forty-nine weeks new

You were so strong and clever.

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thirty weeks new

All of a sudden you were really starting to get active.

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nineteen weeks new

Your smile was so beautiful that we couldn't stand to see you sad.

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fifteen weeks new

You were so incredibly interested in everything.

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your forty-ninth week

 

You seemed more like a little boy than a baby with each new day that passed.

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"my biggest pet peeve is..."

. . . people giving their parenting opinions a little too freely,

and meanly.

Just to be clear, 

I do know that this is par for the course

when you become a new parent.

But it can be so frustrating in those early days 

to be told by a random lady in the supermarket, 

how her daughter managed to get her baby to sleep in the buggy 

by using a specific brand of dummy.

Or when complete strangers diagnose your baby with colic 

just by the sound of their cry.

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your thirty-first week

You went to the beach for the very first time.

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your thirtieth week

You were learning new things all the time.

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your twenty-ninth week

You seemed to be getting more and more personality and character with each new day.

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your twenty-seventh week

You were becoming a very determined little guy.

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your twenty-sixth week

It was scorching hot as you were approaching your half birthday!

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your twenty-fourth week

Mummy and Daddy were really excited.

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your twenty-first week

You had a really busy week when you were twenty weeks old.

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