Friday, January 27, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Marlena's First Week
It's been about a week since Marlena was born. We're all still getting used to the new arrangements. Marlena is eating, sleeping and pooping, with some short alert periods in between. She's seen her pediatrician and received her first immunization. Her Oma (my mother) has taken her for a couple of walks outside while I've slept. And yesterday, her umbilical cord stump fell off - or came off when I was putting her into her car seat.
We're also breastfeeding successfully. there were a couple of rough spots along the way - sore nipples, latch on difficulties... Getting her to sleep after feeding, I've been less successful at. If I hand her off to Don, however, he is generally quite successful in putting her down - with at one interesting experience last night, which I'll get him to write about. Don has also become very skillful at swaddling her. He wraps her up nice and tight and she looks like a little burrito. With his superior swaddling skills, he'll have no problems with the cloth diapers... which we haven't tried yet. Maybe today.
Right now she's in bed with us having a bit of tummy time. She's just managed to roll herself over from her stomach to her back! What a girl!
Today, Don wants to take her to the beach. We have a sling pouch that in which Don loves to carry her. It calms her right down. I have one too, but haven't had much time to carry her around.
Time to get up. It's supposed to rain today, and I think we want to get her to the beach first.
We're also breastfeeding successfully. there were a couple of rough spots along the way - sore nipples, latch on difficulties... Getting her to sleep after feeding, I've been less successful at. If I hand her off to Don, however, he is generally quite successful in putting her down - with at one interesting experience last night, which I'll get him to write about. Don has also become very skillful at swaddling her. He wraps her up nice and tight and she looks like a little burrito. With his superior swaddling skills, he'll have no problems with the cloth diapers... which we haven't tried yet. Maybe today.
Right now she's in bed with us having a bit of tummy time. She's just managed to roll herself over from her stomach to her back! What a girl!
Today, Don wants to take her to the beach. We have a sling pouch that in which Don loves to carry her. It calms her right down. I have one too, but haven't had much time to carry her around.
Time to get up. It's supposed to rain today, and I think we want to get her to the beach first.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
It's a girl!
Friday, January 06, 2006
Bun is still baking...
The bun is still in the oven. Guess it needs to bake a little more.
I was thinking about it, tho' - if this baby is its father's child, it'll probably be born on the weekend so that daddy can be back at work Monday morning.
Will keep you all posted.
I was thinking about it, tho' - if this baby is its father's child, it'll probably be born on the weekend so that daddy can be back at work Monday morning.
Will keep you all posted.
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Still waiting...
Today is the due date calculated by the doctor... The fertility software (yes Virginia, there is fertility software) calculated the due date to be tomorrow. I'm not so sure anything is going to happen. The nesting instinct hasn't hit me yet.
I did go for a long walk on the treadmill this morning. About an hour. That's supposed to help get contractions going and also helps the baby drop into position better.
My parents also arrived today. I think they were shocked when they saw me. I must be pretty big - tho' I don't see it when I look at myself. I do see it when I see pictures Don has taken of me - but I think I've said that before. Also, when I went with my dad to Costco, one older gentleman made the comment that "someone" had just eaten a watermelon. Took me a while. Then, in the parking lot at Costco, a professional-looking woman looked at me and said "When are YOU due?". Told her today. She wished me good luck.
My parents both think it's going to be a girl. And according to my mom, they take their time. Still, I think I'll go for another long walk tomorrow.
I did go for a long walk on the treadmill this morning. About an hour. That's supposed to help get contractions going and also helps the baby drop into position better.
My parents also arrived today. I think they were shocked when they saw me. I must be pretty big - tho' I don't see it when I look at myself. I do see it when I see pictures Don has taken of me - but I think I've said that before. Also, when I went with my dad to Costco, one older gentleman made the comment that "someone" had just eaten a watermelon. Took me a while. Then, in the parking lot at Costco, a professional-looking woman looked at me and said "When are YOU due?". Told her today. She wished me good luck.
My parents both think it's going to be a girl. And according to my mom, they take their time. Still, I think I'll go for another long walk tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Nothing yet...
Well... the due date is tomorrow... but I'm not sure anything is going to happen. Our doula says to beware to the nesting instinct - basically the unnatural urge to clean drawers/cupboards at 1 am. If I get that urge, that means labour is imminent. Haven't had that, but did spend all day yesterday cleaning the apartment. We took the Christmas tree down - that was sad - vacuumed like crazy, dusted down the chandalier-thingy (don't think that's every been done), re-arranged the furniture (by myself) and then moved it back otherwise Don said he would beat me...
Today on the list of things to do is organize the laundry closet... I'm contemplating organizing the pantry cupboards, but that's a pretty big job and I'm feeling kind of lazy - I may not even do the laundry closet. No nesting instinct there. I did get up to go walk on the treadmill, but it was already being used. And now I'm sitting on my couch and don't much feel like moving. I was thinking of going to a movie today. I wouldn't mind seeing the Chronicles of Narnia and Memoirs of a Geisha. Seems like now would be a good time to check out a movie. But that would involve getting off the couch... Maybe I'll go have a snooze...
Maybe I should have just kept working... would have been more productive and distracting. The only thing is you can't really take on projects if you don't know when you'll be handing them off.
More news: the other two ladies who were also pregnant at Verity and due on the 2nd and 3rd of January have already had their babies.
Today on the list of things to do is organize the laundry closet... I'm contemplating organizing the pantry cupboards, but that's a pretty big job and I'm feeling kind of lazy - I may not even do the laundry closet. No nesting instinct there. I did get up to go walk on the treadmill, but it was already being used. And now I'm sitting on my couch and don't much feel like moving. I was thinking of going to a movie today. I wouldn't mind seeing the Chronicles of Narnia and Memoirs of a Geisha. Seems like now would be a good time to check out a movie. But that would involve getting off the couch... Maybe I'll go have a snooze...
Maybe I should have just kept working... would have been more productive and distracting. The only thing is you can't really take on projects if you don't know when you'll be handing them off.
More news: the other two ladies who were also pregnant at Verity and due on the 2nd and 3rd of January have already had their babies.
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