Dear Sawyer,
This is how this morning went:
2am: GuhGaw came into my room, woke me up and told me he had to pee, so I took him to the bathroom. Then I went back to sleep.
4am: I woke up and pumped breastmilk.
5am: I went back to bed but then JieJie woke up crying from a bad dream. I comforted her and told her to go back to sleep.
5:30am: You woke up, so I nursed you and went back to bed.
6am: Daddy's alarm went off and woke me up.
6:30am: Daddy accidentally set off the house alarm when he opened the front door. You, JieJie and GuhGaw miraculously didn't wake up but I did.
7am: I had to get up and wake GuhGaw up and get him ready for school.
Oh. My. GOD.
Love,
Mom
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Growing Baby
Dear Sawyer,
You are doing so much growing! You have moved up to 6 months-sized clothing and size 2 diapers and you no longer fit in your bassinet (*sniff*), which I keep next to my bed, so last night, you slept in your crib in your own room by yourself for the very first time.
At 3 months old, you are a super happy baby--you smile every time I look at you and laugh a lot. You also babble very loudly when I talk to you, you get scared when I'm carrying you down the stairs (your whole body tenses and you clench your fists), you love to suck your fingers and you usually sleep from 9pm to about 5am, which I love!
Love,
Mom
You are doing so much growing! You have moved up to 6 months-sized clothing and size 2 diapers and you no longer fit in your bassinet (*sniff*), which I keep next to my bed, so last night, you slept in your crib in your own room by yourself for the very first time.
At 3 months old, you are a super happy baby--you smile every time I look at you and laugh a lot. You also babble very loudly when I talk to you, you get scared when I'm carrying you down the stairs (your whole body tenses and you clench your fists), you love to suck your fingers and you usually sleep from 9pm to about 5am, which I love!
Love,
Mom
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Party Nap
Dear Sawyer,
GuhGaw had his birthday at an amusement park today, a typical noisy place filled with rumbling roller coasters, pumping music and hundreds of loud, boisterous kids. But you would have thought we were in the middle of a quiet, deserted library instead because you slept so soundly in your car seat during the entire three-hour party. You were awake when we were walking through the parking lot to get to the party but fell asleep shortly after that and did not wake up until we were in the car on our way back home after the party (you didn't even stir when I poked you every so often during the party to make sure you were still breathing).
I can't believe you slept through all of that noise! When we're at home, I'm constantly shushing your siblings and trying to make it as noiseless as possible so that you can rest, but you never take three-hour naps at home even when it is quiet, so I clearly I need to be blasting the club music instead!
Love,
Mom
GuhGaw had his birthday at an amusement park today, a typical noisy place filled with rumbling roller coasters, pumping music and hundreds of loud, boisterous kids. But you would have thought we were in the middle of a quiet, deserted library instead because you slept so soundly in your car seat during the entire three-hour party. You were awake when we were walking through the parking lot to get to the party but fell asleep shortly after that and did not wake up until we were in the car on our way back home after the party (you didn't even stir when I poked you every so often during the party to make sure you were still breathing).
I can't believe you slept through all of that noise! When we're at home, I'm constantly shushing your siblings and trying to make it as noiseless as possible so that you can rest, but you never take three-hour naps at home even when it is quiet, so I clearly I need to be blasting the club music instead!
Love,
Mom
Saturday, August 29, 2015
First Laugh
Dear Sawyer,
Things you do not love:
-Being left alone
-Drinking from a bottle (nope, you want your milk straight from the source!)
Things you do love:
-Being carried in a baby carrier (you're always so comfy, you fall asleep right away)
-Snoopy (there is baby Snoopy wallpaper above your changing table and every time you look at it, you smile)
-When PoiPoi shouted, "Ai yah!" She was playing with you today and when she shouted "ai yah," you laughed for the first time!
Love,
Mom
Things you do not love:
-Being left alone
-Drinking from a bottle (nope, you want your milk straight from the source!)
Things you do love:
-Being carried in a baby carrier (you're always so comfy, you fall asleep right away)
-Snoopy (there is baby Snoopy wallpaper above your changing table and every time you look at it, you smile)
-When PoiPoi shouted, "Ai yah!" She was playing with you today and when she shouted "ai yah," you laughed for the first time!
Love,
Mom
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Two Months!
