and look at things and sometimes you want to be stood up. You’re very strong.
You continue to be entertained by the television and CMT and hockey are your favorites. You prefer CMT to Baby Einstein. That’s cool. Your mama grew up on country music and it sure didn’t hurt me any. Though I do occasionally say ‘y’all.’
You’re still sleeping with mama in the big bed. If you’re already sleeping when it’s bedtime I put you in the bassinet, but if you’re awake I nurse you to sleep and you stay in the big bed with me. I didn’t intend to co-sleep with you and was actually quite against the idea, but you have a way of getting what you want. Mostly by crying and/or being cute.
Even though you’re not a good napper, you’re becoming a better sleeper at night. More than once lately you have only woke up twice – around 4 and around 7 or 8 a.m. Sometimes we sleep in until 11 a.m. but most often we are up around 8 or 9 a.m. When I decide it’s time to get up and I wake you up, you fight the concept of being awake by making pathetic crying noises. You’re not fooling me. You’re not really sad, you’re just being lazy. But if I let you sleep in until 11, you definitely won’t nap for more than a half hour at a time. I’m still waiting for that miraculous time when you start sleeping through the night, and kiddo, when that night comes, you start sleeping in your crib on your own. Your mama misses sleeping with your daddy!
Your favorite games remained pretty much the same this month: sticking out your tongue, raising your eyebrows, trying to blow raspberries. Your ‘uncle’ John taught you a new favorite: face blowing. You also really like it when we make your noises back to you. Oh, and I discovered that you’re ticklish – your tummy and sides and quite susceptible to tickles and you smile and squirm and try to push my hands away.
Being with you 24/7 makes me feel very sorry for the mamas out there who have to go back to work when their babies are just six weeks old. You’re 13 weeks old now and I can’t imagine leaving you for even a few minutes. I miss you when you’re napping or when we’re driving and I can’t see you in your car seat. I’m addicted to you, I think – but it’s the best kind of addiction.
I don’t know how you did it, but you’ve become my everything. My whole day, my whole life is about looking after you and making sure you’re happy. And when you’re happy, I’m so happy my heart might burst when you smile at me. And you give me a hundred smiles a day. I’m the luckiest mama in the world to have such a beautiful, smart, perfect daughter who loves me as much as I love her. And that’s saying a lot, because I love you more than anything in the world – all the way to the moon and back again.
Love,
Mama
This was our third month together and I have to say, it was the best month yet! You spent less time crying and sleeping and more time awake, playing and talking to your mama and daddy. Your personality expanded so much this month that it’s impossible to describe it. You’re so much fun right now that I hate to miss a single moment of your awake time.
Speaking of which, you’re not much of a napper. If I’m lucky, you have one two hour nap in the middle of the day. Most days I’m not so lucky and you grab a few winks here and there, always waking if I leave you to go do something. You’re making it very difficult to get anything done.
You had some firsts this month – you rolled over for the first time, from your stomach to your back. Maybe it was a fluke because you haven’t done it again. You’re also a pro at rolling from your back to your side, but you don’t go any farther – probably because you still hate being on your stomach.
You also made your first long-distance trip this month to help celebrate your grandpa’s 50th birthday in Okotoks. You were pretty good for the trip, you slept most of the way and only woke up a couple of times for feeding. You were pretty good with that big crowd of people, too – though mostly you wanted to be held by mama and just look at everyone else.
When we were in Okotoks, we looked at mama’s baby pictures and grandma’s baby pictures and you mostly look like us from the eyebrows down. From the eyebrows up you look just like your daddy and you still have his expressions. Although, your little crooked smile is all mama, just like your goofy laugh is kind of like your mama’s goofy laugh.
You’re getting so big. At your two month appointment with the public health nurses, you weighed in at 11 lbs. 9 oz. I’d guess you are 13 lbs. or so now. As I write this, you’re lying on the floor beside me and you’ve discovered you can kick the toys on your toy bar to make them move. It’s quite funny to see, you lifting both legs way up and aiming for the toys with your feet. You’re inventive – most kids would reach with their hands for the toys. But your hands are quite busy as you’re trying to cram them both in your mouth.
