Six weeks mark

Well we reached the magic six weeks mark last Sunday, though due to the business of our clinic the six weeks check up will happen next week on Wednesday. We are definitely much better at taking care of Catherine now, she is interacting more and more with us and now that the guests have left there are signs of developing some type of routine.

She usually (ok, usually means for the last week – week and a half) wakes up at around 6am to say good morning to the new day and her parents. It’s one of the best times to get her to smile, but she falls asleep again pretty fast to wake up again at 9am for the feed and nappy change before the morning walk. I usually manage to get us out of the house by about 10am and we go for a nice long walk in the nearest park. She sleeps really well and doesn’t wake up until 12-1pm. The afternoons are still very chaotic, but I try to do baby massage and get out of the house again for a shorter walk. She sleeps well again after 6pm, but sadly Clive and I have to gently rouse her for 8pm bath. She loves bathing, but hates the drying up and putting on of clothes. Clive often gets her in the good mood again by signing silly songs and pulling funny faces. This is another good time to get few huge smiles out of her. I try to get her to sleep by 9, but she rarely falls asleep before 10. At night she wakes up for 2 feeds at around midnight-1am and anytime after 3am. Today she woke up at 5 for the second feed, which meant that she was awake again to great the new day less than half an hour after falling asleep after the feed.

Current favourite pastimes while awake are:

• Looking at the word from parents shoulders
• Staring at the mobile
• Chewing on the bear. She usually knocks it away from herself and tries really hard to get it back before getting frustrated.

Best locations for sleep are:

• In the pram during the morning walk
• On parents shoulders