Sunday 15/11/15
On Friday Ava turned one month old! I just can't believe how quickly these past few weeks have whizzed by, but at the same time I feel as though she has always been here in my arms! Her little personality is beginning to shine through now which makes every day more enjoyable and I just love figuring out all of her little quirks!
At birth Ava weighed 9lbs 3oz, which had dropped to 8lb 14oz by day three and back up to 9lb 1oz by day six. She was last weighed at three weeks old and was 9lb 10oz so is gaining well. Unfortunately breast feeding didn't work out for us, and we started bottle-feeding on day 3. We're using Aptamil first stage, and luckily haven't had any problems so far. When we got home she was taking roughly 2oz every 2hrs and now takes 3-4oz every 3hrs.
Ava is uncurling herself now and it's obvious she's going to be tall like her daddy! She is still in her newborn and up to one month clothes but her little leggings are beginning to ride up her legs! She is also still using first size nappies.
The first thing everyone comments on is her hair! She was born with lots of dark hair, and seems to have held on to the majority of it. At the moment it is straight, which I hope continues as I remember how unruly my hair was as a child! Her eyes were dark blue to begin with, but have now started to get a bit lighter and she also has her Daddy's dimple chin which I could just nibble on all day! (Ava's not Daddy's!)
Ava is starting to find her voice, and giving us little coos and gurgles. She started smiling at exactly three weeks (06/11/15), which is just the most wonderful sight to see! She always gives me a huge smile when she wakes up in the morning, which makes it so much easier to get up! She absolutely detests her playmat but will quite happily just lie on her changing mat on the floor for ages instead and is beginning to become a little telly-bug... oh oh!
Sleep-wise she does really well at night and only really gets up once at around 3am (after going down at about 11pm). We're really lucky in that she will just take her bottle and go right back off to sleep and we can put her straight down. Through the day she's not so good though, and will only sleep if she's in someone's arms. At the moment she isn't fussy whose arms they are so at least I can pass her over and get some things done!
She has just slotted perfectly into our lives, and we can't remember what we used to do without her!
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