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1-handed typing this morning. still have colds, but the fresh bread and soup seem to have helped. dd1 slept from 8-8! her training pants were wet, but who cares! she needed the sleep.
shellyk - hey, i'm in st. paul! you should drag dh to the twin cities attachment parenting meeting in december - the topic is 'attachment fathering' and the dads are going to talk about adjustments to fatherhood (email me if you'd like to be on the email announcement list - [email protected]). mamas, for the most part, are taught from an early age to be mothers...but fathers raised in the last few generations of divorce and/or absentee fathers had no place to learn. add to that the fact that some new dads are caught off gaurd by the new bany - we have 9-10 months to feel that baby, dads sometimes don't really get it until the SEE the baby. keep letting him hold her, even if she cries and you end having to calm her down. a friend of mine dealt with the same thing, but once ds was a little older and holding his head up, her dh got better. she guessed that he was worried about hurting a fragile babe, so that might be part of it too. anyway, he's not abnormal...he prolly just needs some time.
CT - i didn't get the hand of nursing in the sling until dd1 was old enough to hold her own head up. i've been nursing dd2 in the sling already, but i think its easier since i already knew how. nursing shirts do make it easier, but i also just yank my shirt up or down as needed. you can also get some of those shelf top tank tops to wear under your shirts...then you tummy is covered when you lift you shirt up. anyway, try nursing him in the sling with you sitting down a few times, then work towards doing it while standing, then walking, then jogging (ha ha, kidding!).
ps. (missing labor) i am sad that we didn't take ANY pictures of the labor. i don't know if i would have wanted them taken at the time (i was grouchy about that when i was in labor with dd1, but since that was an induction that took 3+ days, we still ended up with SOME). we have some sweet pictures from right after fi was born. i guess its just hard to believe how well it went this time...so i want some reminder (like fi isn't enough?). like amy, this may have been my last time too...
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okay, time for waffles.
shellyk - hey, i'm in st. paul! you should drag dh to the twin cities attachment parenting meeting in december - the topic is 'attachment fathering' and the dads are going to talk about adjustments to fatherhood (email me if you'd like to be on the email announcement list - [email protected]). mamas, for the most part, are taught from an early age to be mothers...but fathers raised in the last few generations of divorce and/or absentee fathers had no place to learn. add to that the fact that some new dads are caught off gaurd by the new bany - we have 9-10 months to feel that baby, dads sometimes don't really get it until the SEE the baby. keep letting him hold her, even if she cries and you end having to calm her down. a friend of mine dealt with the same thing, but once ds was a little older and holding his head up, her dh got better. she guessed that he was worried about hurting a fragile babe, so that might be part of it too. anyway, he's not abnormal...he prolly just needs some time.
CT - i didn't get the hand of nursing in the sling until dd1 was old enough to hold her own head up. i've been nursing dd2 in the sling already, but i think its easier since i already knew how. nursing shirts do make it easier, but i also just yank my shirt up or down as needed. you can also get some of those shelf top tank tops to wear under your shirts...then you tummy is covered when you lift you shirt up. anyway, try nursing him in the sling with you sitting down a few times, then work towards doing it while standing, then walking, then jogging (ha ha, kidding!).
ps. (missing labor) i am sad that we didn't take ANY pictures of the labor. i don't know if i would have wanted them taken at the time (i was grouchy about that when i was in labor with dd1, but since that was an induction that took 3+ days, we still ended up with SOME). we have some sweet pictures from right after fi was born. i guess its just hard to believe how well it went this time...so i want some reminder (like fi isn't enough?). like amy, this may have been my last time too...
okay, time for waffles.
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Adjustment to not being pregnant - With ds, I missed being pregnant - I went through almost a mourning period - I so missed feeling him move. This time, I am just so happy to feel not sick that I don't miss being pregnant at all. The only part I miss is feeling confident in my body - when you are pregnant, you feel beautiful being round... I am now 6 weeks postpartum and all the baby-weight is gone, but I am still wearing my 'fat-jeans' and I am still so soft. With ds, I went back to my normal clothing about 2 months post delivery. This time, I think it will be awhile...
