A struggle for life

Hello beautiful Quetzalli, my precious baby girl!

You are indeed a treasure to be cherished by your loving parents. It is impressive how much you cherish life and the willing to live it even when you were born a month premature. You were born so small and fragile, and now your growing.

A blossoming flower at the menacing gates of winter!
You are to tower above gelid obstacles of the giver!

You not only are growing healthy and strong, you are also pretty and charesmatic. You have the gift which I was announced of. You will become a great person. Everyone surprises when they know about how you have grown healthy and without any of the usual complications that premature babies have. You are now around the 5 kilograms, and still growing. This Wednesday November 1st, the day after tomorrow, you will be accomplishing two succesful months of life. Your mommy and me are so happy about your first two months of life on this world.

We can not say it has been easy, but we sure can not dare to say this has been in vain. Your mommy and I have to adapt to your own hours. It is as if you live in you own time zone, separate from the rest of the world time zones. Sometimes you sleep at night, very pretty I might add. Sometimes you don't, at all. This new adventure for you mommy and me wasn't supposed to be easy, of course we knew it. What we did not know was how meaningful and memorable these moments were going to be for us. Some funny! Some sad, like when you got your first earrings pierced.

Two months on this world, two months with us. I wouldn't change it for anything in the world. It sounds cliche, but is true. You are my treasure, all I have that makes me a rich person is you. The reward of life itself! That is why you are our Quetzalli, our precious treasure. Many desire it, others can't understant it, but you are instead the reason for us to exist. You are the treasure given to us by the highest.

Tomorrow is your first Halloween. You are going to be dressed as a Tootsie Roll, a small candy still popular nowadays. We will go out tomorrow to ask for candy at different houses, because that is what all children do on Halloween night.

Your mommy loves you so much, especially now that there's a bond between both of you. She wants to write to you, but she is so busy taking care of you. There will be time for her to share her experiences.

First month

You have lived your first month since you were born. Your mommy and me are so busy taking good care of you, that I even postponed writing to you. But here I am to tell you how beautiful you are, and how much you have grown.

You were born 2.5 kgs, and now you're up to 3.4 kgs. We were all expectant of your weight gaining process. And even when you were born a month earlier, you're now back on track. And still, you keep growing more and more. From the 46 cms you were born, now your 50 cms. You were so fragil the first days, and your mommy took good care of you. She teached you how to feed from her breast. At first you were somewhat reluctant. Maybe because you couldn't find the right position. But as days passed after you birth, you began feeding from your mommy. And that's a good thing, because her milk is considered to be highly nutritional, especially during the first six months. So take advantage, eat those nutrients, and keep growing healthy as you have been.

We also bathe you usually in a daily basis. I am the one that prepares your warm water while your mommy takes your little clothes. At the bottom of the bath place, I put a foam that supports you. I pour in the water, calculating the best temperature for you. Then, when you're ready, your mommy takes off your diaper. I take you in my arms, very firmly so you wont fall down, and I put you in the bath. Immediately your mommy and me start scrubbing you softly. She takes care of your hair, face, legs and lower body. I wash your neck, arms, hands, upper body and back. Sometimes you cry, sometimes you just open your big grey eyes and stare at us. We don't know what you think while you see us bathing you. So we talk with you, and explain you what we are doing. When we finish with you, I grab you out of the bath, hugging you in my arms so you wont slip, and put you over. Your mommy extends one of your pink cute towels, and there we wrap you and dry you. Sometimes you cry again. Now we are used that you like to grab my finger while you mommy finishes. If I'm not there, you start looking for me. Your mommy loves that from you.

Your mommy and me are so happy to have you during your first month of life. What we are proud of is that you started out very healthy. There have been no major problems, except that a couple of days ago I passed you the flu. I got very sick last week, but the doctor gave you medicine. It is funny when we give you your medicine, because sometimes your crying and waving your arms. One time you even hit me and I spilled your medicine drops everywhere. Other times you close you little mouth.

I am so glad to have you this first month. And I am looking forward for more beautiful experiences with you now that I bought you your stroller. What new adventures will come?