Little L is 3 weeks old

I can't believe that our little one is 3 weeks old! She changed so much since the day she was born and keep changing constantly.

Her skin is shedding and flaking on a forehead which means she looks cute but slightly weird.

We are finally discharged from midwife's care which means less pressure on me or little one, but we still struggling with putting weight.

She is slightly more settled at night (touch wood), and last night was waking up every 3 hours to feed, few nights before slept pretty much throughout the whole night.

We have problems with keeping L in her moses basket during the night, which was swapped with her carry cot from travel system and now she hates it as well and can only sleep on me or next to me in our bed. I am worried that it is not an ideal for any of us, but as long as she sleeps and alive (and I'm watching her like a hawk) nothing else matters.

We also found a new cleaning routing, when she soiled her nappy and if it is badly soiled I tend to wash her bits in the sink, some days she hates it and other days very calm. The same situation with bathing, in general she hates it, but when we try to entertain her with rattle she doesn't mind it.

Little L is still very alert but can't be bothered with toys, bouncer or swing just yet.

She is struggling sometimes with wind, burping and when it happens I feel so sorry for her.

Believe it or not sometimes when I look into her big eyes I see heart-shaped pupils, it's definitely love :-)

Little L is 2 weeks old

I am a little bit late with a 2 week update as I struggle to find time for anything else rather than little one.

She is a cute little girl, and I just love staring at her and in her big eyes.

My mum was helping out this week and will do the same next week which is amazing as I need some time to catch up on sleep during the day.

I am extremely jealous of my in laws when they spend time with her and my first grocery shopping without her left me absolutely lost, my husband said that I was completely useless at shopping as I had little L on my mind all the time.

This weird jealous of mine brought new emotions and feelings toward my mother in law in particular, I hate when she is around, I hate when she comes without a call and invites her daughters around without telling us, going through my and little L's postnatal notes, I am jealous when she has little L in her arms, I watch her when she is with my baby and tend to find lots of negative things, as you can imagine all these affects my family life.

As for little L:

- she is 40g away from her birth weight

- spends more time looking around

- slightly more settled at night

- her neck muscles are getting stronger this week

- keeps smiling when sleeping

- hates nappy changing or bathing

- likes to spend time sleeping outside and our walks in the park

- had a taster of a dummy

- she can be wriggly at night even though looks like she is sleeping

Little L is 1 week old

I didn't realise how life changing it is to have a baby and very appreciative that I have my husband around for these 2 weeks to help me out and to adjust to new life.

Little L is not your typical straightforward baby, at least that's what we think. She can be changed, fed, talked to and still cry non-stop for hours during the day or night. First few days at home I (we) literally had no sleep as she was constantly crying and nothing could soothe her, which means we have no time for anything else. If we have any visitors she is good as gold and by the time they leave she starts crying again. 

From birth she has dry skin and rash all over her body, dry skin is treated with olive oil, and we are yet to find out what our midwife thinks about the rash, as we think it might be eczema (condition my husband has). 

I would love to find out a magical phone app which can tell us why baby cries as sometimes it is so hard to understand if she is unhappy, bored, in pain, hungry etc etc.

So far, yesterday (I guess as a way of saying thank you) she allowed us to have some sleep during the night!And today we are back to lots of crying, even during the day.

Regardless of tiredness, soreness, lack of my own time she is the cutest baby in the world and I just love watching her and lots of facial expressions she makes.

1 week milestones:

- she lost weight according to day 1 weight in she was 3600g., day 4- 3260 g. and according to day 6 weigh in she put on some weight-3360g.

- umbilical cord fell of on day 4

- she has minimal head control when held upright

- very alert when awake

- spontaneous smile

- tries to focus on objects but not for long time

- has lots of wind

- lifts her arms if hears sudden noise

- her stool colour definitely changed from dark back/brown to yellow/mustardy colour

- she doesn't require burping and spit up very rarely

- she had her first bath at home and to our surprise didn't scream at all

- she is definitely a screamer and a crier and sometimes it's hard to soothe her

- pulls funny faces when awake and asleep