I just want to voice (type) out loud how amazed I am with her. Because doing it in person to everyone can become annoying and I don’t want to annoy people.. except MN maybe?
But anyway, 4 weeks one the first week and a half was hard work, sleepless nights. But she’s never been a crier, just fussing at night with lots of feeding and changing. It was hard because we didn’t know what she wanted.
But now she wakes for feeds 2/3 times in the night, stirring a little, so we change her and feed her while she’s still half asleep then she’s straight back to sleep in her own bed, no co-sleeping as she was born early and only weighed 4lbs 13oz
It’s wonderful. Everyone told me to say goodbye to sleep, to eat one last meal with a knife and fork, to say goodbye to cooking proper meals and say hello to microwave meals.
She’s not clingy at all, she absolutely loves a cuddle and loves to lie on us, have tummy time on our chests, but then when I need to put her down to do something, like cook dinner or make myself lunch.. or even a cup of tea she’s can just go in her crib downstairs, or her bouncer and she doesn’t make a peep she will just look around until she gets tired then has a nap.
But I almost feel bad, or alien when someone automatically says “oh how are you finding the sleepless nights?” I either semi agree and just say their fine, or not too bad. But if I actually mention that she sleeps beautifully I get looked at like I’m from another planet and I feel almost guilty talking about it!
But yes, she beautiful. It was a hard pregnancy towards the end and I’ve really had a bad time with recovery and anxiety so I’m counting my lucky stars with this.
How long will it last, I wonder. I’m sure there will come a fussy point.. but it’s nice to just enjoy the early days🥰