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.
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So where are the pictures of Marlena at 1 week old????
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