Days with Figlia

Things 'settled' down, if settling is what it is called, with Figlia from Day 6 onwards. By Day 10 onwards, I could actually point out that she would sleep immediately after her bath/sponging...and that this stretch would be the longest stretch of sleep she would be on. 

She takes feeds throughout the day, and it is divided into mini/large feeds. And at night she usually takes several mini (short-duration) feeds and the long ones cause her to either doze off a while or we have poo business to take care of.

I read a long while ago in Reader's Digest is that the trouble with kids is that even though the expectant parents read Dr. Spock, the children don't! How true. For me, the magnitude sopped off only when it truly happened.

I still don't have sleep issue organized. But I am finally able to squeeze in a few minutes here and there. And the first night she let me sleep a whole two hours had me so happy that it was incredible. I never thought two hours sleep could have me so happy.

My mother has been a huge support to me. Hubby was here too, and he left late last week to UsualCity. Mummy takes care of the burping/nappy changing sort of thing at night, and I am usually at my wit's end by the time we reach the deep end of 4 o'clock in the morning. So her help keeps it a little sane for me.

Figlia smiles a lot. I haven't been able to capture anything on my camera, but her smiles are so precious.

And she shows a lot of her in-utero behaviour - her tendency to stick in multiple fingers into her mouth, or the way she positions her hands when she sleeps is what we have seen in the ultrasound.

And the lady rolls...I don't know how she does it, but she tends to roll herself onto her side. It is not a conscious roll, but she does do a 90 degree with her hands and feet. Sheesh!

I can now see, with far more clarity than before, how a baby can change our life...