When my parents were over the other day, I was asking if I acted like Magnolia does as a newborn. But... shocker... that was a really long time ago and they don't really remember. So here's my attempt to document a little bit of what our first month with Magnolia has been like.
We can't believe she's one month old!
In general, I would say she is more chill than I expected. That might be because I tend to expect the worst, but for months I was researching what it's like to have a newborn and it seemed pretty common to expect a lot of crying and the baby not wanting to be put down.
Well, in her first month, Magnolia has hardly cried and 95% of the time doesn't mind being put down anywhere, anytime. She squawks sometimes when we're changing her, and starts to make noises when she's hungry... but I think she's only actually cried maybe 3 times? And every time it stopped as soon as she was more comfortable.
One of the biggest perks for me is that since David works from home and Magnolia is a content little girl, I can put her in David's office when I shower/get ready or take Poppy for a walk. She just happily sits there or sleeps while David works and the most attention she usually needs is someone to put her pacifier back in.
Between that and my mom being willing to watch her whenever I need to run an errand or get out of the house, I feel like I have it pretty easy so far and feel lucky!
There is the whole lack of sleep thing, but we are getting by. Since she was/is still pretty small she can't eat a lot at once and wants to eat at least every 3 hours at night/ 2 hours during the day. So a lot of my time is spent feeding her. By the time I'm done feeding, burping, and changing her; there's not a ton of time left before the next feeding... especially if the changing part is eventful haha.
I try to go to bed by 9. David stays up with her until around midnight for a last feeding, and then I wake up at around 3am and 6am to feed her. I think there was one time when she slept for a 4 hour stretch and I felt amazing the next day. ;)
The good news is that she usually goes to sleep right away when I bring her back to the bassinet in our room. The harder part is me falling back asleep. I'm listening to her little noises and checking to see if she's okay, then checking to see if she's okay when she stops making little noises, and then thinking about things I have to get done. Some nights it's fine, but some nights I don't get much sleep.
When she was 3-4 weeks old, she started looking at us for the first time and it's the cutest thing in the world. The first time she looked at David, I was feeding her and he came to say hi. She stopped eating and stared at him. Now we can't wait to see a smile!
Here's a collage with one picture from every day of the first month of Magnolia's life... it was pretty hard to choose just one from each day. :)
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