A birthmark showed up this month on the underside of your left forearm near your elbow. Mama has one on her left arm, too, only mine is on the top side of my forearm near the elbow. You also still have that little stork bite on your right hip.
This month, you became quite a chatterbug and will “talk†for almost an hour to me, the ceiling, your mobile – whatever catches your attention. “G†noises are your favorites. You like to talk to grandma and grandpa on the speaker phone and you make them laugh with your chatting. Grandma says maybe we shouldn’t encourage you because then you’ll be like me when I was little and you’ll never shut up.
Another cute thing you started doing this month is rubbing your little eyes with your tiny hands when you’re tired.
Also this month, you showed me that you love it when I sing to you by smiling and cooing. Sometimes I think you’re trying to sing along. You also enjoy dancing.
You fell in love with your reflection this month. Several times a day, you and I stand in front of the mirror and you smile at and talk to yourself. You’re awfully cute.
Trips to town and shopping seem to be enjoyable for you. Everywhere we go, people have to stop and talk to you and you smile at all of them. You make everyone fall in love with you, you little charmer. Shopping with you is much more fun than doing it by myself as you’re always smiling and cooing at me.
Baths and babynakedbutt are still your favorites. Mostly, you like to wear as little as possible.
You spent a little bit more time outside this month. The mosquitoes are very bad this year, but I rigged your car seat up with a mosquito net, so you’re happy for a little while when I’m planting flowers and such. However, many days have been either raining, windy or too hot for you so you really haven’t spent that much time outside.
Daddy is one of your favorite people in the world and sometimes you like him more than mama. Daddy is lots of fun and talks to you and makes faces and helps you sit up and stand like a big girl. You love to tell your daddy stories and sit on his chest when he lies on the floor. He thinks you’re a lot more fun now than you used to be.
You’re not very satisfied to lay on the floor or lie in someone’s arms anymore – you want to sit up and look at things and sometimes you want to be stood up. You’re very strong.
You continue to be entertained by the television and CMT and hockey are your favorites. You prefer CMT to Baby Einstein. That’s cool. Your mama grew up on country music and it sure didn’t hurt me any. Though I do occasionally say ‘y’all.’
You’re still sleeping with mama in the big bed. If you’re already sleeping when it’s bedtime I put you in the bassinet, but if you’re awake I nurse you to sleep and you stay in the big bed with me. I didn’t intend to co-sleep with you and was actually quite against the idea, but you have a way of getting what you want. Mostly by crying and/or being cute.
Even though you’re not a good napper, you’re becoming a better sleeper at night. More than once lately you have only woke up twice – around 4 and around 7 or 8 a.m. Sometimes we sleep in until 11 a.m. but most often we are up around 8 or 9 a.m. When I decide it’s time to get up and I wake you up, you fight the concept of being awake by making pathetic crying noises. You’re not fooling me. You’re not really sad, you’re just being lazy. But if I let you sleep in until 11, you definitely won’t nap for more than a half hour at a time. I’m still waiting for that miraculous time when you start sleeping through the night, and kiddo, when that night comes, you start sleeping in your crib on your own. Your mama misses sleeping with your daddy!
Your favorite games remained pretty much the same this month: sticking out your tongue, raising your eyebrows, trying to blow raspberries. Your ‘uncle’ John taught you a new favorite: face blowing. You also really like it when we make your noises back to you. Oh, and I discovered that you’re ticklish – your tummy and sides and quite susceptible to tickles and you smile and squirm and try to push my hands away.
Being with you 24/7 makes me feel very sorry for the mamas out there who have to go back to work when their babies are just six weeks old. You’re 13 weeks old now and I can’t imagine leaving you for even a few minutes. I miss you when you’re napping or when we’re driving and I can’t see you in your car seat. I’m addicted to you, I think – but it’s the best kind of addiction.
I don’t know how you did it, but you’ve become my everything. My whole day, my whole life is about looking after you and making sure you’re happy. And when you’re happy, I’m so happy my heart might burst when you smile at me. And you give me a hundred smiles a day. I’m the luckiest mama in the world to have such a beautiful, smart, perfect daughter who loves me as much as I love her. And that’s saying a lot, because I love you more than anything in the world – all the way to the moon and back again.
Love,
Mama
