Week 3

My little frog is well and truly part of the furniture now. She certainly has attitude when she's cross about something but is easy to please once you suss out what the problem is! Some of the looks she 'gives you' when she's having a strop make me worry what we'll face in her teenage years!!

Generally, she's still very good natured. She's incredibly alert and pays particular attention to Noah's voice! She likes her bouncy chair and the odd spell on her gym but more than anything likes a cuddle! Oh, and some boob!

Her feeding's much the same as it's been since day dot. Feeds hourly for the first and last 3 hours of the day and only once or twice in between. Have got the 'doing it in public discreetly' thing almost sorted but just can't bring myself to do it in front of my Dad still - have to disappear upstairs! She has her last big feed at about 8pm (both boobs!) and by the time she's finished, has thrown up a bit and got her jammies on it's 9ish and she's nods straight off when put in her basket. I don't usually hear a peep put of her then until 5am ish. Maybe one night a week she decides she wants to feed an extra time or two.

Tonight was the first time she didn't scream blue murder while being bathed. I dreaded bathing her as she absolutely howls the place down - so much so it actually frightens Noah (who now doesn't take any notice of her crying) and gets me all stressed out. Tonight I made the water warmer and she was fine. She's just like her brother was. Make the bath water the temperature those baby thermometers say it should be and it's no good. Make it 'Too Hot' and baby is happy! I'm sure she'd soon let me know if it really was too hot for her.

She's quite a pukey little thing. There doesn't seem to be any pain when she does it so I don't think it's reflux. Just milk that gets stuck above a bubble of air while she's guzzling. The number of muslins I get through! She can get quite grouchy with wind at times too and thinks she wants more boob when all she needs is a good slap on the back!

She's just starting to try and 'talk'. You can hear proper little vocal noises in her throat now rather than just grunts and squeaks. It's really cute!

Also she's going a bit bald on top!! THe long hair at the back and on the sides is fine but the fine, short stuff on top has been slowly falling out! She's beginning to look a bit like a Grandad! I keep finding soft fuzzy hair in her coat hoods and inside her hats! What with that and the spots she has on her cheeks from laying on damp milk/old puke/sweat!! So attractive...!!

Hmm...think that's it! Going to get her weighed at clinic tomorrow. I love trying to guess what they'll be beforehand! I wonder if she's piggy enough to have hit the 8lb mark yet or if her weight gain has settled a bit and she'll only be a few oz more!