Big Sleeper

Maddie had another 12 hour sleep last night, for the past two weeks she has been sleeping through the night most nights and if she does wake its normally 5.30 or 6am which is great. She is having a morning nap now and I haven 't heard a pep out of her which is amazing because Kev is drilling and sawing and making all sorts of noise right outside her door.

Shes back sleeping in her basket after I discovered her horizontal in her cot with her head up against the side twice. My auntie in NZ is going to make her a safety harness thing to sleep in which will be good.

Below is Maddie's "bottom lip" this tells us she's not happy and there will normally be tears to follow. Kev just laughs when she does it, such a mean Dad!!!

Having a cheeky sleep in Mum & Dad's bed

Hello Teddy

Thanks Nanny and Grandad for my Teddy

Waking up after her first sleep in the big cot

10 pounds now

Maddie is 7 weeks old tomorrow and she now weighs over 10 pounds and has grown 4cm in length since her birth.
Another big development is that she has slept through the night the past three nights, not just for 6 hours or so, but almost 12 hours, she has gone to bed at 7.30pm and has woken up at 7am. Shes a little star, great for me as a full nights sleep is definitely a bonus, except the past three nights I have been waking up to check on her because I can't believe she hasn't woken.
We went to Bumps and Babes today, just two other boys, apparently in our area twice as many boys have been born this year as girls. Thats good news for Maddie when she gets older, maybe we shouldn't tell her Dad that though! The coffee morning was actually in a house within a school, the womans husband is a teacher at this private school, which is huge, its a posh boarding school which lots of Prime Ministers have been too supposedly, it even has a mini St Paul's dome thing. Maddie slept though the whole thing practically and then had lots and lots of wind at the end which really impressed them!!!

All ready for the car

I call this the bunny rabbit pose.

What you lookin at!!

Mummy's little girl

Maddie's Favourite Things

It's hard to believe but Maddie will be 6 weeks old in two days time, its gone so quickly. She seems to be changing everyday, and demanding a lot more of my time as well. A few weeks ago all she did was sleep and feed, but now she needs a lot more awake time and that means looking at things, she loves lying under her play gym and looking into peoples faces. But most of all she loves having a bath, now instead of crying when we put her in she cries when we take her out!! Also she loves getting naked on her changing mat and looking at Panda and Giraffe on the wall and her little friends Peter Rabbit, Mr Duck and Shakin Creature from cousin Harriet.

5 Weeks Old

Lots of smiles from the cheeky little girl

Weekend Away

We took Maddie up North to meet Kev's family, she was really good and we managed to make both trips there and back without stopping to feed her. But we realized she is a speed freak and would only start crying when we slowed down or stopped.
She slept through the night too on the Wednesday before we went away, she hasn't done it since but I think we are getting there with most of her night time feeds around 4-5am.
She was weighed by the health visitor last week and now weighs 9 lbs 4 ozs, she is developing very chubby cheeks!!











Maddie with her cousin Matthew Maddie with her cousin Olivia

She also discovered the joys of a big bath at Grandma and Grandads

Maddie with cousins Matt, Livi, and Harriet.

Smiley Maddie

In the past week Maddie has started smiling, but I haven't managed to get a decent photo yet of her doing it. She hasn't been a very happy bunny at feeding time though, she definitely noticed a difference with the antibiotics and let us all know about it with a few screaming fits. We visited our friends who had a little boy last tuesday who weighed 8 pounds exactly too, he looked so small compared to Maddie who I'm sure must be over 9 pounds now.

She loves cuddling her Dad.





Poking her tongue out is something she likes doing alot.

Healthy Girl

The midwife came again today, she wanted to see Maddie again after her cord had come off. (which was quite stubborn and took two weeks to come off) She also weighed Maddie and she has put on 7 oz since last Wednesday, so she now weighs 8 lb 14 oz, 4kg. A very healthy weight gain at this stage, she is feeding and sleeping really well only waking once in the night, last night she managed to sleep from 11.30pm through to 5.00am. I've developed an infection though so I have to take some antibiotics which will affect my milk slightly so hopefully Maddie won't be too bothered by it, apparently some babies can notice the difference in the milk and are a bit reluctant to feed but it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

Sleeping Maddie

ahh so peaceful

but not for long

Just the Girls

Kev has been back at work for three days now, things are going well, Maddie is very settled and we are getting into a routine. The past four nights or so she has only woken once in the night and she has had her feed and gone straight back down again.
The health visitor came today and Maddie has gained 5 oz since Sunday, she now weighs 8lb 7oz. She still has her cord, its just hanging there, the health visitor tried twisting a bit to get it off but that didn't work, she thinks maybe another day or so.

A few walks and First Outing

We registered Madeleine’s birth on Friday, and then went supermarket shopping, she slept the whole way through, she loves the baby carrier, and she has also been for a few walks to the river as well.

The midwife came today and she has regained her birth weight and a bit more, she now weighs 8lb 2oz, she thinks she is a very long baby. So maybe that means she won’t be a shorty like her mum

She has found her fingers and loves sucking them.

1 Week Old

Little Maddie is one week old today.


She was a bit unsettled early this morning, possibly becaus she overdosed at feeding time. She suddenly increased her feeding time by about ten minutes on each feed yesterday and I don't think her little tummy was used to it. Kev did a good job in calming her down while I caught up on my sleep.

Maddie (yes we keep on changing out minds about how we should spell it, I guess it doesn't really matter that much as its not her proper name) went for a walk today, we only walked to the shop, Kev had her in the baby carrier and she slept the whole way. It was nice for me to get outside again after being inside for a whole week, although I'm walking like a "Scouser" according to Kev.

Snow

It snowed over night, its the first time that it has snowed since we have been at our new house, this is the view from our bathroom window and a few photos Kev took when he went for a run this morning

A Well Deserved Nap

First Plaster

Madeleine had her heel prick test today, she was also weighed and has only lost 2 oz since birth which is really good.
She is becoming much more settled and sleeping and feeding for a lot longer. Shes still not happy with nappy changes though.