Last check, our sweet wee one turned out to be not so wee anymore. In less than two months, she had put on over 3 lbs on breastmilk alone. She has also grown a couple inches. She is LONG, like her daddy. She's gonna be way taller than me one day. I'm going to have to wear heels more often to make my authority role remain credible.
Bryony is looking less and less like a baby everyday (although most people didn't think she looked much like a baby when she came out). Her black hair has given way to dark-chocolately-brown-with-reddish-highlights, and is growing, growing, growing. I can almost give her a ponytail, it's so long. She has just learned to grasp big chunks of her hair (or mine if I'm close enough) and PULL...and she pulls pretty darn hard, especially if she's angry.
Her every-3-hours nursing schedule has made way for every 1 1/2 hours. Since she eats for approximately 30 minutes at a time, this means that by the time she's done eating, and I've got her all burpsed and cleaned up, I've only got about 1/2 hour to relax (or get a chore done if she's sleeping) until she's crying for more milk. My midwife said that a) Bryony is going through a growth spurt, so she's requiring more sustenance, and b) her body is increasing MY milk supply to insure that I'll make enough milk to feed her as she gets bigger. I enjoy breastfeeding, as weird as that sounds. It's fascinating to see how much milk I produce (sometimes I pump just to see how many bottles I can fill up!) and I love that my body not only made this little baby, but now feeds her. It's wild.
Most people (including my entire family) say she looks just like Adam. Often people say she has my lips. I don't see either of us in her. I still see glimpses of my brother and mother in her. Seeing previous generations in the current one sort of makes me feel sad and nostalgic...I really do hope she grows up knowing her relatives.
So far, Bryony has attended her first minor league baseball game...which she slept through...and her first feature film...which (luckily!) she slept through. So Adam and I got to see the newest "Harry Potter" film (all 2 1/2 hours of it) and she waited till the closing credits to wake up. It was lovely!
Below are some of the more recent pix of our little lady. Enjoy....hmmmmm...I hear the beast awakening now...I'd better go!
What's up with all the kisses????
A sweet, quiet moment...
Daddy reading to Bryony and Kika, both of whom seem more interested in what Mum is doing with the camera!
Mum and her baby girl
Bryony hard at work, getting her next meal
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