In the 17 years since doing this previously, it has escaped me the level of tired that is reached on a daily basis. Maybe 17 years has been harder on me than I thought. I'm not sure I've ever been this exhausted before. Holy cow!! She does sleep for long periods of time (i.e. 4 to 5 hours) BUT... her 'sleeping' is loud and active. She makes so much noise and movements that Dan and I hardly sleep. I know it will be a matter of moving her into her own room to get some semblance of a sleeping pattern, but we're having a tough time cutting that cord! So...until Dan and I can 'let go' and move her down the hall, no sleep will be had at the Eerkes residence! We're not minding too much right now though.
Here is Maddy getting ready for her first bath. She doesn't mind the bath part, it's the getting out and lotioned up and dressed parts that she hates. Something about a naked baby that is soooo cute!
Her favorite place to be, on daddy's chest! I think it's dad's favorite place for her to be to. Funny that you can become so attached to such a small thing. We can leave for a bit, and come home just aching to smother her with kisses and hugs. Even Dan gets a little achy for her when he's out for long periods of time. So cute...
WIDE AWAKE!! She does like the bath. Something about the warm bath water though...makes her just want to pee, every single time! So we spend half the time cleaning out the tub and re-filling it.
She's almost a month old now. Funny how time flies. I'm so greatful to be able to sit around with her and smell her, kiss her, just soak it all in. I didn't get to do too much of that with Am. Plus I don't think at that young age, I appreciated the experience as much as I do now. Must be the maturity part has kicked in at some point. I don't love my girls any differently. Like Dan said once, '... throwing yourself in front of a bus to protect them...' Am has been so good! She says it's a little 'wierd' being an older sister at this age, (When she's asked by someone outside the family.) but, she sure eats it up. She gets home from school and hogs her immediately for a few hours. She secretly LOVES it! And she's good at it. What mother could be happier to have a calm, loving older sibling and a babysitter who BEGS to babysit her. Hmmm, I'll take her up on it more often I'm sure.
3 comments:
She is a doll. One day we will come and see you guys. Are you up to visitors?
Yes. We'd love to have you.
She is sooo cute. How much does she weigh now? We will have to come see her and bring Grandma too.
Cindy
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