AngelBaby

Despite a rough start, this little girl is our angel baby. She is so sweet and such a calm, happy baby. She loves to be cuddled and watch her sisters play or babble to the ceiling fan. She hardly ever cries and is usually pretty easy to comfort on the rare occasion she does get upset. In fact, her first truly fussy fit was only a few days ago and it caught us completely by surprise because it was so out of character for her. We suspected an upset stomach or perhaps she’s entering the “stranger danger” phase of being upset if it’s not me or daddy holding her. But even with that, her fussy moments are pretty short lived and then she's content once again. She’s generally happy and I love to cuddle her and absorb her baby perfection.

Her bright, beautiful eyes are so angelic and precious and I love the way she smiles so big and so easily. Once I engage her attention and get her to focus on me, it’s easy to make her smile and she just beams. She’s even started sleeping through the night (8 hours for the past three nights) and she sleeps much deeper than either of her sisters did. I’m so grateful for that because she can sleep through most of her sisters’ playing and squealing as well as the normal household noises. It’s such a nice and welcome change from Butterfly who because of her stomach problems was a fussy and difficult baby (she cried for the first six months straight) or Ladybug, who was a really good baby until we put her in a car seat and then she screamed the entire time.

AngelBaby grows more charming every day, spending more time awake and becoming more talkative. She calls to us to come hold her, coos happily in response to our animated interactions and even hums when she’s nursing, much like her older sister (in fact, Ladybug STILL hum/sings when she eats). She’s even come into a fairly predictable routine, eating at regular intervals and taking fairly consistent naps, letting me better predict a schedule for us. She’s such a good baby and growing so fast. I want to hold her and squeeze her and slow time down so I can enjoy and absorb every moment of this wonderful stage, fearful that someday she will turn on me and turn into another toddler monster.