I learned a new term today: Rainbow Baby.
Rainbow Baby is a term people use when they are referring to a baby they have following a loss.
--Sort of like how a rainbow is a special beautiful thing that comes out of a storm.
Just pure happiness. A bit of magic. You wonder how it even came to be.
For a long time I've thought about Eloise in this way but haven't known how to put it into words; this term just explains it so perfectly, I had to share.
Anyway... This week was big for our rainbow baby. She's 6 weeks old now, and suddenly doesn't fit into her bassinet at all anymore. She's growing like crazy, so we've transferred her into her big crib (when she's not sleeping snuggled on top of us). Also, Violet has decided that Eloise is now mature enough to be read to. So we have a lot of book reading going on, which is very sweet and actually quite helpful when I need a moment to myself.
BUT, the BIG NEWS is that we've started seeing some smiles! REAL smiles (not just the accidental ones that come with farts). She makes all these sweet little gurgle coo sounds, and then bends her face into the most wonderful happiness smiles.
I guess her constant eating and power sleeping has been put to good use.
It takes a lot of work and energy to grow a smile, but oh Eloise! You've got a good one. You bring your mommy and daddy and big sister such happiness. You are indeed our rainbow girl :)
Rainbow Baby is a term people use when they are referring to a baby they have following a loss.--Sort of like how a rainbow is a special beautiful thing that comes out of a storm.
Just pure happiness. A bit of magic. You wonder how it even came to be.
For a long time I've thought about Eloise in this way but haven't known how to put it into words; this term just explains it so perfectly, I had to share.
Anyway... This week was big for our rainbow baby. She's 6 weeks old now, and suddenly doesn't fit into her bassinet at all anymore. She's growing like crazy, so we've transferred her into her big crib (when she's not sleeping snuggled on top of us). Also, Violet has decided that Eloise is now mature enough to be read to. So we have a lot of book reading going on, which is very sweet and actually quite helpful when I need a moment to myself.
BUT, the BIG NEWS is that we've started seeing some smiles! REAL smiles (not just the accidental ones that come with farts). She makes all these sweet little gurgle coo sounds, and then bends her face into the most wonderful happiness smiles.
I guess her constant eating and power sleeping has been put to good use.
It takes a lot of work and energy to grow a smile, but oh Eloise! You've got a good one. You bring your mommy and daddy and big sister such happiness. You are indeed our rainbow girl :)
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