The Morris Family

Our family :-)

First visit to the clinic

Erin had her first visit to the clinic today. It has been one month since she was born and has already put on 1.165kg. She weighs 5.345kgs, is 57cm in length and has a head circumference of 38.2cm's.

1, 2, 3

Erin is growing really quickly now. By 3 weeks old she changed from a no. 1 to a no. 2 nappy and now at 5 weeks old she is on a no. 3 (4-9kgs) nappy. We went to the clinic for her first check up and she now weighs 5.345kg's, is 57cm's in length and has a head circumference of 38.2cm's. She has picked up 1.165kg's in one month. She is sleeping well at night (4 to 5 hours before the next feed at night) and during the day (3 to 4 hours before the next feed). The number of times she is awake during the day is increasing and this makes an enjoyable social time for whoever is holding her. She has started smiling too. She is so beautiful to look at but then again I am a biased mommy! Owen continues to love and kiss and prod his sister and is very concerned when she is crying. Erin is not a huge fan of her dummy and needs it for wind-down or a grip. She prefers to sleep without it. Fine by me.

Erin has outgrown her pram cot which was small and dark for the first weeks and has moved to a bigger bed that is next to our bed. She has her little musical dragon to keep her company at wind-down. Grizzle hour is from 6pm-10pm which is not pleasant. The daddy has offered to take this duty over from the granny and I am not saying no! There is no crying involved but wriggling and furiously sucking her dummy and wanting to be held a lot.

Our family is now complete. I had to take a picture of each members shoes as it was so cute adding Erins pink pair to the line.

While the granny has been staying here it has been pancake day every Saturday.

Erin gets all the love

Erin is a super loved baby. Each week granny Lynne in Eshowe gets a skype webcam call to updated on the progress of Erin. She oohh's and aahh's at her. I am so pleased to be able to share some of the happy moments with her when she is so far away. Granny Lynne gave Erin the pink pig too. We will be visiting granny Lynne in August in South Africa. Erin will be 4.5 months old then. The perfect age for smiles and gurgles. Granny Lynese was once again imported for 5 weeks to be on granny duty. We really appreciate having a capable granny so close to us. Erin gets lots of loves from granny Lynese, who is happy to do the jobs that Brendon & I find less attractive. Erin received cards, emails & gifts from around the world with well wishes and welcoming messages.

Erin at 2 weeks

Erin eats well, sleeps well & poo's well! She is very quite but lets us know when she is not comfortable. Bath times are great when she is in the bath. It's just getting naked before the bath and getting out the bath that is a bit of a noisy affair. She is not too keen on her dummy as it is not the real thing. Breastfeeding continues to go well and I predict in no time we will have another plump little cherub living in our house. The pink pig is resident in her cot in her room and piglet keeps her company in her "wieg". Piglet has gone AWOL a number of times but that is because big brother Owen decides piglet needs to live amongst his toys. Owen loves his sister and after the 2 weeks of ignoring all except daddy, granny and the maternity nurse insists on holding his little sister and smothering her with kisses and cuddles. Mommy is slowly becoming a hit with him again too.

More Visitors

And they keep coming with gifts in hand.

Erin Gets Visitors

Thankfully a week has gone by before the phonecalls started with people wanting to come by to meet Erin. Before this I was quite happy reclining on my bed and being waited on hand and foot by the maternity nurse. Erin (and Owen) got gifts and in return the guests got tea and pink & white muisjes (aniseed balls) on a sort of crisp biscuit. Owen was over the moon about all the visitors and made sure that he got to sit in the middle of them and eat his muisjes.