Juliette's One Month Birthday!

Juliette is one month old today! Boy, time certainly flies. Probably because I am in a fog most days - zero sleep really takes it out of you! 

Our fourth week has gone really well though. She still eats every 2 to 3 hours during the day and then the nights are wild cards. Sometimes she'll sleep 4 - 5 hours in between when I put her down for bed and the first nighttime feed, but most times it's 3 - 4 hours before the first feed, then always 2, sometimes 3 hours if I'm lucky, until the next feed and then another 2 - 3 hours before the final feed and by that time, Andrew is ready to get up for work.

We have definitely not found our routine yet, but the Health Visitors say by 6 weeks, babies usually start getting the whole routine thing.

Juliette has now lost the majority of the hair on the top of her head - we call her our little old man! She has also developed some baby acne. Both issues I've read are related to her expelling hormones that she received from me during pregnancy. She has already sprouted new hairs on the top of her head, but we can't tell what color they are yet! The hair on the back of her head is holding on strong! She rocks the "skullet" well.

Juliette also now has real baths regularly! Sometimes she absolutely hates them, sometimes she doesn't seem to mind so much. One thing I know for sure is she HATES being cold! She sleeps the best when she is wrapped in her furry pink blanky. She is definitely like her mama in that way :) 

We also went to baby massage yesterday! Juliette was the only girl with three little boys - Geron, Martin and Henry. Juliette was the youngest baby there and twice the size of 6 week old Henry and just as big as 8 week old Geron. Martin came in late so I'm not sure how old he was, but Juliette was just as big as him too! 

Baby massage was nice because it teaches you how to bond with your baby as well as soothe them. Juliette slept the entire time so we just watched, but the nurse teaching the class made a point of telling me that I naturally massage her all the time (which is really good!) and that baby massage just puts a rhythm to mom's nature tendencies. We learned leg, tummy (which can help with wind) and chest massage moves yesterday. Next week will be arms, face and back. We have not tried this on Juliette yet, but she and I will have a lot of one on one time today so maybe when she's awake later I'll give it a go! 

Juliette's other grandma came on Saturday as well, so she is being loved more than ever! We took our first big walk through Hyde Park to celebrate :)

This best thing about today though - Juliette smiled at me for the very first time where she actually meant it. Boy, does that just melt your heart... 

First smile at Mama!