Sam loves his baby sister. When she cries he lovingly tries to shove a juice cup in her face. He diligently prods at her face pointing out her 'eye's' and tries to get his pudgy fingers in her little mouth to assess her biting abilities.

The differences between Molly and Sam is astounding. It's hard to believe they come from the same genetic stock. Sam was a content baby, he loved to eat and piled on the pounds quickly. He was happy to sit in his bouncer and didn't care who held him. Molly on the other hand is fussy, she makes each feed a trial and will frequently only settle if she is being held by me or in the sling...on ME! She is much more 'delicate' and ...well, girlie haha!

Generally things are going well, she is drinking expressed Mummy milk during the day and 'on tap' mummy milk at night. Its just what works for us. She will drink around 2oz every 3ish hours and likes to be carried or sleep on my chest the rest of the time. The nights are not too bad, she only wakes a few times and thankfully Sam is sleeping through!

Molly is the queen of fussiness. She cries a lot more than Sam ever did. Our evenings are usually spent pacing the floor with her or trying to work out what the problem is. This week Bryan goes back to work (well, tonight) and the AirForce-being the lovely things that they are have decided to put him on the night shift (12hrs) -just what we need after me having major abdominal surgery and a new born...grrr!! so I will be pacing alone for the next week at least-JOY!!

Molly had her '2 week well baby check' today and she is over her birth weight WOOHOO!! I had been wondering if she was breastfeeding enough and/or for long enough and it would seem she has. Her weight today was 7lbs 12.3oz! She is growing well too and has grown half an inch in length in the last 2 weeks. Of course her head is on the 98%tile which I would expect as she seems to have inherited the 'giant headed gene' from my side of the family! Sam has it too!

Here is a video of her when she was just a few hours old, thought I would post it now, even though its 'outdated' as when ever I have a moment to take another video of her lately, she's asleep!!




As for Sam, he is coping a little better this week. Less tantrums and crying and more 'normal' Samuel behaviour. He has developed a HUGE fondness for the word 'NO!' which is now his standard answer to absolutely everything, even if he wants to say 'yes'. He spends much of his time in his playroom (actually a cupboard!) which is where he is in this photo-with his beloved 'choo-choo's' and 'diggers'. Also, as you can see on the floor-he has developed a love of 'money'. He tips out his money box and fills his pockets with the coins.