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Baby Journal: 10 Weeks Old


Dear Lorelai, 

Today you are 10 weeks old little one. You amaze me every single day. I've been back at work for 2 weeks now, and you're still not entirely adjusted in your sleep schedule but you're doing awesome. Your dad sends me photos multiple times a day, so it makes being away from you so much easier. 

You still absolutely love to stretch out, especially on your changing table where you can both look out the window and be closer to our faces. You smile and talk to us the most when you are there. 

This week especially you are eating like a champ. You are right on target for height and weight, and you have a large head...which really just means you're smarter than all those other small headed babies. 


You love walks. On our last walk you were in the carrier and you stared up at the sky the whole time and loved it. I think you enjoy the brisk air, so I'll be curious if you still love them in summer. 

You're getting to be such a big girl, it happened so gradually it was hard to tell you had even changed. When we look back at your newborn photos you're so tiny and yet it's still just the same Lorelai we fell in love with at the hospital. 

You still have an extra sensitive tummy, so that means yours truly is prohibited from anything with dairy and soy....and we bounce you a lot on the exercise ball to help calm you. You also still struggle with your baby acne, but as that goes down your eczema has flared up. That is all from me...sorry. 

My favorite part about you is your eyes, they have a true sparkle in them. I can already tell you're going to be such a happy, fun loving little girl. I also love your little fingers that are learning to grasp and make fists. You love your fists right now and have started using them to do things like shove a pacifier back into your mouth. You still don't really take a pacifier much, and you stopped being a thumb sucker early on. 


We are truly crazy about you. Even though your dad is lucky enough to spend all day with you now that I'm back to work, We have the best time together when I'm home (except for those middle of the night feedings...I'd be okay if you wanted to start sleeping through the night now). 

You don't love tummy time, but you put up with it well. You hold your head and still like to "stand" sometimes one our laps. You are just beautiful and we couldn't be more proud of you. 
 






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