Ethan @ 5 Weeks

Hello World! What an amazing few weeks it's been. I'm getting used to being a 'stay-at-home-Mum'. Heck, I'm getting used to being a Mum! My headspace has improved considerably. I think I just needed time and the TLC from my loved ones to help me to digest the craziness of giving birth and the madness that is parenthood!

Do you like Ethan's outfit? My Mum and his Aunties & Uncles thought it quite fitting as Ethan is a breastfed. Speaking of which, Ethan is doing very well. He's beginning to take greater interest in the world around him and I'm getting to know his personality with each new day. It turns out Ethan is a very vocal baby. And boy, I mean V.O.C.A.L! He isn't afraid to let me know when he needs me (we're talking loud demanding wails here) and as soon as he's picked up, takes keen interest in what's going on. It's not so much that he's clingy, more that Ethan doesn't like being left in the rocker, away from whatever we're up to.

Also his appetite for food is somewhat scary! The desperate and frantic "search-and-destroy" seeking of my boobs is still unnerving. I'm just relieved that teething isn't for at least another 3 months. At night, Craig and I are often woken by a lovely symphony of grunts, groans, whines & squeaks. At times, I'm not sure whether we're sleeping in the same room with a baby, chicken, dolphin or ogre. It certainly makes for interesting midnight entertaintment.

I'm still being woken up at least 2-3 times a night but oddly enough, my body has learnt to function on broken blocks of 3 hourly / 2 hourly blocks of sleep. Yes all you would-be parents out there - this is what awaits you! Despite the craziness of it all, there are still plenty of golden moments slipped in amidst the dirty nappies, baggy eyes & buckets of laundry. We're always having a laugh at Ethan's pitiful whines for attention or the strange faces he makes when milk refluxes. His interesting array of noises have a way of interjecting our subject of conversation, usually to humourous effect :D

And boy has he grown! I swear in the last week, his head somehow expanded in size and he's nearly filling out his bath. When we first put him in 5 weeks ago, he looked so lost in that tub of water. Now it won't be long before he takes up the whole length! Luckily for us, we've got plenty of clothes for the next stage. Double '00' - here we come! (For those of you not in the know, the '00' refers to baby clothing size. The fewer 0s there are, the bigger the size of baby clothes.)

Is it all worth it? Hell yes.

Lots of love,
Demi, Craig & Ethan.