Aislinn is a very content baby - she sleeps well at nighttime - goes to sleep around 8:30 and wakes to nurse around 1:30 and then goes back to sleep until around 4:45 am! She is always up for about 45 min and then goes back to sleep for another hour - that is, unless ds is up (which is most days - yikes, he seems to be in a pattern of getting up around 5:30 am..). If he is up, he always wakes her up...
Even though we are swaddling and following the '5-s', she still seems to have a little fussy period every evening. It usually starts around 6-6:30 and lasts anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. It is a bit stressful, but I know it could be worse. Mac, ds, never had this, but then again, he never slept at nighttime! I don't mind a little fussiness in the evening, because she does sleep at night...
Some of you have posted about nursing and how hard it is... I just wanted to post and say that it will get better. It is a learned skill and it is something that definately gets easier with experience. I remember with ds, I literally used to spend all night just latching him on, nursing him, burping him and then starting over... It will get better though. I think once they are a little older, it gets a bit easier to nurse lying down... and then they start to be able to latch on themselves! And... you can actually sleep through nursing sessions..
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Aislinn is a very content baby - she sleeps well at nighttime - goes to sleep around 8:30 and wakes to nurse around 1:30 and then goes back to sleep until around 4:45 am! She is always up for about 45 min and then goes back to sleep for another hour - that is, unless ds is up (which is most days - yikes, he seems to be in a pattern of getting up around 5:30 am..). If he is up, he always wakes her up...
Even though we are swaddling and following the '5-s', she still seems to have a little fussy period every evening. It usually starts around 6-6:30 and lasts anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. It is a bit stressful, but I know it could be worse. Mac, ds, never had this, but then again, he never slept at nighttime! I don't mind a little fussiness in the evening, because she does sleep at night...
Some of you have posted about nursing and how hard it is... I just wanted to post and say that it will get better. It is a learned skill and it is something that definately gets easier with experience. I remember with ds, I literally used to spend all night just latching him on, nursing him, burping him and then starting over... It will get better though. I think once they are a little older, it gets a bit easier to nurse lying down... and then they start to be able to latch on themselves! And... you can actually sleep through nursing sessions..
Hugs to all
Emma
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I don't miss being pregnant, or labour at all! I loved being pregnant, but am really loving this next phase too. I imagine in a few months I will start to miss it and want to do it all again.......it'll be a while for the next one though LOL. Dh has already gone from "no more kids!" to "well, maybe next time we'll have a girl!". I am in no hurry to repeat my long, difficult labour though, and would like to get a little sleep before even thinking of the possibilities of going though it all again
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Sleep is finally getting better for us. I managed to change Deshi's schedule a little so that he falls asleep for the night at 10 or 11 instead of 1am. He sleeps all night, with the exception of one super-quick nursing session every couple of days at around 4. I nurse him again at 6 and 9am and he sleeps till 10 or 11 am. Its amazing! My 2.5 year old wakes up 2-3 times though, and he is up for the day at 6 or 7 am so I still don't get much sleep.
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Sleep is finally getting better for us. I managed to change Deshi's schedule a little so that he falls asleep for the night at 10 or 11 instead of 1am. He sleeps all night, with the exception of one super-quick nursing session every couple of days at around 4. I nurse him again at 6 and 9am and he sleeps till 10 or 11 am. Its amazing! My 2.5 year old wakes up 2-3 times though, and he is up for the day at 6 or 7 am so I still don't get much sleep.
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Awww, Mamarsupial, I'm sad about no pictures too, but we do have some video thankfully. With Molly, I just didn't care and didn't want photos. We took a few of her just after she was born, and that was fine for me. I guess my memories were good enough.
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This time it was so different, I think because of the homebirth and how cool the delivery was. I've been taking tons of photos of the baby, though, and even some video footage.
