At Last!

Chinipie is just over two and a half months old now. She has finally adopted a routine which I had so much heard of/read about in the baby magazines, and only occasionally falls out of the schedule now. No wonder, you are able to find my blogs with so many recent posts :)

Just a few days and there has been so much change in her and me! She was such a cry-baby in the first few weeks, who had the ability to scare the guts off her parents. She has now become an active and happy child, who needs to be talked to and played with all the time she is awake and to be cuddled and perked up on the shoulders when sleepy. There are times when she is content playing by herself letting momma to finish the household stuff (Lucky me!). The most striking part is that in all this she has a routine - which is so very important and helps me planning my work! Unlike her momma, she is an early riser and loves to play kicking her tiny legs and hands in excitement. Whether or not momma is up by this time doesn't bother her though if she gets either mom or dad to play, she makes sure to grace them with lots of smiles! After she's nursed, massaged and bathed, she takes a brief nap and momma has to be super-fast and utilize this time to the fullest coz 2 hours after that are completely to be dedicated to her. This is the time that she doesn't like to stay alone even for a split second! And she makes sure that this demand of hers is fulfilled! The rest of the day is spent in nursing every two and a half to three hours, brief naps and activities.

Evenings are strictly meant to go out to see a bit of sunshine and people. If you are thinking that we inculcated this habit in her then let me tell you we just took her out for 2 consecutive evenings and the 3rd evening onwards, she has been dragging us out of the house every evening. And the way she does this is really amazing - When she cries, you just need to say - let's go out and put her in the stroller and there she is all smiles!! The first time she did this, DH and I couldn't believe our eyes! She was not even two months then!! You should have seen her that day, looking around with so much alertness, smiling like an angel at every stranger crossing by, while just a couple of minutes ago, her mom and dad were going nuts to pacify her back at home!!! At times, she gets tired of looking around and dozes off peacefully in her stroller only to get up after returning home - playing with dad, poop-ing, nursing and playing again and finally dozing off to sleep leaving momma to do whatever she wants -only to wake up gently during the night for the feeds.

Looking at her, I realize that following a routine is so much important in our lives! Ever since she has made up a schedule for herself, things have started falling into place and have become so much easier! Nothing seems to be a burden now, and slowly, I am able to squeeze in time for all kinds of work that I want to do. A little adjustment, here and there, and I will be able to get back to the much needed exercises too. And am sure, am not too far from going back to work also (Though, what kind and how long is still to be figured out. Let's leave that out for now!). My dad had always stressed upon following a time-table and now I know why! I am glad, at least, somebody in this house follows my dad's ideology! :)