R.C. Anderson
Poppy MacSmiley
July 30th 2007 13:11
Little Miss Mac is now two months old … can you believe it? Two months already. Time has flown.
No longer is my littlest daughter a wrinkly little newborn, or even a not-so-wrinkly not-so-newborn. My littlest daughter is a strong-willed, persistent baby; ego driven, selfish and (quite often) a little bit stinky.
And I love her.
Did I mention that she’s started to smile? I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time she smiled at me. The first time I saw that beautiful gummy grin … tentative at first and then …
…wow …
… a full blown, sunny smile that lit up her whole face and brought tears of love to my eyes.
The bugs love to talk to her and laugh with her, just to make her smile. My biggest daughter makes a point of telling me every time her sister smiles at her … as you can imagine, I hear her telling me that “Mac smiled” again and again and again.
Two months old. If she’s not smiling she does tend to be crying. It’s known as colic and is distinguished from other bouts of crying (for example hungry crying, dirty nappy crying, “OW that hurt” crying etc) by the fact that nothing we, as parents, do can satisfy her. She just keeps crying.
It generally comes on during the afternoon or evening. She’s fed, clean and burped, happily sleepy and ready to settle for the evening then, all of a sudden …
… “WA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAA”.
Ten minutes later …
… “WA WA WAAAA WA WA WAAAAAAAA”.
One hour later …
… WA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAA …”
… and so on.
Until, finally, she either cries herself to sleep, settles enough to be rocked to sleep or settles enough to have a feed, which tends to stop the crying in its tracks.
Colic’s a tough one for parents to deal with. You so want to be there for your child, she’s so young, so trusting, so little, but nothing you do helps. It almost seems like everything you try will make her feel even worse.
It’s frustrating and you feel guilty for letting her cry, and it’s noisy. Oh so noisy.
Then, suddenly, it’s over. She sleeps, and when she wakes there’s that beautiful smile once again and all is forgotten.
This behaviour is pretty typical of a baby less than around four months old. It does stop … eventually … but is very difficult to cope with at the time.
But the smiles … well, you just want those to continue for the rest of your life.
Mackensie, wondering what on earth her brother is doing
No longer is my littlest daughter a wrinkly little newborn, or even a not-so-wrinkly not-so-newborn. My littlest daughter is a strong-willed, persistent baby; ego driven, selfish and (quite often) a little bit stinky.
And I love her.
Did I mention that she’s started to smile? I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first time she smiled at me. The first time I saw that beautiful gummy grin … tentative at first and then …
…wow …
… a full blown, sunny smile that lit up her whole face and brought tears of love to my eyes.
The bugs love to talk to her and laugh with her, just to make her smile. My biggest daughter makes a point of telling me every time her sister smiles at her … as you can imagine, I hear her telling me that “Mac smiled” again and again and again.
Two months old. If she’s not smiling she does tend to be crying. It’s known as colic and is distinguished from other bouts of crying (for example hungry crying, dirty nappy crying, “OW that hurt” crying etc) by the fact that nothing we, as parents, do can satisfy her. She just keeps crying.
It generally comes on during the afternoon or evening. She’s fed, clean and burped, happily sleepy and ready to settle for the evening then, all of a sudden …
… “WA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAA”.
Ten minutes later …
… “WA WA WAAAA WA WA WAAAAAAAA”.
One hour later …
… WA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAA WA WA WA WA WAAAAAAAAA …”
… and so on.
Until, finally, she either cries herself to sleep, settles enough to be rocked to sleep or settles enough to have a feed, which tends to stop the crying in its tracks.
Colic’s a tough one for parents to deal with. You so want to be there for your child, she’s so young, so trusting, so little, but nothing you do helps. It almost seems like everything you try will make her feel even worse.
It’s frustrating and you feel guilty for letting her cry, and it’s noisy. Oh so noisy.
Then, suddenly, it’s over. She sleeps, and when she wakes there’s that beautiful smile once again and all is forgotten.
This behaviour is pretty typical of a baby less than around four months old. It does stop … eventually … but is very difficult to cope with at the time.
But the smiles … well, you just want those to continue for the rest of your life.
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Comment by David
I'd be going, "Cry as much as you like, but just stop looking at me like that.'
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
haha
You've got a good point there.
A xx
Comment by Sarah White
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One Too Many Chocolate Bars
I bet those gorgeous smiles make it a little easier to deal with the colic. And don't mention colic to me, it's awful! Callum had it from pretty much day one and it lasted until well after four months, was awful. I remember late at night being out in our courtyard pushing him around in his pram to try and sooth him or rocking him back and forth for ages in his car seat. We did find somehow that the rocking along to music worked best.
I hope little Mac gets over her colic soon.
And two months? Where the heck has that gone?!!?
Take Care.
Sarah. xxx
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
I find that rocking works well too, backwards and forwards in her stroller. She responds quite well to a bounce in her bouncer too.
Thankfully Mac tends to settle before I'm ready to go to bed so that makes it a bit more bearable.
I know ... two months; it's just flown by.
Catch you soon Sarah
A. xx
Comment by DuskDevi
Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
Oh God...she's just...just so....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
And I love her arched eyebrow!!
Yes, it's very much...
"Excuse me? Are you talking to ME????
Mac may only be 2 months new...but those are old soul eyes...
Give her lots of kisses and cuddles for me Cara (I'm sure that won't be hard!)....
Dusk
Comment by DuskDevi
Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
"Image by Me" Perfect.
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
You're right, she has a very expressive face and eyes, particularly for a young baby. I must admit, this isn't a very flattering picture of her but it made me laugh when I saw it.
I learnt to write good photo descriptions from one of the best ... a
LarkhamDan Carterrugby loving woman, no less!!!Hope your week is going well.
Cara. xx
Comment by Candice
She just gets more beautiful with each pic you post - no wonder you're such a proud mamma.
Ugh, colic. My daughter was very colicky and I know how awful it is to see your little darling scream her lungs out (have you tried Brauer colic relief - it's a homeopathic and works for some babies and helped us a little.) Well, I hope it passes soon for both of you!
Comment by Portsmouth
Not to worry, the colic soon passes. What on earth was her brother doing to inspire such an expression on Poppy Mac's little face?
Love as always from Pompey xxx
Comment by Ash
Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
Thanks. She is beautiful, this picture doesn't really do her justice.
Colic is a frustrating time but thankfully it's really not as bad as it could be. Hopefully it won't get any worse!
A. xx
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
You really don't want to know!!
A xxxx
Comment by Andrea
V8 Supercar Pitstop
Yes; cute and gorgeous!!! What more could I ask for?!?
A.xx