One Month Letter (23.12.11)

Dear Logan,

This month flew by and crawled along, it was also full of so many ups & downs!

Everyone was amazed when you made your debut, we didn’t expect you to be so big 9.9 pounds with a huge head. You were a beautiful baby boy and just perfect (even if you did have to spend the first little bit of your outside life in the nursery), you definitely had your Mummy’s set of lungs on you and a very healthy appetite (which came courtesy of Daddy & our student midwife because you weren’t interested in the boob). 

You also didn’t have a name for a few days, after a very hard labour Dad said that I could have naming you privileges – I didn’t take advantage of this (he hadn’t had a lot of sleep). You were almost called Xander but we finally decided on Logan which had been a popular name choice whilst I was pregnant with you. However, we had definitely chosen Peter as your middle name to honour Pop & farfar. Your initials are also exactly the same as farfar (Grandad in danish - literally translated to Dad's dad) which we thought was very sweet.

Mummy and Daddy travelled between home, farfar & farmor’s house and the hospital to feed and simply stare at you until you were allowed to come home. It was very strange leaving the hospital without you but it was even stranger leaving with you, we felt as though we were stealing you! You loved the car ride home though, most of the time you love the car and easily fall asleep but there are times when all you do is cry which is why the radio gets turned up.

Your first walk with Loki was on your second day home down at the small sports/dog oval near the river. We took the sling but could not figure out how to work it so luckily you were reasonably light and we just held you all wrapped up to keep the sun away from you.

Your first dinner out was on the 13th of December for your Aunty Hannah's birthday. We were very impressed with your behaviour but it probably helped that Grandma wouldn't part with you and she is one of your favourite people by far.

You have slept for 5 hours some nights (and afternoons, including at the Danish grandparents) which has been great but usually it’s just 3 hour stints. You also like crying (A LOT) which is hard and sometimes nothing works, but most of the time a feed will quieten you down. Thankfully it can be in the form of boob or bottle which makes it a bit easier on Mummy. Baths are the other alternative to keeping you happy and you really enjoy splashing around in there (even though you have no control over your limbs).

You’ve kept getting longer and putting on more and more weight (once you put on double the average in 1 week – very impressive). We’re very lucky that since leaving the nursery you’ve been doing so well and we can’t wait to keep watching (and enjoying) you turning into your own little person.

Love Mummy

The baby blanket in the first photo was my from when I was a baby and although it has a few holes in it I love that Mum kept something from that time.