(christmas eve... great grandma got more smiles than anyone!)
...if there is any such thing as normal life with a young baby and a husband on an intensive course! phil has warned me that the next 5 weeks are going to be the most intense so i'm making lots of plans to keep eden and i busy and happy!
(eden this morning, still in his sleeping bag)
as if it's only been a week and a half! there seems to be so much that has happened! starting with eden beginning to sleep through the night on christmas day. i can now seem to rely on 5-9 hours sleep! only had 9 once, but 8 last night! this does include some middle of the night stirring which requires me to give him his dummy...but then we both go back to sleep!
christmas morning: daddy and eden looking at eden's new book (and current fave present as its all he's really noticed thus far) "Art For Baby".
he also has had a major growth spurt! its now as though he is made of lead! last week we weighed him on bathroom scales with phil holding him and he rang in about 13 lbs!!! that's him almost into the next size clothes already!!! fortunately we were able to pick up some at the post christmas sales so that he'll have enough to wear.
eden has developed a new pattern in life - he sleeps more, particularly in the afternoon, but he is wide awake and interactive when he is awake. it's very fun. he makes lots of noises and gives lots of smiles. this does seem to result in over stimulation though and midway through a grin he'll start bawling until we hold him against us and he falls asleep! at night he'll only go down now if the lights are off. this means we're again discussing moving him into his own room...but now that i'm getting sleep but still have to be on dummy duty in the middle of the night i'm not so sure... i don't really want to leave him fussing enough to wake up and then need feeding....
anyway...i'm back online so there'll be frequent updates again!
3 comments:
well you made my day with not only a wonderfully long blog but also a conversation on skype-i am now one happy grandma-well i might be happier if i was holding Eden right now but it was such a joy to see him on the video and also to see him in pictures-
you seem to be such a good mummy- i knew you would be-
love to all three of you
grandma c
just one other thing- the last picture of eden makes him look soo old. don't grow up tooo fast.
blessings
ah lady. you are such a wonderful mother! sorry i keep posting. but its compelling apparently. but i wanted to say you are doing such a GREAT job. i wish we could be there to share it with you. we love and miss you, all of us!
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