Emmett: Almost 4 months old, and almost 18 pounds (just over 8kgs). Has had his first Thanksgiving, and is meeting his Grandparents for the first time on Wednesday. We’re all very excited!!
Some photos from Thanksgiving:
Emmett with his cousin Ben
Emmett with his Ouma
And some videos, of course!!!!
You don’t need to be able to see this last one, just hear it!! :)
Now we just have to wait for Wednesday to pick up the Grandparents from the airport!!!
Let me just say that being a stay-at-home mum is wonderful. Firstly, for the obvious reason of being able to look after my baby all day. Secondly, being able to do all the housework during the week and save weekends to play with baby and husband. Laundry, grocery shopping, cooking, visits to the bank and post office (or any place only open during the week), etc. are all so much easier to do when you have all day to do them. Now I’m back to doing all my housework on the weekends (like everyone else). I know this is what I had to do before, but it really is quite different having to work, find time to do all the regular stuff, and have a baby! I think there will be a few frozen pizzas in our future – at least until we get used to the new routine! I know it’s obvious, but I definitely prefer to be a full time mum.
So now I am about to start my 3rd week back at work. My hours are back to 8:30am – 5:30pm, but that means I leave at 8:00am and get back at 6:00pm. The days seem quite long – getting up during the night for baby, feeding baby in the morning, getting myself and pumping supplies ready for work, working with 16 2-year olds all day, coming home, spending 2 hours with my baby, putting him to bed and then “relaxing” and then getting ready for the next day again! Thankfully we had Kay stay with us these first 2 weeks and she was a huge help! Emmett was taken care of during the day and dinner was ready for us when I got home! From now until my parents get here on the 9th of December, my friend is taking care of Emmett during the day. So tomorrow we start a whole new routine and I hope Emmett adjusts to it OK.
Work is not too bad. This time I knew what to expect so it hasn’t been as tough as when I first started – plus I’m not 9 months pregnant in 100F/40C degree heat!! I have had some issues with my break schedule but I think we may have worked it out – or I am just going to do the best with what they’re giving me.
Emmett is almost 3 months and is doing great. He loves his Ouma and he can’t wait to meet his Aussie Grandma and Grandad in December. He hates the wind (which has really been picking up lately), he loves bath time, he loves to sleep in his big boy cot/crib, he loves to wiggle like crazy, he loves to smile and make adorable noises, he loves sitting or standing so he can look around – he doesn’t like to miss things, and he still loves his octopus.
Here is Emmett in his carrier at 2 days old and at 12 weeks!!
2.5 weeks and 12 weeks
In 5 days I’m going to be the mother of a 3 month old!!!!
Yep! Another video. I can’t help but take photos and record videos of my little man, and if I’ve got him on camera, I may as well share right?! Right.
This first video shows how much fun Emmett has on his Ocean Activity Mat! He was so wiggly that I just had to get some video of him! He LOVES to stare into the eyes of the octopus and he loves to kick – and when positioned like this, he can kick the activity mat to make all the toys wiggle and change the music!
In the last couple of weeks, Emmett has successfully sucked his thumb 3 times (that we’ve seen)! Here he is attempting number 4 – with a little help from Mum.
He’s really quite cute!! Obviously, when he can’t get just the thumb, the whole fist goes in and the whole thing becomes one big slobbery mess!
Happy 2 months, baby Emmett!
At 2 months, Emmett loves to hold his head up like a champ, kick like crazy, talk up a storm, smile like he knows he’s loved, blow bubbles with the best of them, stare like he’s never seen something so interesting, and fart like he’s one of the boys!
Seriously, his smiles are so cute and make me smile and laugh every time, and our conversations are the best – he has such a sweet little voice and talks so much! He is getting pretty good at telling the difference between day and night and is sleeping really well, and he is obviously eating just fine and now goes about 3-4 hours between feedings.
As of the 7th of October (8 weeks), Emmett weighs 14.4 lbs / 6.5 kgs, and when we last tried to measure him on the 15th September, he was 62.2cms / 24.5in. His next doctor’s appointment is on the 19th of October.
He is growing so quickly!! Here are some photos to see how far he’s come:
At 2 days….and at 7 weeks
At 4 days….and at 5 weeks
3 days….6 weeks
These next lot of photos date from the 30th August to the 11th of October…
4 weeks
5 weeks
6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
The time has almost come for me to go back to work – I only have 2 weeks left at home with my baby. We have decided that Emmett will not be coming with me to work for now, and Kay – Emmett’s Ouma – will be taking care of him until I can work out being home with him myself. In preparation for my return to work, we have been replacing one of Emmett’s regular feedings each day with a bottle feeding, which Chris gets to give to him, and I have been trying to store up some extra breast milk. Thankfully, Emmett has no problems drinking from his bottle, so hopefully feedings won’t be too hard for him during the day with me not there.
I am so thankful that Kay is able to help us out for a bit – since I really didn’t want Emmett to have to go to daycare so young. Obviously, I would stay home with him myself if I could – but that can’t happen until I find different employment (somehow working from home!!) or we get green cards.
Anyway, I’ll go back to work for now, Emmett will stay as cute as ever and probably get even cuter, my parents will come to visit us in December (Emmett is their 6th grandchild, with their 7th arriving while they’re over here in December), and we’ll continue to try to figure things out!! And I think that’s about all for now!
And, as I said before, happy 2 months Emmett! It has been absolutely wonderful! You are such a beautiful boy, and we love you so much. xx
