First smile!

Ovya gave me her first smile today when I was playing with her! It was funny since she was squinting at me hard and then broke into a beaming, 'pokka vaayee' smile. I can't wait for Rajesh to see it and get his heart broken as well :). She has been trying to focus onto faces and objects for over a week now. She looks extremely serious when she does it, prompting a friend to call her an 'indigo baby'...

I had my ob-gyn appt last week on the 23rd and Ovya weighed in at 3.14 kgs that day. My doc was concerned and asked me to supplement with formula till she gains some weight. But we have decided not to and wait for another 15 days till her next vaccination and see how it goes, esp since Ovya's ped has not recommended this as yet. I have increased the feed duration and see a slight improvement already.

Her sleep is slightly better. Her naps in the morning are good, so long as there are no big noises and her food is well digested. We make sure we hold her upright for 1/2 hour after a feed to help with it. At night, she sleeps anywhere between midnight and 1am and wakes up only around 6.30am. The uninterrupted time really helps me recoup. Also I have moved her from the crib to the bassinet to reduce the reflux.

Some pics taken on Diwali:

Mixed bag

Parenting is all about unpredictability, I guess! Ovya has started to sleep through the night this week. All by herself, she has regulated to sleep from about 10pm to about 7am, waking up once early morning for a feed. We are just amazed that this has happened so quickly. I think for Kav, this happened after the 3rd month. So that's the good part...

To the down side. She is just not sleeping during the day. I mean, a baby is supposed to sleep close to 20 hours, right? She dozes off and on for some 20 mins through the day, prolly totalling 3-4 hours. She seems to be suffering from reflux and maybe that's what is waking her up from her naps. Her not sleeping during the day means me, not sleeping during the day, plus holding and craddling her a lot leaves me real tired at the end of the day. Today I have made her nap in her bassinet rather than the crib with her head well elevated to see if that helps.

Yesterday, Rajesh called out her name and she moved her head to the other side in the direction of the sound! He repeated it a couple more times with the same result. She does that when Kav talks to her as well. It is so funny that her eyes still can't focus right but she moves around as if to look anyways :)

Kav's school has re-started after the break today. He was excited to go and even had his breakfast with no fuss!

First doc visit

Ovya's first visit to the paediatrician was on Oct 1st. At 12 days, she weighed in at 2.65 kgs. She was losing her water weight. Dr Sharada gave her the all clear for jaundice and also gave her the BCG shot.

I enquired about Kav's long pending Hep A shots as well. She was ready to administer it and so was Kav! He kept asking for injection :). When she gave him the shot, it was an unbelievable moment for us. Kav did not even bat an eyelid! Even the doc was stunned. My son has such a high tolerance and he just went back to playing after it. He has grown up so much, and seems like a different boy since Ovya came along. He is just not bothering me, asking me for my time or attention, or being jealous of the new entrant to the family. Rajesh and I were so worried about his reaction esp since he has 2 weeks off for Navratri, but he has been so generous and mature about it. He is just playing with his cars or grandparents, and has been happy with whenever I can spend some time with him. Thanks a lot, my baby...