We have a baby that is 4 months old. It seems like just yesterday I was stressing because she was late and we were not going to have enough time to get her Visa and passport! Now she is 14.33 pounds and 24.7 inches long. She lives in Italy and loves the Italian language. Every time we are out in town, people will talk to us about the baby. Whenever they lean in to talk to the baby, she gets the biggest grin on her face. She loves listening to people speak Italian. It is not the same with English, at all. She likes when we talk to her and get close. She smiles when Americans smile at her and gush over her big cheeks. But just listening to the Italians speaking at the next table makes her smile. To watch her listen to the language will make you smile.
We have an easy going baby.
She has flown, ridden in cars, trains, boats, and buses, been all over the place! She is happy in most situations. She sat through four days of area orientation in a freezing cold room with very minimal crying. She does well in restaurants. She did well with house hunting. She didn’t do well with housing but I think it was because she was tired of waiting for her stuff! She loves her stroller and her carseat and her pack and play. She loves her ERGO (except for four days straight). Another thing the baby loves is her pacifier. Matt said it is very appropriately named. She will be screaming and you put the pacifier in her mouth and see her body relax. It truly pacifies her!
I feel very blessed to have a mellow and easy going baby. She takes naps on the floor (the tile floor with only a thick blanket and a mat). Her favorite toy is one of the rings to clip toys to the play mat. I think the most difficult thing about the baby is she doesn’t like to be alone. This means you can’t put her in the swing and go do the laundry or the dishes. To do the dishes, she must be in the kitchen with you. This makes doing housework slightly more complex…or gives me an excuse not to do it!! She also does not love broccoli or caffeine (sad).
She does not seem to care if we unpack quickly. She seems to believe we are gypsies and there is no reason to unpack her suitcase!!
Soon she will get her own room. We built the dresser (from the evil IKEA trip), her crib (much easier than you would imagine!) and washed her bedding. I am thinking about what I want to do to the walls to complete the nursery….so many ideas and definitely not the right use of my time right now! But she can’t go in her room because there is no heater. So this beautiful and comfortable crib is just waiting for the baby who will love it.
The landlord agrees to install an electric heater in the baby’s room and does it fairly promptly. Unfortunately, handymen in Italy are not necessarily tidy and do not typically clean up the mess when they complete the project. So this means rewashing the baby’s bedding and recleaning her room. Now her room is almost ready for her to sleep in her crib at night…the question is, am I ready??
If I ever finish unpacking and get to paint and decorate her room, I will post pictures of the completed nursery. I have several ideas, just no time!! Now I understand why people get the nursery ready BEFORE the baby!!
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