On Sunday Bella reached her one-month date! And on Monday she got her first shot. Since birth, she's grown four inches and gained almost three pounds. She's also gone on a road trip, celebrated Christmas and New Year's, met all her great-grandparents, dealt with jaundice, blocked tear ducts and her mom's general clumsiness, went to Cradle Roll class at my mom's church, and has started to sleep at four hour stretches, just enough for me to start entering Deep Sleep mode riiiiight before she wakes up hungry again.
And for me? Well, I've been learning more patience. And biting my tongue. And I'm still learning how to nurse. I've learned that if she's already crying, you might as well do the diaper and clothing changes that also make her cry, just to get it out of the way. I'm learning there's a different cry for every annoyance, from "I'm hungry," to "You didn't feed me enough, dummy," to just, "Hold me." I've found you can go from extreme annoyance and helplessness to contentment with one smile or quiet moment that lets you know you did right.
I'm so happy that we do have family to help. Thanks to them, I can nap or eat without interruption. Plus, my mom also finished our laundry last night while I slept for almost five hours. That is a great feeling.
I know that, as achievements go, we've only just started the marathon. And now, I hear her stirring again, so I'm signing off till next naptime.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Well, one of my resolutions was to work more on my writing, but honestly, I haven't been very good at keeping it so far.
Not that I haven't wanted too-but-there's Christmas, and feeding, and doctor's appointments, and more feedings, and late-night wake up, screaming and more feedings, and trying to clean and eat and bathe and sleep in between, plus we went on a 5-day road trip to Brunswick GA, Savannah, and Ocala, FL to meet family and friends, and I just now got everything almost in order again.
Today's actually the first day I feel rested; mostly because I fell asleep around 8 or 9 am and didn't get up until noon. Wait no; it was 1 pm. I don't know why sleeping on the couch feels so good, but honestly I think it trumps the bed sometimes.
Of course we've shot hundreds of photos and video of our daughter, which I make sure to post regularly. Right now she is sleeping in half of her monkey outfit, storing her energy for 2 am, where she will scream for about 30 minutes non-stop, refusing to be comforted. Then, when it seems all is hopeless, she will finally accept the nursing/bottle/rocking that we have tried over and over. And all our frustration will be temporarily forgotten.
Anyway, this was just a quick note. I do have definite posts in mind, and will be adding them now that the holidays are over and we have no more trips planned for now.
Not that I haven't wanted too-but-there's Christmas, and feeding, and doctor's appointments, and more feedings, and late-night wake up, screaming and more feedings, and trying to clean and eat and bathe and sleep in between, plus we went on a 5-day road trip to Brunswick GA, Savannah, and Ocala, FL to meet family and friends, and I just now got everything almost in order again.
Today's actually the first day I feel rested; mostly because I fell asleep around 8 or 9 am and didn't get up until noon. Wait no; it was 1 pm. I don't know why sleeping on the couch feels so good, but honestly I think it trumps the bed sometimes.
Of course we've shot hundreds of photos and video of our daughter, which I make sure to post regularly. Right now she is sleeping in half of her monkey outfit, storing her energy for 2 am, where she will scream for about 30 minutes non-stop, refusing to be comforted. Then, when it seems all is hopeless, she will finally accept the nursing/bottle/rocking that we have tried over and over. And all our frustration will be temporarily forgotten.
Anyway, this was just a quick note. I do have definite posts in mind, and will be adding them now that the holidays are over and we have no more trips planned for now.
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