Dear Sawyer,
You're two months old! Now that you're a little bigger and doing more than just eating, sleeping, peeing and pooping on a continuous loop, things are a lot more fun. The best part is that you have started smiling a lot, especially when I tickle you under your chin. And you're making concerted efforts to communicate with me, what with the adorable "uunh" and "agoo" sounds you emit. Also awesome is that you are sleeping for five to seven hours at night, so Mommy is feeling a lot more rested!
You are currently wearing size 3 months clothing and size 1 diapers and are so big that JieJie can only hold you on her lap for a little while before she says, "Oh, too heavy. Take off please!" You also have big-sized burps after I nurse you (wow, some of them are loud!) and big cries--when you are really upset, you cry so passionately that your whole head breaks out into a huge sweat!
Another really big thing? How much I have totally fallen in love with you these past couple months!
Love,
Mom
You're two months old! Now that you're a little bigger and doing more than just eating, sleeping, peeing and pooping on a continuous loop, things are a lot more fun. The best part is that you have started smiling a lot, especially when I tickle you under your chin. And you're making concerted efforts to communicate with me, what with the adorable "uunh" and "agoo" sounds you emit. Also awesome is that you are sleeping for five to seven hours at night, so Mommy is feeling a lot more rested!
You are currently wearing size 3 months clothing and size 1 diapers and are so big that JieJie can only hold you on her lap for a little while before she says, "Oh, too heavy. Take off please!" You also have big-sized burps after I nurse you (wow, some of them are loud!) and big cries--when you are really upset, you cry so passionately that your whole head breaks out into a huge sweat!
Another really big thing? How much I have totally fallen in love with you these past couple months!
Love,
Mom
Friday, July 10, 2015
Newborn Nails
Dear Sawyer,
I clipped GuhGaw's teeny tiny fingernails when he was a newborn and I clipped JieJie's teeny tiny fingernails when she was a newborn, but that didn't make clipping your teeny tiny fingernails today for the first time any less nerve-wracking. I forgot how scared I get of cutting a newborn's finger by accident and how, with each clip, I hold my breath as if trying to diffuse a bomb. Eeesh.
Love,
Mom
I clipped GuhGaw's teeny tiny fingernails when he was a newborn and I clipped JieJie's teeny tiny fingernails when she was a newborn, but that didn't make clipping your teeny tiny fingernails today for the first time any less nerve-wracking. I forgot how scared I get of cutting a newborn's finger by accident and how, with each clip, I hold my breath as if trying to diffuse a bomb. Eeesh.
Love,
Mom
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
One Month Old!
Dear Sawyer,
You are 1 month old today! Wait, what? How did four weeks go by already?
The past 30 days have been a blur of sometimes-painful nursing (you don't even have any teeth but geez, do you clamp down hard with your gums!), nervous diaper changes (you've only peed on me maybe two times but GuhGaw peed on me all the time during diaper changes when he was a newborn and I guess he traumatized me for life), fun baths (you seem to really enjoy bath time now), impressive tummy times (you can hold your head up so high and for a good length of time), fascinating Baby TV (I especially like to watch you while you're sleeping because you often smile in your sleep and it is so cute!) and thankfully not that much sleep deprivation (I'm not getting 8 hours of sleep or anything but you do sleep for 4- to 5-hour stretches most nights, which I'll take!).
And of course, there has been lots and lots of cuddling! Even when it's the end of the day and I'm physically and mentally exhausted and you're asleep in my arms and I should put you in your bassinet so that I can go to bed, I somehow find the energy to stay awake and hold you just a little longer. Because after all, you're only going to be this small for so long.
Love,
Mom
You are 1 month old today! Wait, what? How did four weeks go by already?
The past 30 days have been a blur of sometimes-painful nursing (you don't even have any teeth but geez, do you clamp down hard with your gums!), nervous diaper changes (you've only peed on me maybe two times but GuhGaw peed on me all the time during diaper changes when he was a newborn and I guess he traumatized me for life), fun baths (you seem to really enjoy bath time now), impressive tummy times (you can hold your head up so high and for a good length of time), fascinating Baby TV (I especially like to watch you while you're sleeping because you often smile in your sleep and it is so cute!) and thankfully not that much sleep deprivation (I'm not getting 8 hours of sleep or anything but you do sleep for 4- to 5-hour stretches most nights, which I'll take!).
And of course, there has been lots and lots of cuddling! Even when it's the end of the day and I'm physically and mentally exhausted and you're asleep in my arms and I should put you in your bassinet so that I can go to bed, I somehow find the energy to stay awake and hold you just a little longer. Because after all, you're only going to be this small for so long.
Love,
Mom
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