Thursday, November 4, 2010

8 weeks

8 weeks was Rachael's next major milestone- SLEEP

At 8 weeks, Rachael first slept 7 hours straight at nighttime.
Mummy slept right through this momentous event (yay!), while daddy woke up to make sure she was still breathing (awww).
I wish I could say she repeats this feat every night, but she is getting there little bits at a time. In total, she nows often gets 10 hours sleep over the night, with the one single feed, usually at 5am.
A full nights sleep is great to finally regain

6 weeks

Six weeks in the outside world was a big week for Rachael

Up until 6 weeks, Rachael had been feeding every three hours, like absolute clockwork. Week 6 however, Rachael decided it was time to give up this tiring game for her parents, and push the first night sleep out to 5 hours. This decision meant that mummy managed to get a whole 3 hours sleep at once- a big improvement over the 1-1.5 hours as had been the norm. I have never been so excited to have 5 hours total sleep in a night, even though it was interrupted by a feeding session

In the same week, Rachael started to give large, whole mouth smiles for the first time. Previously, it had only been side of the mouth, wind-induced smiling. Unfortunatly, even in the weeks since, I have been unable to capture any on camera. There is no way you could not fall in love with her once you have been subjected to one of these adorable smiles. So far she has captured her parents, two grandparents and her Aunty Tori

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Growing bigger every day

Rachael started off a little small at 6 pound 13, but is doing her best to catch up.
At two weeks, Rachael had gained 2.5 cm in length and 526gm in weight
At four weeks, Rachael has gained an additional 2.5 cm in length and 572gm in weight
So after one month, she is 5cm longer and 35% heavier than when she was born. Clothes that seemed huge at first are now too small for her to fit.
At this rate my little girl will be all grown up before I know it

First month in pictures

Some of my favourite pictures of Rachael's first month on the outside






Arrival

Rachael Ava Wiseman came into the world at 9:16pm, 1st September 2010. 6 lb 13 oz.



Tuesday, October 5, 2010

First glimpse

I guess the best place to start is the begining.
These were our first glimpses of our baby, not that they look anything like her


Nine weeks

13 weeks