Life with our little pumpkin has been going really well. She is waking up around 1:00 and 4:00 and then daddy gets up with her when she wakes up and wants to make all her fun noises. Needless to say, I take advantage of another hour or so of sleep! She really isn’t fussy. Once we figure out if she wants food, to burp, or just a little cuddling, she is pacified.
I have heard other moms talk about once you have a newborn you should prepare yourself for unsolicited advice from random strangers. I guess I should have anticipated that the same would be true here in Peru, but the advice just turns out to be very random and different. Despite the fact that it is 80 to 90 degrees every day here, the majority of the comments have been about what I decide to dress my precious little princess in. Most Peruvians put their babies in long sleeves, pants, socks, hat and a blanket even in this tremendous heat. Needless to say, some Peruvians are seriously concerned when they see Lilia in a onesie and nothing else. Ninety percent of the people we come in contact with say something simple like ‘oh, isn’t she cold?’ but we have had the occassional person who is very concerned and one person even argued with me that I was going to kill my daughter by not bundling her. This week at the grocery I was in the refrigerated aisle and had a middle-aged woman come up and tell me that I my daughter was going to get very sick from being exposed to the cool air and I should really be more careful with her. I looked down at Lilia who was happily sleeping in her carseat and politely responded that I think she’ll be okay. The lady huffed off and I was left pondering what the correct ‘missionary response’ should be to these comments because it doesn’t look like they are going to stop.
Here are some pics that we quickly took as soon as we realized that our little Lilia wasn’t so little anymore. There are mornings that we look at her and say ‘whoa, she grew overnight!’
