Well, we’ve just about made it through our first week apart. I’m back at work as of this week, and Ladybug is at home with her dad. It’s tough to miss out on her days, but we try to make the most of our evenings for nursing and cuddling. Meanwhile, I am pumping four times a day at work and thinking about her a lot.
Here are some general updates now that she is a whole twelve weeks old:
She surprised me one day a couple of weeks ago by rolling on to her back while doing tummy time on her playpad. She just… rolled over like it was no big deal and looked at me quizzically when I gushed all over her.
We’re working on setting consistent routines for her both during the days with papa and in the evenings with me. It’s tough to stay on the routine, especially on the evenings when we have plans, but we’re working on it and she definitely seems more content when we stick to the routine.
She’s getting noisier and noisier in good ways. She coos and “talks” all the time now, and sometimes I swear it sounds like she’s saying real words. We predict she’s going to be a talker.
People are finally starting to say that she looks like me. For the first couple of months, she resembled her papa very strongly. But it seems like more and more of me is creeping into her face as time goes on.
We went on our first family road trip to see Gram and Grandpa down in Chicago, which went pretty well. It took a little longer than the usual six hours to get there as we had to stop a couple of times to nurse, but it was definitely a learning experience. The ride home went more smoothly than the ride there because we’d smartened up a bit.
