We can’t believe Miss Milly is already one month old – where have the last four weeks gone? We couldn’t be happier with our little family and feel like the luckiest parents in the world for having two beautiful children.
Milly is quite a different looking baby to Henry. She was born with dark hair, which is slowly falling out on the crown of her head, giving her a hairstyle likened to a monk. She also currently has blue eyes. She is feeding well, and sleeping well between feeds. In the first few weeks she suffered from colic/wind. The Early Childhood Nurse who visited us for our first week check up suggested I remove spicy foods and/or caffeine from my diet to see if that made a difference. I told her I didn’t drink coffee or tea so caffeine probably wasn’t the problem. The nurse replied that chocolate has caffeine in it. Naturally I tried giving up spicy foods first, as I wasn’t ready to give up my daily hot chocolate or other indulgences. But alas, it has been proven since giving up chocolate Milly’s colic discomfort has all but disappeared. When she is older, I’ll be reminding her of this sacrifice.
Henry is pretty indifferent to Milly’s presence. He acknowledges her at bedtime when he goes through his ritual of giving everyone a kiss goodnight, and occasionally he likes to touch her or pat her, or watch me give her a bath. Other than that he is just going about his daily business and isn’t showing much in the way of jealous behaviour. He doesn't wake from her cries and she doesn't wake from his squeals.
As for me and Michael, we don’t feel too sleep deprived. I express milk for Michael to feed Milly in the evening, so I can go to bed early and get some sleep. Although now we have two kids to look after and it can be exhausting, overall it feels easier because we aren’t the nervous new parents we were two years ago.
