To Lucille - Week One

To our lovely little lady, happy week one (and two) birthday!

This week has been a whirlwind of excitement and emotions for your dad and I (and I imagine you). We have spent most of our time getting to know you and trying to make you as comfortable as possible. We started the week off in the hospital where, to-date, we had our most stressful night trying to keep you pacified. I finally got you settled in time for the first shift nurses to come in and wake you up again. Lovely.

Things got much better when we got home.


Like all newborns, at this point you basically do three things really well: eat, sleep and poop. Overall, you are not very fussy- you basically cry when you want to eat and quiet down when you are satiated. You sleep pretty well at this point. You go down between 10 and 11pm and then wake up around 2am and need a snack. You then go to sleep again until around 7am. Your dad likes to catch some shut eye with you on occasion.

Breastfeeding seemed to come to you pretty easily. Even at the hospital before my milk came in the nurses were impressed with your latch. At home we got lots of practice because you LOVE to eat. I mean all the time. You make these grunting and snorting noises when you get really excited about eating, earning you the nickname, "little piggy." My early fears of you not gaining your birth weight back quick enough were unnecessary. You take your time, but you get it done.



I have (mostly) avoided scarring up my nipples too bad in the midst of your feeding frenzy. I credit the Lanisoh's Lanolin cream that I use like an OCD person slathering it on pre and post feedings. Although you don't taste it, it does create a greasy sheen all around your mouth adding to your piggy persona. And it provided you with your first case of baby acne.







Your dad had two full weeks to hang with us which was just grand. We took you on at least one walk a day in your carriage - it looks like an old fashion pram on a jogging stroller bottom. We had to roll up a bunch of blankets and surround you so didn't roll around.









Your first real outing was to a coffee shop and then lunch in Oakhurst Village which is down the street from us. I was able to practice breastfeeding in public and learned that a heavier "cover-up" blanket is necessary on a windy day!

We also took you to the neighborhoods jazz night where you got to meet Auntie Rebecca and Uncle Ross. We enjoyed charcuterie from Aunt Meghan and Uncle Felix while you snoozed through the whole thing!




You also got to meet your best friend - Reese! At this point you two weren't too impressed with one another, but you both looked really cute in your matching car seats!

Lucille at Week One:

Week One Stats

- Weight: 7 lbs 4 oz 

- Height: 21inches

- Head: 13 inches
- Slate Blue Eyes (or whatever color it is that all babies seem to be born with)
-Brown? Hair ( you had very little of it except for a tiny mullet in the back)

Milestones
-You had very good muscle control from the very beginning including being an exceptional kicker. It  could be because you were two and a half weeks late, but I like to think its because I had you working out in utero including the Disney Princess Half Marathon with Emme.
-You look to both my and Daddy's voice and a few times you have turned your head on your own to look at one of us.
-You came out sucking your own hand/fingers in order to sooth yourself. Similarly, you could suck a pacifier from day one.


-You had a little hair, most of it concentrated in a tiny baby mullet in the back of your head. You have nice and long and lovely eyelashes and also long and not so lovely fingernails.
-You make a variety of sounds including an "eh eh eh" which means "give me a boob or I am going to loose it" and this quiver machine-gun cry which means we waited way too long to feed you. You also make the cutest little squeaks in your sleep.

We are both so in love with you and are so happy you finally came to join our family. You are the light of our life and we look forward to learning more and more about you.