Our sweet Aveline Jane…goodness, how we love her! This is such a cliche mom thing to say, but I cannot believe how fast time is rolling with her…it seems like just yesterday we were just waiting on her to come out and to find out who she was and have her in our family on the outside…and yet it also seems like she’s been a part of us always and we can’t even remember or wish back what life was before she was born.
She truly is a sweet, peaceful child, and she rarely cries unless she needs something. She loves to smile and squeak at you when you talk to her, and it’s so much fun to have a baby like that! Ayla was always very engaged and watchful as a baby, but certainly more serious and her smiles weren’t nearly as easy to come by. So to have this little one who is so full of expression has been a lot of fun for us all. She is nursing and growing well, and sleeping pretty well. Some nights are more wakeful than others, but she has done a few nights of six+ hours without a single wake and those always leave me so astonished and grateful when I do finally get woken up at four or five o’clock. She’s eating every 2.5 to 3 hours during the day, and I had forgotten what’s like to be so engaged in that nursing routine. I don’t mind it really, and especially since she is a quick nurser and is filled up within ten minutes by now.
She is starting to look around and notice more things and is more easily entertained when she is laying on the floor or in the Mamaroo. She is much more of a snuggler than Ayla ever was, and I do so love that about her. She sleeps in a moses basket in our bedroom right now, but most mornings I keep her snuggled up in bed with me after her early morning nursing. I know they say that those kind of habits are hard to break then when you’re ready to, but for now, I am just soaking up those few hours cuddled up with her. We’ll worry about habit breaking another day. She has her two month checkup next week and I’m curious to find out what she’s weighing and measuring by now. Her perfect little heart shaped stork bite right above her lip is still visible and I hope it stays for a while yet…it’s the cutest little mark!
I feel like we have found a solid new routine as a family of four now, and it’s different and busier than it was with just one, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Motherhood and these two little ones of mine are such a gift.
