Everyone always asks me what surprised me most about parenthood. Truth - how easy I find it to be. During my pregnancy, everyone warned me - you better sleep now! You're on bedrest - enjoy it while it lasts. Alexa is such a calm, complacent baby. Sure, we had 2 weeks of horrendous gas that led to many a sleepless night, but overall, my baby has slept threw the night since we bought her home from the hospital. 2 weeks old - and I was waking HER up to eat in the middle of the night. Many nights, our round the clock feedings weren't a big hit. Plain and simple - Alexa wanted to sleep. By the time she was a month old, the Doctors told me she was gaining weight appropriately, and to stop wasting my time and hers with the night feeds. And once we found the proper formula for her - it was a breeze. Turns out her colicky days were the result of milk sensitivity, poor thing. Soy formula and Mylicon - gifts sent directly from heaven, I assure you. From day one, my child has been a breeze. I do fear sometimes that I'm going to wake up one day to a toddling angry little girl who does nothing but throw tantrums round the clock, but you gotta take the good with the bad.
Alexa gained weight slowly but surely. Every time we go out, everyone comments on how beautiful she is. I, of course, am biased and think she is utterly gorgeous. She has the most amazing blue eyes tho - seriously - see for yourself.
Told you so. Anyway, the point I'm working towards here, is that many people comment on how beautiful she is, and then ask her age. She's 8 months is my current answer, without getting into her adjusted age (6 months). I cannot tell you the number of people who then turn and say, ' She is so SMALL for her age! What's wrong with her!?' Well, nothing is wrong with her, you fuck, mind your business. Oh how I'd love to utter that at least once. Truth is people are amazed at how petite she is, and many people ask a lot more questions after finding out she's a preemie. I don't mind answering, but its also not something I care to rehash repeatedly. She will be 9 months old next week and she weighs maybe close to 14 pounds. She's very small for her age. But she's also right on target for milestones, and is really alot easier to carry around than your average 9 month old.
I find parenthood, at least with my daughter, to be very very easy. She isn't the type to scream all hours, not sleep - hell, she sleeps 12+ hours a night. I know many women are out there wanting to put me in a choke hold for that, and I am sorry. She eats with a verocity I never thought she would have. She smiles, laughs, and is now learning how to sit up unassisted. She rolls around like its her job, and is now exploring EVERYTHING. Next up is operation baby proof your house. I still have her sleeping on the highest level her crib is set for. Alexa is quite possibly the smallest 8 month old I've ever seen. You know the cliche - Good things come in small packages. Its the truth.
She has made the past 8.3months a breeze and a joy, and I can only hope that the next 17 years go as smoothly as the first has gone so far.
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