seriously...can i make these moments last forever? i am completely head over heels in love!! her smell is magical, her skin is sooooo soft & her tiny little fingers & toes are dainty & sweet. i love her little lips, she has her daddy's lips, & how she opens her mouth in an "oooh" fashion when i talk to her. she is perfect!
we have been home since saturday & things are going GREAT...soooo much better than i expected. i guess with all the horror stories people were telling me, i was prepared for the worst.
breast feeding...check. she is a little piggy & i am so thankful she mastered the latch the first go around. i can see how this could be daunting if it doesn't go well. during the day she is eating every 2-2.5 hours & at night every 3-4. the first 2 nights we were home she cluster fed for about 2 hours after visitors left (thankfully it was still in the early evening) so we set limitations on how late people can come by. HORRAY, it worked the last 2 nights.
i am getting 6.5-8 hours of broken sleep. she only wakes me up if her diaper needs to be changed or she is hungry & those typically correlate.
philip has been I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. i knew he was going to be an excellent dad but holy cow...he is amazing. he loves skin to skin with her & every morning when we first wake up he shares that special time with her. at night he gets up to help change diapers & after feedings has helped burp her & put her back down to sleep. he is a master swaddler...who knew somebody could have so much fun wrapping a baby in a blanket, lol.
when she is awake she is super alert & LOVES when we sing to her & play music. she was very responsive to music in the womb as well. she has long fingers...philip is of course happy since that makes for a great piano player.
she LOVES to bounce. i call it "going for a run". her whole body relaxes when i have her on her belly facing my chest & try to recreate the same bouncing motion she felt when i ran. i can't wait to be able to start running again & take her with me. for now walks will do.
i love it...every single moment of it!
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