Ain’t nothing better than a sleeping baby!
Boo! Guess what? This baby is 10 weeks old!
My name is Miss I. My parents named me after a country they visited on their honeymoon. They considered naming me “Summer”, but I tricked them by arriving in Spring. I like tricking them – it’s fun! My hobbies include cluster feeding, nipple bruising, cat napping and waking up as soon as they think I am asleep. I am particularly good at interrupting mama when she attempts any of the following:
- Pours a coffee
- Turns on the shower
- Reaches for her phone
- Attempts a conversation, and:
- My personal favourite – when she tries to have a nap!
It’s hilarious. My mum gets so exasperated. I also enjoy waking from a “deep” sleep as soon as the car engine stops or the pram arrives home. No more bumps, no more sleep for me! You’d think she’d realise this is what we babies do for fun. I mean she’s had three of us before!!
I want to be held pretty much all the time. Why she keeps persisting with my cot is mind boggling. I like to be rocked, patted and coaxed to sleep. Who says the 4th baby just fits in? Not me. I say the 4th baby needs to speak up to be heard. I am not satisfied with being put on a mat and forgotten. I want to be heard LOUD and CLEAR!. Speaking of my family, I think I’ve got three sisters although it’s hard to keep track. They are all besotted with me. It’s cute. Whatever I do they seem to find adorable. I smile, they smile. I fart, they laugh. I cry, they run for mama.
My favourite party trick is poking my tongue out. I’ve just figured out how to do this and my mum seems to think I am some kind of genius. Clearly it doesn’t take much to impress her! I’m onto her tricks as well. She tries to sneak a look at her phone while she’s feeding me or cuddling me. My response is to scream and it quickly puts a halt to that sneaky behaviour. Screaming is really effective like that. But my mum is pretty cool. She calls me her “rainbow” baby. I have no idea what that means but I am guessing it means I am pretty special. When I smile at her she BEAMS. It’s pretty nice so I am doing a lot of that.
I don’t think i’ll sleep through the night for a long time but I know she forgives me. She talks tough, but she’s a pushover and never lets me cry for long. I think she maybe tried really hard to have me, which means I can do no wrong. LOL. I will definitely use this to my advantage!! I am really happy with this family. It’s noisy, busy, colourful and never dull – and that suits me just fine. I think we all struck gold. I’ll come back to you and give you another update when I am 20 weeks old….gee that seems really, really OLD!!!
Actually, a laughing baby trumps a sleeping baby!
My sisters always come and say goodnight to me!
I may look “sound” asleep but this is one of my tricks!
Fresh off mum’s chest and milk drunk!
What do you remember most about the newborn days/daze? Were your babies cat nappers/cluster feeders or the more settled variety?
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Gosh she is damn cute!
Well, yes, I tend to agree! 🙂 It’s always lovely when they become more alert and interactive. I like this stage x
How is she 10 weeks already?! Hoping she gives you a little more rest in the coming weeks x
I know, it’s crazy how quickly time is passing!! I already miss the floppiness of her head and squishiness of those early weeks. But I love how interactive she is now and the smiles are gorgeous xx
Gosh they grow so fast don’t they!! My son was an excellent sleeper from day dot so I thought I would have all this extra precious time with him when little miss came along but no! I will never forget that most of the time the only place she would sleep was right next to the washing machine and the spin cycle was generally got her to sleep!! Such crazy but amazing days xxx
The spin cycle – love it! Our laundry is SO small that I can’t fit the pram in it, but I remember the washing machine working magic on my other babies! xx