Dear 'baby girl'
You have reached that magical 12 week mark. You weigh 6.3kg. You no longer look like a newborn baby, and your little personality is beginning to shine through.
Last Sunday was Mothers day, and the first time I heard you giggle. You were in bed with mummy and we were playing around after your feed when the cutest little laugh escaped...awwww it melted my heart! Being a Mummy is wonderful! I got a little gift from the school Mothers Day stall from each of you (Caleb & Nath choose one from you and Isaac as well), and from all of you I got this gorgeous trio of Willow Tree figurines that I really wanted. 
They will be a precious reminder of my very first mothers day as a mummy of four gorgeous children!
Last Sunday was also your baptism.
We were lucky that the Christening gown that had been worn by your great grandma, your grandpa, mummy and all your brothers arrived back from Auntie Helen in Sydney two days before the big day. 
I gave you the padlock bracelet that was given to me by my mum as a baby, you wore it on the day and you looked beautiful. 
You were very good during the service, and while everyone was here for lunch after. Your Christening cake was made from pink frosted cupcakes with little pink and white flowers on each, and a cake topper of pink ribbons and feathers with hearts and doves.
I even sat a few of the icing flowers from our wedding cake in there as well. Rhiannon, Alison & Uncle Colin were all thrilled to be asked to be your god parents.
You recieved some beautiful gifts from your family and friends - you were very spoilt!
You are still being fully breastfed. We were having a few issues with you being unsettled and squirmy during your feeds, I suspected you had a bit of reflux. On Friday I got some gripe water. Im only giving you one or two doses a day and you seem much more relaxed already. You no longer squirm around while you feed, and seem more content after your feeds. Im not sure if it is just getting to that 12 week mark or the gripe water working! The first dose you had made you screw up your face and shake your head. It tastes pretty yucky to me, you have only ever tasted the sweetness of breastmilk, so I cant begin to imagine what a shock it must have been to your taste buds!
You room is still a bit of a work in progress. Ive painted a set of canvases for your wall, 
and finally got your name up on the door...
Ive sadly had to pack away a whole box of clothes that you have grown out of. You are in a mixture of 000 and 00 at the moment. There are just so many gorgeous litttle girls clothes, and yes, your wardrobe is dominated by pink....I never understood why anyone would want to dress their little girl in pink all the time - until now. Surely Ive got to be excused since Ive spent the last 10 1/2 years only buying boys clothes! You are using your cloth nappies during the day, but are still in huggies at night. Im actually loving the whole cloth nappy thing- maybe because its just another reason to buy cute pink girly stuff! You are nearly out of your small AIO nappies - good excuse to start building my medium stash. Our favourite nappies atm are called itti bitti d'lish. They are a gorgeous soft fluffy minky fabric on the outside, with bamboo boosters. They are a nice and trim fit, and we have very little problems with leaking - in fact I think they contain the 'pooplosions' better than huggies!
He loves it, and so do you. You are so content in the bath, and love kicking your legs around in the warm water. However you hate getting out of the bath and getting dressed. You spent this time screaming. I got you a musical mobile to hang above the change table, and this seems to distract you most of the time.
It isnt very often we get through a whole nappy change, getting dressed routine with out some protesting from you though.
You have quite a few nicnames already - baby girl, Jaz bum, cinta, sweetie, princess, cinta bug, jazzy, Jazzy Joo, bubba, cint & buggy are a few that come to mind.
I wanted something that was quick and easy to use. I can pop Jacinta in here to go into the shops, or into school and have two hands free - well one once you take into account the other little hand Im usually holding at the same time. Its been fantastic and Jacinta LOVES it. She is so settled that Ive made another one out of some nice snuggly fleece. 
Its a godsend in the evenings when she is really unsettled. From about 6pm - 9pm is her grizzly, hold me, needy time...yep right on tea time, bath time, kids bed times, etc. The sling is fantastic as I can do just about anything with her snuggled up happy and content...
At the moment we are only using them part time. I need some more boosters (layers of absorbant fabric stitched together) to put in my magicalls (the bright coloured nappies at the end of the row), so Ive ordered some bamboo to sew some up, then we will be using them most of the time... while we are at home at least. It is taking a bit to get used to the slightly larger tooshie that the mcn give Jacinta, but Im getting used to the look and feel of it now. Its nice not to have quite so many 'sposies' going into the bin each week. Once we get onto the tiolet training with Isaac it will be even less.
Today (well yesterday as its now Thursday as I finish this post!) we set up Isaacs big boy bed. The cot is now nearly packed away, ready to come out again when Jacinta needs it. This is the bed when it was first set up (thanks for your help Jode!)
and this is my baby about 1 hour after we put him into bed last night, 
Jacinta turned six weeks on Sunday, and on Moday I decided to do a little photo shoot. She is loosing that newborn look already. Some days Im afraid if I blink she will have already become a toddler! Both of these shots are ideas taken from the gorgeous 
Happy Easter my sweet little easter bunny!
and an egg hunt at Nannas and tea at our house with Daddys family on Sunday. We have our own little tradition of leaving our hats out for easter bunny to fill with yummy treats, so this year you left out your brand new pretty pink hat that Jim (Auntie Helens partner) bought especially for you, and this morning it was filled with special little easter surprises for you. 
These first four weeks have flown by so quickly. I know that they will continue to do so, and I am trying to cherish every single minute of these early weeks with you - even those long sleepless nights, that we still get on occasions. It is taking a while to get into a routine, but finally in the last week or so we have had more good nights than unsettled ones. We have moved from the feeding every couple of hours, to a much more workable 2 -4 hours during the day, and usually only one feed over night after 10/11pm somewhere between 2.30am-4.00am. You are also beginning to cut down the time it takes you to feed. 45 minutes is quite a long feed now, in the first couple of weeks it would take you a good hour to feed both sides...that didnt leave much time for me to sleep when you were deciding to feed every 2 hours!
We have been to visit both of your great grandmas,
and last weekend travelled to Horsham to attend Daddys cousins wedding and introduced you to your great Poppy. Your a lucky little girl still having three of your great grand parents. You travelled really well, and we only had to stop once each way for a feed.
The second and third weeks of your life were spent mostly hanging out inside in the airconditioning as we sweltered our way through a record breaking heatwave here in Adelaide. I think it was 15 days in a row of temperatures above 35 c, with the majority being 38-40. I was so glad I wasnt pregnant still!
Ever since our second night in hospital you have been a tummy sleeper, during the day you are happy to sleep on your back or side in the rocker, but if you are in your bed you will only settle on your tummy. Both Caleb & Nathan were tummy sleepers too. You sleep
Even though she did decide that she needed to be fed at 11pm, 1am, 3am & 7am, and considering that she takes at least an hour to feed and settle, that didnt leave much sleep time for me. Oh well thats life with a new born I guess, I still love her to bits, and I wouldn't change a thing!
