Dear Sophia: 1 Week Old

Dear Sophia,
You are one week old today and what a week it has been! The days have gone by so quickly but at the same time it seems so long ago since I first held you in my arms. Mummy and Daddy grow more in love with you every day and we now wonder how we lived without you.
This week you have been…
Sleeping
Since coming home from the hospital we had a few sleepless nights. You slept brilliantly through the day but when it came to night time in the bedroom you became unsettled and wanted to be held. Three nights in a row you woke between 10pm and 2am and just refused to sleep! Daddy and I tried everything! We rocked you, sang to you, fed you, stroked your hair, changed your nappy, cuddled you close…but you weren’t having any of it!
The last three nights you have gone back to sleeping well. Maybe you are just used to your surroundings now? You go down in your Moses basket between 10pm and 11pm and sleep through until morning, waking twice to feed. This is helping Mummy and Daddy to feel a little more human.

Eating
After having a few hiccups with breastfeeding in the hospital you are now eating like a champ! The midwife weighed you on Wednesday and was really pleased that you have only lost a few ounces off your birth weight, you’re now 7lb6oz.
You feed every two to three hours ranging from a few minutes to a 20-25 minute feed. While I’m breastfeeding you like to grasp my finger and, more recently, you lock eyes with me while you are feeding. It feels so special.
My favourite feeds are night time feeds. We cuddle together in the dark and it feels like it’s only you and I in the world.

Other Little Memories

• Daddy and I love to watch you pull your little faces. Sometimes they are grumpy, sometimes you make a little ‘o’ with your lips and sometimes it looks like you are smiling.
• When you are sleeping you sometimes stir and make little squeaky sounds. It’s the sweetest!
• You really enjoy having your hair washed but you’re still not so happy about baths.
• You were in the newspaper this week!
• Bonnie and Mabel are very curious about you. They will come up to your Moses basket and peer over the top.
• Sometimes when we pick you up your hair sticks up at the sides and Daddy and I call you ‘The Nutty Professor’.

Happy 1 week birthday beautiful girl!
Lots of love from Mummy and Daddy.xxx