Darcy loves milk more
than I think she loves Baby Daddy and I. She drinks 7 ounces every 4-5 hours;
she has set herself a very good routine. Darcy’s first milk of the day is her
night feed which happens between 3:30-4:30am the next is breakfast at 8am, then
lunch at 12pm, dinner at 5pm, bedtime feed at 10:30pm then the cycle starts
again. Darcy is very good at telling me if she has finished, if after 5oz she
is full she will push the bottle out with her tongue then shuts her mouth like
a stubborn baby and won’t let the bottle back in so I know she is done. If you
want to know more about Darcy’s food journey read my previous blog post.
I am not going to brag
but I think I have the best baby in the world, okay so I did brag! Darcy goes to bed after her bedtime feed at
10:30pm and sleeps until her night feed between 3:30-4:30am goes back to sleep
until 6-7am I told you I had the best
baby. Before Darcy graced us with her presence every single person told me
to be prepared with how tired we were going to feel but in reality Baby Daddy
and I are doing okay (touch wood) and this is all down to how Darcy sleeps at
night. I’m not going to lie and say I don’t feel tired by mid-day as I am not
used to going to bed at 11am and waking up at 6am but in time I am sure I will
feel more awake. When Darcy was only days old she started sucking the back of
her hand or her thumb we didn’t want her to get into this habit as it would be
a lot harder to stop her from sucking her thumb than it would be to take away a
dummy. We only give her the dummy when she is going to sleep as it really calms
her down she soon spits it out once she is asleep, the challenge is to not give
her the dummy when she is just being groggy.
Without a doubt
Darcy’s favourite thing in her little world is bath time she splashes and
smiles, it’s lovely to see. As much as bath time is her favourite thing getting
out of the bath is her least favourite thing she screams the house down when we
get her out for about 10 minutes. I love that she is a water baby just like
Daddy and we cannot wait to take her swimming it is going to blow her tiny
mind. Darcy has grown very fond of the Teletubbies she watches them in awe at 7
in the morning I think they may steal her first giggle from me. Other than
getting out of the bath another thing that always makes Darcy groan is pausing
feeding to burp she is one greedy baby who loves her milk.
For the few weeks of
her life I told myself all those gas smiles were real smiles but lets face it
they were not but then one day while we were singing there it was her first
real smile! It made my heart explode, forget the seven wonders her little smile
is my favourite thing to see in the whole wide world. Darcy has a funny little
personality she loves being sung and talked to loves to stick her tongue out at
you. Darcy gets daily facetimes with Nana, Pop and Auntie Abbi and does not
take her eyes off of them the whole time they are talking to her. I love seeing
how much she loves them and they love her.
Already in her little
life Darcy has achieved loads she can hold her head up not the whole time she has big cheeks they must get heavy. She has
no problem with her eyes she loves watching the television, looking out the
window and following you around the room. From day 1 Darcy has had the
strongest grip, the other day she actually left nail marks in my hand whilst
squeezing out a number 2. I cannot wait to see the big milestones that month
three has to offer.
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