5th November 2009 - two weeks old
Hello little Em,
Today was your actual expected birth date. They were going to do the caesarean on 27th October (just in case you had fragile bones) but you arrived on the 16th October - so even though you will be 3 weeks old tomorrow, you are only full-term today. You are still tiny Em. I feel like we must enjoy you as a little baby because you are going to grow so quickly and we will forget what you were like as a new born.
Tammy said that you are having a growth spurt. I looked it up on the Internet:
During the first year of life, your baby will grow at an amazing rate. Your baby will grow the most during the first year of life than she ever will again. Most babies will have tripled their birth weight and grown 8-10 inches during the first year! It is common for a baby to experience his first growth spurt by 7-10 days after birth and again at 2-3 weeks, 4-6 weeks, 3 months, 4 months, 6 months and 9 months. A typical growth spurt can last anywhere from 2 days to a week. Go with the flow and follow your baby's feeding cues. Allow her to eat as often as she needs to meet the needs of her growing body. Because your child will be awake more often to eat, it is common for them to be fussier than normal due to lack of sleep.
On Saturday night we went to your home for a braai. It was the first time I had a good chance to just sit and stare at you. You are a little miracle and you don't even know it! The fact that you are a perfect, normal baby is a miracle. There was a 50/50 chance that you would have OI - like the toss of a coin: heads you have it and tails you don't. We are all stunned and relieved and so thankful that you don't have it.
It was such a lovely surprise yesterday afternoon when your Mom and Dad popped in here unexpectedly - your first visit to your grandparent's home. Mark and Tammy had been to collect your birth certificate. You are now officially a person - with an ID number.
You were so alert, turning your head to the light and to the windows. I watched you as Mark was holding you and whenever he spoke you turned and looked at him intently.
It was unreal to look at my son - my baby - sitting there holding his baby daughter! How can that be? Who are you Em? Where did you come from? What I mean is, where did 'you' come from? Where were you until now? You seem to have a personality already and I hear Tammy say, "She likes her white blanket", or "she doesn't like the blue dummy." Can you have likes and dislikes at three weeks of age?
In this short video, you can see that you will have dimples like your Mom and Granny Laura.
Today was your actual expected birth date. They were going to do the caesarean on 27th October (just in case you had fragile bones) but you arrived on the 16th October - so even though you will be 3 weeks old tomorrow, you are only full-term today. You are still tiny Em. I feel like we must enjoy you as a little baby because you are going to grow so quickly and we will forget what you were like as a new born.
Tammy said that you are having a growth spurt. I looked it up on the Internet:
During the first year of life, your baby will grow at an amazing rate. Your baby will grow the most during the first year of life than she ever will again. Most babies will have tripled their birth weight and grown 8-10 inches during the first year! It is common for a baby to experience his first growth spurt by 7-10 days after birth and again at 2-3 weeks, 4-6 weeks, 3 months, 4 months, 6 months and 9 months. A typical growth spurt can last anywhere from 2 days to a week. Go with the flow and follow your baby's feeding cues. Allow her to eat as often as she needs to meet the needs of her growing body. Because your child will be awake more often to eat, it is common for them to be fussier than normal due to lack of sleep.
On Saturday night we went to your home for a braai. It was the first time I had a good chance to just sit and stare at you. You are a little miracle and you don't even know it! The fact that you are a perfect, normal baby is a miracle. There was a 50/50 chance that you would have OI - like the toss of a coin: heads you have it and tails you don't. We are all stunned and relieved and so thankful that you don't have it.It was such a lovely surprise yesterday afternoon when your Mom and Dad popped in here unexpectedly - your first visit to your grandparent's home. Mark and Tammy had been to collect your birth certificate. You are now officially a person - with an ID number.
You were so alert, turning your head to the light and to the windows. I watched you as Mark was holding you and whenever he spoke you turned and looked at him intently.
It was unreal to look at my son - my baby - sitting there holding his baby daughter! How can that be? Who are you Em? Where did you come from? What I mean is, where did 'you' come from? Where were you until now? You seem to have a personality already and I hear Tammy say, "She likes her white blanket", or "she doesn't like the blue dummy." Can you have likes and dislikes at three weeks of age?
In this short video, you can see that you will have dimples like your Mom and Granny Laura.
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