The similarities and differences between newborn Aidan and Emma are kind of interesting. At least to us.
Emma looks quite a bit like Patrick, but she definitely has my mouth. She also seems to have inherited Uncle Andy's bottomless pit. At the rate she's going her first food is going to be a pot of macaroni and cheese instead of rice cereal. She's a bit more patient about eating than Aidan was at this age. He would let loose his brain piercing pterodactyl cry that was sure to wake up the whole building. Emma will snort in the most unladylike manner for about two minutes before crying. Her cries aren't nearly as horrible as Aidan's were. Unfortunately she also a noisy sleeper. She grunts, whines, and gets squeaky hiccups. After the second night she was home, Patrick commented that he'd forgotten how many noises a baby can make that you don't have to jump up for. She also seems to like baths, Aidan hated them at this age. I think he was about two months old before he started to enjoy them. Emma is happy until you dry her off and she starts to get cold.
Aidan is warming up to her. He likes to stick his head in the moses basket so that his hair gets in her face. Our guess is he feels like she's petting him when she starts flailing around. He's gentle with her, but then gets really excited and starts to tickle her head - Emma doesn't like that. Aidan seems to like holding her and has tried to take her from Patrick a few times. If she fusses and we aren't in the immediate vicinity he'll drag us to her. This is quite difficult when one is in the bathroom.
She is also awake a lot more than Aidan was at this age. He would sleep for four hours, wake up for food and a diaper change, and then promptly fall back asleep. I remember being a bit disappointed about this. Emma, on the other hand, has one hour bouts of wakefulness in wich she must be held. Normally this is awesome, less so when she's awake at 2:00 a.m.
Emma looks quite a bit like Patrick, but she definitely has my mouth. She also seems to have inherited Uncle Andy's bottomless pit. At the rate she's going her first food is going to be a pot of macaroni and cheese instead of rice cereal. She's a bit more patient about eating than Aidan was at this age. He would let loose his brain piercing pterodactyl cry that was sure to wake up the whole building. Emma will snort in the most unladylike manner for about two minutes before crying. Her cries aren't nearly as horrible as Aidan's were. Unfortunately she also a noisy sleeper. She grunts, whines, and gets squeaky hiccups. After the second night she was home, Patrick commented that he'd forgotten how many noises a baby can make that you don't have to jump up for. She also seems to like baths, Aidan hated them at this age. I think he was about two months old before he started to enjoy them. Emma is happy until you dry her off and she starts to get cold.
Aidan is warming up to her. He likes to stick his head in the moses basket so that his hair gets in her face. Our guess is he feels like she's petting him when she starts flailing around. He's gentle with her, but then gets really excited and starts to tickle her head - Emma doesn't like that. Aidan seems to like holding her and has tried to take her from Patrick a few times. If she fusses and we aren't in the immediate vicinity he'll drag us to her. This is quite difficult when one is in the bathroom.
She is also awake a lot more than Aidan was at this age. He would sleep for four hours, wake up for food and a diaper change, and then promptly fall back asleep. I remember being a bit disappointed about this. Emma, on the other hand, has one hour bouts of wakefulness in wich she must be held. Normally this is awesome, less so when she's awake at 2:00 a.m.
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