Being Mamma Bear

And it is the most adorable sound ever. Now the first time she laughed was when she was two days short of 14-weeks-old, but neither was I able to catch it on video nor did she do it again for quite some time after. Then, she had laughed at the ‘Bubble, bubble, bubble’ part of a rhyme in the video below (starts at 10m 20s)

She takes a while and it’s still not as quick as it should be, but she does it on her own at least once a day adn she’s even able to release her arms from under her body. She hasn’t rolled over in her sleep yet because she has yet to master doing that quickly and correctly while she’s awake, but even so, as a precaution, I put pillows on both sides when she’s alone on the bed and during the day, she’s on a foldable double mattress on the floor. 🙂

My husband was away this entire week and my sister was over to give me some company. On Friday, we ran out of milk and some other stuff, so my sister and I stepped out with her. I wore her in my Soul Meh Dai carrier and we got stuff done.

Buying vegetables while the baby sleeps comfortably in my Soul Slings‘ Meh Dai Carrier.

At our favourite local bakery buying their super delicious Lava Cake.

Now, I’ve stepped out with baby multiple times – mostly with my husband, but even alone. But this was a first for my sister. 🙂

Baby had three new people visit. The first was my friend, the Sister in What My Sister Wore (@whatmysisterwore) and new bride!!! 😍

 
She’s not holding a ‘Look who visited me today for the First Time’ card because this is not her first visit. It’s her third. Her first visit was just a few days after I’d come back home from the hospital, but the baby had just fallen asleep and she couldn’t wait until the baby woke up, so we couldn’t take a picture that day.

The second time she visited, it was late and again, the baby was cranky because it was way past her bedtime. Even though awake, she wouldn’t have let us take a picture, so we skipped it that day too. We then also met her at her Mehendi function , but didn’t take any pictures. I will share some when she shares them with me.

But this time she visited during the day and the baby was fed and awake, so she actually got to play with the baby! The baby also enjoyed her company cooed at her and was generally happy and merry! I’m so glad that they both got along 🙌🏼💗

My Aunt’s brother and his family were here from the US, so the second half of Sunday was spent with these fine people. Although, their son, Baby K, was a bit J with all the attention being given to the younger baby. Hence the not-so-smiley face in the picture.

Since Papa wasn’t around this week, we made sure we saw him on a video call almost every day. We only missed the days when he was working till late because baby had slept by then.

Natasha Maasi’s friend, Neelam visited us on Tuesday.

The afternoon started with an already cranky baby who hadn’t napped well and had to be worn to calm down. But it only got better after that.

I’m wearing the baby in an Anmol Baby Carriers‘ Hybrid Wrap.

She was nice enough to get these amazing goey chocolate pastries from Baker’s Treat that more than satiated my chocolate craving for the day so much that I ate cake while I wore the baby because the cake was calling out to me and as it is with all baby carriers, she was fast asleep within minutes of being worn. There was no way I was going to wait for her to wake up. 😝

The afternoon also involved a lot of chit-chat and this was baby’s first ‘Girl Talk’ session, so yay for that as well. 🙌

And before we knew it, it was over four hours and time to say goodbye. But we hope to see her soon.

The colour coordination is totally unplanned!!

As much as I was expecting her to flap her arms and legs at seeing Papa after a whole week, all I got was a curiously piercing stare. I’m sure even my husband wasn’t expecting a reaction from her and was pretty happy with what he got. Here’s the two of them, meeting after a week.

Additions to the Bedtime Routine

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