It’s been a crazy busy month, with bouts of a sinus cold coming and (hopefully) going. Hence the lack of writing.
Around here, we’ve been busy GROWING.
Growing things in the garden. But mostly, growing little CHILDREN.
Look at this one!
5 months and growing fast
And I think the familial resemblence (her 5 to my 6 months) is uncanny:
the luna baby now – 5 months
me at six or so months
Do you agree??
Little Luna, or Boona or Boo Boo as we affectionately call her, is now four months old.
How time flies.
She is having a nap. So cute.
the sleeping babe: friday nap-time
On my side, I’ve been noticing the effects of a cumulative lack-of-sleep and breastfeeding multiple times in the night for the past four months. Most particularly:
But on the positive side, Luna is well over the 100% percentile for weight, which is awesome as O is still off the other end of the scale. So at least I have one fat little dumpling. Yay. And she slept through the night for three nights in a row – from 6:30 pm to 4:30 am this Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, before reverting on Wednesday and last night to a single feed at 2:30 and then another at 6:30 am. WIN! I’m hoping that this is the start of a new period which lasts for at least a few weeks!!
This is my life. Feeding, sleeping, eating, watching, learning and trying to rest in-between.
But the rewards are big. Look at this beautiful girl!!
Luna playing. Our little boomba.
A digitally generated image of what you may look like in 30+ years…
Really? Well, you, your dad and I went to the Gallery of Modern Art down the road today to see the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art exhibition (or as much of it as we could in the about an hour we have between sleeps and eats with you). (more…)
Hiya Speck!
good news – all is well with you and you have 4 chambers in your heart, a lot of blood going around in different directions in your body (and seemingly – from the technician’s comments – you importantly have it flowing on both sides of your bladder), you have a stomach, kidneys which have a lot going on, a nose, lips, mouth and fingers and toes. In fact, the scan was quite exhaustive and lots of you was measured. You are in the normal ranges for it all. Your nose bridge bit got measured (why??).. And your upper arm (humerus) was 2.19 cm long. That was the only one I managed to ask about. The rest was too quick. Its all on the last page of the video we got.
Anyway. It was a little strange to see you down there. You are much bigger than last time and you were moving around like a crazed thing. In fact, you were kicking very hard. No I know why I can feel it – it was odd, but you were kicking at the same time as the technician was checking your legs, and I could see you kicking and feel it (right on my bladder – which was full due to the scan so it was very uncomfortable) at the same time. Bit freaky. So, you kick really hard by drawing your little legs right up almost parallel with your spine (very flexible you are!) and then moving them down and extending your feet all in one big very swift movement. I.e. A huge big kick very hard and fast. So that’s what I can feel. Your dad laughed a lot. You also look like you’re sucking or attempting to suck on the area around my placenta. Photos…
Speck - you at Week 19!
Woot! Exciting. I don’t think we need any more scans, so that might be the last time we see you before you come out. You have big thighs. Round and wide at the top like mine. And you have indents on your feet like mine too. We got a photo. Maybe all babies have them? I don’t know.
Speck - its you again!
Anyway, I love you! I am excited and your dad is too.
Your foot at 19 Weeks.
Keep at it! Love mum
Hello Little Speccie!
How are you doing today?? I’m pretty excited this morning because I feel like you’re even more real – yesterday we went to the obstetrician & he did an external ultrasound and we could see that you’ve got bigger. I couldn’t stop laughing so it was hard for him to take some pictures of you, because my tummy kept moving around. I think it was contagious, ’cause the next thing that happened was that you started to wriggle around. A lot. In fact if I didn’t know that your eyes were closed (and potentially not even working yet or really there) I would have said that you were trying to swing around to get a look at us. Oh my goodness – it looked funny and cute and crazy all at the same time. Very strange thing to be looking at a picture of inside your own body and see something parasitical-looking (yep, you truly look like you could just be an amoeba or something that got in my drinking water somehow then grew to giant proportions – again – don’t take it personally at the rate you’re growing you’ll look better in no time) move around of its own accord… I can’t feel you moving yet, I think that comes in at least a few more weeks, but possibly even more, but it was cool to see you. Your dad and I got really excited. Your heart is still beating away very quickly too.
but I think as you get a bit bigger its definitely going to become mighty squishy down in there for all my organs..
So, the pictures the doctor took of you – the first one is you in the middle with your head on the left hand side of the photo as you look at it.
Speck you are bigger!
Next is where he was trying to measure you. So the measurements are written on it:
33.7 mm long!
Apparently all else is going well, but I guess you can’t tell all that much at this stage. Apparently my uterus is just starting to pop out over my pubis, so that is the start of the belly that will develop.
Anyway, we’re both excited cause you look bigger, and were moving about a lot. And you’re now over 3cm big! So fast!
So, hope you continue to laugh down in there. Your dad blew you a rather large rasberry this morning. Did you feel it & have a chuckle?
love you
mum
you’re a week older now than this photo. its a bit blurry, but its you on the right, nestled up to your yolk sac on the left. Your heartbeat was fluttering around in the middle of you – made your dad very proud.
i suspect you’ve grown a lot this week. hope so!
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