2 weeks old today

Baby Jessica continues to change and grow before our very eyes…blowing us away every day! She has such a funny little personality developing. When she lays there content, just staring at me and pulling faces, it really feels like she is trying to communicate and she has such a mischievous glint in her eye. Maybe thats just because she has her Daddies eyes lol. She is definitely smiling and starting to make those adorable cooing noises. Her eyelashes are so incredibly long, as are her limbs, and her beautiful brown eyes so big and full of love and wonder. Her dry skin has really improved and she has such perfectly soft skin, with rosy pink warm hands and feet. She loves to curl her fingers and toes around my fingers, and when I blow raspberries on the soles of her feet she looks at me as if I am mad! She sleeps so peacefully and soundly, and wakes herself up slowly and happily by stretching her arms and legs out and gradually opening her eyes to look around. One of us is always there when she wakes and she finds a smiling face and cuddles galore to welcome her. She just loves being stretched out across Daddies belly, or up high on Mummies shoulder with her little legs folded under her and will sigh with content with each breath while there. I would keep her there all day and once I learn how to use our ringsling, I will. Its where she belongs.

Her cord stump fell off on Tuesday and seems to be healing well to reveal a very ‘outy’ belly button! She was weighed on Wednesday and was 7lb 4.5 oz so had gained 6oz over her birthweight which is fantastic. She is already holding her head up and has great control. She has outgrown her newborn size baby gro’s. She had a hearing test yesterday and passed 100%. She gazes around and takes everything in, she is so observant and just wants new things to look at all the time. She concentrates very hard when I sing to her. She much prefers pooing and piddling with her nappy off and loves it when I get it off in time for her.

Tomorrow I am going to a ‘Sling Meet’ where I will meet some baby wearing natural mamas who can show me how to use the ringsling I have. I’m looking forward to showing Jessica off and meeting some like minded mama’s in the area, I really am.

Heres some pics from the last few days…how my angels beauty grows daily!

1 week old today!

I can hardly believe this first week has gone so quickly! She has made it so easy for us, she is such a chilled out little thing. We are not too tired and getting into a good routine I think.

Akeel is back at work for the first time today and we miss him He has taken to fatherhood like a duck to water and he absolutely adores Jessica, and she adores him. Its so cute to see!

She definitely has a little personality already and I know we all say it, but I am sure she is smiling. Not windy, grimacy smiles but big open mouthed cheeky grins that light up her whole face. Uusally when one of us is talking to her and she is wide awake. She is such a little monkey!

She prefers to be held upright to fart, loves it when I get her nappy off in time for her to poop freely without one (the blissed out trance look says it all lol), knows that when she is cradled she is about to be fed so she stops fussing and waits patiently while doing the little bird ‘feed me’ mouth, and she absolutely loves being cwtched up on my shoulder to go to sleep. She settles so well at night after a feed too. I have absolutely no complaints!!

We have taken her out a few times now and she slept right through each time. I was hoping to take her for a walk in the pram today but its horrible weather – typically! Hopefully it will be nicer tomorrow though.

Some pics from the last week….