Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
Did someone say seven hours? Of sleep? We woke up with a start around 4:30 feeling strangely rested. Elrod wondered if he'd slept through an entire diapering, nursing, going back to sleep session. In fact, our son slept from 9 pm to 4:30 am with nary a peep. And then he fell immediately back to sleep after nursing and slept for another 4 hours. We think the moral of the story is keep baby awake most of the day (as we inadvertently did on Sunday) and cluster feed right before bed. Or maybe we just got lucky.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
One Month Old
I can't believe I've been a mom for a whole month. When will it begin to feel normal?
The sweet baby is smiling and cooing so much these days. And before I get hit with requests for photos and video footage from the grandmothers, let me assure you that Elrod and I are looking for our misplaced video camera and memory cards with all earnestness. As soon as one or the other are found, we will post video of our sweet pumpkin-butt (we use cloth diapers!) smiling and almost laughing.
We think he's about to discover his hands as he keeps accidentally grabbing onto things that we put in the way of his waving arms. At any rate, he looks around and responds to sounds and voices more and more everyday.
Everyday we become more convinced that ours is the cutest little baby in the world. We even think he's cute when cries though he's pitiful to watch and taxing to endure.
Well, mom is tired and she mostly just wanted to say 'happy one month since your birth day.'
The sweet baby is smiling and cooing so much these days. And before I get hit with requests for photos and video footage from the grandmothers, let me assure you that Elrod and I are looking for our misplaced video camera and memory cards with all earnestness. As soon as one or the other are found, we will post video of our sweet pumpkin-butt (we use cloth diapers!) smiling and almost laughing.
We think he's about to discover his hands as he keeps accidentally grabbing onto things that we put in the way of his waving arms. At any rate, he looks around and responds to sounds and voices more and more everyday.
Everyday we become more convinced that ours is the cutest little baby in the world. We even think he's cute when cries though he's pitiful to watch and taxing to endure.
Well, mom is tired and she mostly just wanted to say 'happy one month since your birth day.'
Friday, January 18, 2008
A Night in the Life
8:00pm - wonder if the hour between now and baby waking up is best spent sleeping or bathing
8:30 - it wasn't an hour. nurse
8:35 - why haven't I learned to grab water bottle and burp cloth before commencing with nursing
8:37 - resign to thirst and try to ignore milk dripping down arm while trying to enjoy bonding with baby
8:47 - ask patient husband to find and bring me missing items
9:05 - jerk awake with crick in neck and realize I fell asleep nursing. but baby is wide awake
9:25 - baby is still awake but swaddled
10:00 - ask husband to take baby and bounce, rock, cajole to sleep
10:10 - fall asleep amidst cries reminding self that husband has baby
1:30 - look for pacifier with eyes closed
1:31 - open one eye to help with search
1:32 - wish husband were awake and I were asleep. wish husband lactated
1:33 - get out of bed to find pacifier whilst praying baby will go back to sleep. just 20 more minutes of sleep seem important
1:45 - 12 minutes works too
1:46 - change diaper
1:50 - nurse. try not to fall asleep
2:12 - wake up. switch sides. look for pacifier to gently shove in mouth at opportune moment
2:30 - wake husband to take baby
2:35 - wake husband again
2:40 - baby wakes husband. roll over for some sleep. through the crying. and the canned ocean noise coming from the swing. lulls me to sleep. why doesn't it work for baby
3:15 - baby still awake. thank God for husband and make mental note to apologize for being snappy yesterday
4:30 try to decide which side of bed baby is sleeping on so as to determine who has to find the pacifier. wonder vaguely who thought pacifier was a good name for this invention
6:07 - try to remember when baby nursed last. do math again. groan and get boppy into position while wondering why it doesn't feel like its been 4 hours
8:30 - it wasn't an hour. nurse
8:35 - why haven't I learned to grab water bottle and burp cloth before commencing with nursing
8:37 - resign to thirst and try to ignore milk dripping down arm while trying to enjoy bonding with baby
8:47 - ask patient husband to find and bring me missing items
9:05 - jerk awake with crick in neck and realize I fell asleep nursing. but baby is wide awake
9:25 - baby is still awake but swaddled
10:00 - ask husband to take baby and bounce, rock, cajole to sleep
10:10 - fall asleep amidst cries reminding self that husband has baby
1:30 - look for pacifier with eyes closed
1:31 - open one eye to help with search
1:32 - wish husband were awake and I were asleep. wish husband lactated
1:33 - get out of bed to find pacifier whilst praying baby will go back to sleep. just 20 more minutes of sleep seem important
1:45 - 12 minutes works too
1:46 - change diaper
1:50 - nurse. try not to fall asleep
2:12 - wake up. switch sides. look for pacifier to gently shove in mouth at opportune moment
2:30 - wake husband to take baby
2:35 - wake husband again
2:40 - baby wakes husband. roll over for some sleep. through the crying. and the canned ocean noise coming from the swing. lulls me to sleep. why doesn't it work for baby
3:15 - baby still awake. thank God for husband and make mental note to apologize for being snappy yesterday
4:30 try to decide which side of bed baby is sleeping on so as to determine who has to find the pacifier. wonder vaguely who thought pacifier was a good name for this invention
6:07 - try to remember when baby nursed last. do math again. groan and get boppy into position while wondering why it doesn't feel like its been 4 hours
Monday, January 14, 2008
First BathDon't worry; it's not a terribly recent picture.
And folks, thats a smile!
Would you believe me if I told you this isn't a dress?
They call it a 'Day Gown'.
Yeah, I wouldn't believe it either.
But your Grandmas (and your Mom) like the look. So, we're going with it, okay?
Can I get a kiss?
From one minute ...
... to the next.Saturday, January 12, 2008
It's True
The only one getting enough sleep around here is:
Elrod and I have been sharing night time duties (generally, I nurse the baby and Elrod does everything else). Both of us are sleep deprived but at least we can empathize with each other, right? Added bonus: we're too groggy to realize when we're being cranky with each other. Sort of.
Elrod and I have been sharing night time duties (generally, I nurse the baby and Elrod does everything else). Both of us are sleep deprived but at least we can empathize with each other, right? Added bonus: we're too groggy to realize when we're being cranky with each other. Sort of.
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