Jessie's nursing pattern is changing. Thursday and Friday evenings she nursed all evening. I had some tea, so I wonder if the caffeine had something to do with it on Thursday, but on Friday I didn't have anything. Then last night we went out to dinner and she slept in the sling all evening except for the very end of dinner. I nursed her in the sling and then in the car before driving home. She went to sleep well, but has been waking in the middle of the night and is fussy. It's harder to get her latched on, but I usually manage. However, when she is done, she still is kind of fussy. Last night she would cry periodically, and I tried different positions. I was at the point of getting up and leaving the bedroom, but the bed was so warm and comfy that I didn't want to, and she finally fell asleep. She seemed fascinated by the nightlight, and just sat and stared at it for a long time before falling asleep. She was hiccuping the whole time, poor thing. I had turned her on her tummy and put her on my chest which was when the hiccups started, and she couldn't get comfortable. I think part of the problem last night, besides maybe my iced tea at dinner, was that she had a really messy diaper and I didn't change it. She doesn't seem to deal well with messy diapers and I forget that sometimes. Molly didn't seem to care, at least not as she got older, and I forget that Jessie is so different from Molly.
Jessie's nursing pattern is changing. Thursday and Friday evenings she nursed all evening. I had some tea, so I wonder if the caffeine had something to do with it on Thursday, but on Friday I didn't have anything. Then last night we went out to dinner and she slept in the sling all evening except for the very end of dinner. I nursed her in the sling and then in the car before driving home. She went to sleep well, but has been waking in the middle of the night and is fussy. It's harder to get her latched on, but I usually manage. However, when she is done, she still is kind of fussy. Last night she would cry periodically, and I tried different positions. I was at the point of getting up and leaving the bedroom, but the bed was so warm and comfy that I didn't want to, and she finally fell asleep. She seemed fascinated by the nightlight, and just sat and stared at it for a long time before falling asleep. She was hiccuping the whole time, poor thing. I had turned her on her tummy and put her on my chest which was when the hiccups started, and she couldn't get comfortable. I think part of the problem last night, besides maybe my iced tea at dinner, was that she had a really messy diaper and I didn't change it. She doesn't seem to deal well with messy diapers and I forget that sometimes. Molly didn't seem to care, at least not as she got older, and I forget that Jessie is so different from Molly.
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I just posted some new pics on Micah's website... Got some REALLY cute ones of him... =)
Micah @ 5 Wks Old
Micah @ 5 Wks Old
I didn't get any birth or labor photos either--it just went so fast there at the end that we didn't have time to grab the camera, and during transition and pushing, if dh had gone to get the camera out of the bag and taken his hands off my back for even a second, i would have gone mad. I do miss the birth, I wish I could relive it. I also miss preparing for birth like i did throughout my pregnancy. That said, I'm ok with the fact that it's over, and I do love having the baby here.
My house seems dirty. It could be a lot worse, but it's so hard to keep up.
I think it would do me a lot of good to put on the sling and go for a stroll before it gets dark...
My house seems dirty. It could be a lot worse, but it's so hard to keep up.
I think it would do me a lot of good to put on the sling and go for a stroll before it gets dark...
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April the pics of Micah are great..I too like the one of him on the cello(?) I loved the ones of his smiling too. Josie hasn't smiled really yet. She is also 5wks. She smiled today at my mom I guess..I didn't see it so to me it didn't happen..hehe..hey first smiles are supposed to be at mommy's not grammie's....lol
i had dh take birth pictures. i hate pictures of myself, and i wasn't keen on the idea of seeing myself in labor, but i figured i'd rather have them and throw them away then wish i'd had some. i cringe when i see them because i don't like seeing my crotch on film, but i don't regret it. there's some gory ones of scout, too. scout'll be the first of many; i would like four or five kids.
scout started smiling on thursday. i was laying in bed with her and it was like she was practicing. now she can do it. it takes a little bit of prodding and lots of baby talk, but it's beautiful. and she won't really do it for dh but i don't mind
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. she's a month now! today we took her to the park. on wednesday, it snowed and today it was eighty-five, so we took advantage of it. then we went out for dinner for our anniversary and it was gross.
april, micah's adorable!
scout started smiling on thursday. i was laying in bed with her and it was like she was practicing. now she can do it. it takes a little bit of prodding and lots of baby talk, but it's beautiful. and she won't really do it for dh but i don't mind
april, micah's adorable!
