cackles and giggles of a growing baby

Emma Joy's 10½ weeks old now, and seeing her grow has in many ways proved that breastfeeding is always adequate to meet her milk intake demands. It's amazing how God has made us, and specifically the mother, such that her body is able to tune itself to the baby's feeding habit, and produce the right amount of milk at the right time, be it a full feed, or just a nice afternoon tea-break snack or supper snack. And it's really just right! No less than what the baby needs at each feed, and not excessive such that the baby becomes overfed. I'm just amazed at how God designed our bodies to be as such. No mommy is the same, and no baby's the same. Yet the needs of different babies are met by their respective mommies who're different in many ways. How can one sit by and not be amazed at this God-designed phenomenon?

anyway, Emma's abt 4kg now, and getting a tad chubbier, in the right places (e.g. her cheeks and bum.. hee). Ade and I are just all smiles whenever Emma's face breaks into a smile. We are heartened and thankful that she's still very healthy and alert, cackling and giggling away in her responses to our prompts, especially during her favourite nappy-changing times, and after feeds. Though she's petite in size, she's still growing very very well, falling within the typical weight gain range for breastfed babies as shown in some charts. Thank God for strengthening Emma Joy.

We just bought a LG Bumper Playmat which arrived today. It's rather thick at 15mm, and super huge! Lots of space for little Emma to crawl around and roll around, without us fearing that she'll hit the hard floor beneath. That'll be Emma's "playground", especially during the day. Now that she's discovered new-found joy in sucking her fingers, we can't wait to see how she'll explore in her new "playground".

here's Emma's Daddy (who's on leave this week! yippeee!!!) signing off for now...