Adapting to Baby...

24^th of October 2011 (4 weeks 1 day)

Hi Noah,

I’m writing this as you as sleeping on your stomach by my side while the cat is sleeping between my legs. See, while you sleep on your stomach, we have to constantly watch you because it’s not considered safe. So, Mommy is giving up on sleeping time to make you sleep. Isn’t that great? I prefer to be sleep deprived then to hear you cry all morning though. Just a personal choice. Daddy is gone to work and we’re here…with Soleil. Lots of things have been going on during those past weeks. Probably too much to write on here or even to remember. You’re growing so fast. You had your three week appointment with the midwife and you’re doing great. You weight almost 10lbs and you’re 56cm long. You’re growing so fast!!! 5,5cm in 3 weeks dude! You’re also learning to do some sounds and you actually have a schedule at night (much appreciated-thanks). You fall asleep at 10pm after Mommy breastfeeds you, then you wake up at 2am for a diaper change and some more food. Next feeding is at 4am and then at 6am. Not too bad, right? Usually, after that you don’t have a schedule. Sometimes you’ll sleep till 11am, other times you’ll wake up every hour. Granted that when you wake up constantly you get very fussy. Not fun for neither of us. If you sleep a lot though, you’re in an excellent mood. We love that!

In the afternoon, when daddy arrives, he usually takes care of you. He’ll take you if you’re sleeping and if you’re not, he’ll make you sleep. Recently it’s gotten difficult because you LOVE to cry yourself to sleep. There is nothing we can do. You’re changed, fed, burped, no gas, you’re not cold or hot. You just want to cry and sleep. We still try to sooth you and hold you but you just cry in our arms. It’s hard for us but we know you’re just tired and want to go to bed…It gets hard for Daddy because he doesn’t like to hear you cry. Mommy is used to it and to be honest with you, I just embrace it… One day you’ll grow up and you will be able to communicate better with us. When you’ll be tired, you’ll say “Mom, I’m tired, read me a story so I can sleep please” (or something of the sort) but right now you just do “OOIN OOIN”. It will get better. We’re still trying to figure out what you mean when you do little sounds or little movements. We’ll get there- I promise. All that matters is that we love you and you…well…you don’t love us yet. Noah, whatever what happens to you in 15 years or so, whenever you feel like we’re working against you, please don’t forget all that we’ve done for you and that we were able to deal with you when we didn’t even know what was wrong. Just let us know what you want and need. We can deal with it. There is nothing that love can’t overcome and trust me- every day that goes by, we love you more. 

That’s the update we got for now. I’ll write more to you later- you’re waking up!

We love you Baby!