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morning. fi is 3 weeks old today! she's so cute. she's smiling and cooing all the time now. she still has the sniffles, but so does everyone else in our house ('cept dh, who never gets sick).
e slept with us last night, sp between her kicking and squirming and fi nursing, i didn't get much sleep at all. even the king bed felt small! ugh. maybe we can all nap this afternoon or something.
my dad, who is an md, bought e a kid's sized stethoscope. she loves it...although, in addition to checking for everyon's heartbeat, she's also really enjoying wearing it like a belt and whipping it around. she's doibg that right now, in her nightgown and a crown of flowers, and singing 'farmer in the dell'. hee hee.
e slept with us last night, sp between her kicking and squirming and fi nursing, i didn't get much sleep at all. even the king bed felt small! ugh. maybe we can all nap this afternoon or something.
my dad, who is an md, bought e a kid's sized stethoscope. she loves it...although, in addition to checking for everyon's heartbeat, she's also really enjoying wearing it like a belt and whipping it around. she's doibg that right now, in her nightgown and a crown of flowers, and singing 'farmer in the dell'. hee hee.
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Yes indeed Josie is learning to smile. So she must have smiled yesterday at my mom. She smiled at me this morning. But at this point I can't coax it.
I did notice too that Josie is getting more hair where she lost the other stuff. But if she is anything like her sis..it will take her two years to get it.
Yes indeed Josie is learning to smile. So she must have smiled yesterday at my mom. She smiled at me this morning. But at this point I can't coax it.
I did notice too that Josie is getting more hair where she lost the other stuff. But if she is anything like her sis..it will take her two years to get it.
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Great Pics Autumn!!! You all are so cute. Will Fiona lose her hair? Josie has lost everything on top and is slowly losing the rest of it on the back of her head. Lorna did this too...took her two years to get it back. Lorna's hair is still short and thin. Won't be forever..daddy and I have lots of hair.
Thanks for sharing your pics. I need to get some new posted.
Thanks for sharing your pics. I need to get some new posted.
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e lost all her hair, but started out with just peach fuzz. e had cradle cap, and one day i was rubbing some apricot oil into her scalp and when i pulled my hand away it was covered in her hair.
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anyway, i'm hoping since fi has much more hair that it might stay better. oh, and e has lots of pretty red curls now...so she didn't stay bald forever!
All this smiling-talk is getting me worried. Julie has shown no signs of smiling "real" smiles yet - just tons of the gassy ones. In fact, I have a hard time getting her to look me in the eye when I try to make funny faces at her - she's always looking to one side or the other. Yipes.
I know I'm freaking out for no reason. She's 5 1/2 weeks, and every kid develops at their own pace yadda yadda...plus, she was so busy crying for 2 or 3 of those weeks, she didn't have as much energy for learning to smile. Right? Well, I can't help it. Every momma wants their kid to be the first on the block to do whatever.
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So I have to add, MY kid still has a ton of hair. She's lost some of it, so it's thinned out a bit, but she's still wild and wooly-cute. In fact, I put up a few new pictures yesterday at http://www.shellykang.com/julie2/ - mostly bathtime photos, but a couple of others at the end as well.
I know I'm freaking out for no reason. She's 5 1/2 weeks, and every kid develops at their own pace yadda yadda...plus, she was so busy crying for 2 or 3 of those weeks, she didn't have as much energy for learning to smile. Right? Well, I can't help it. Every momma wants their kid to be the first on the block to do whatever.
So I have to add, MY kid still has a ton of hair. She's lost some of it, so it's thinned out a bit, but she's still wild and wooly-cute. In fact, I put up a few new pictures yesterday at http://www.shellykang.com/julie2/ - mostly bathtime photos, but a couple of others at the end as well.
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Shelly, Josie and Julie share the same birthday. Josie is just learning to smile Julie will get it. I couldn't get your link to work...
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she's beautiful, shelley!
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I'm wondering when Micah will giggle out loud for the first time... I LOVE BABY GIGGLES!!! :LOL He's been grinning a LOT this week, and I was THRILLED that I finally got a picture. We have this digital camera that has a few second delay, and usually by the time it takes, he's stopped grinning... sigh... He's been close to giggling a few times, but not quite yet... Micah started smiling when he was a week old, and has been holding his head up on his own since he was born. The control wasn't so good, but now he's getting better at that, and is looking around lots. His new thing is he's started standing up on my lap when I'm trying to burp him, and today when I was bathing him he stood right up... MUCH easier to wash his little bummy. LOL! I'm having so much fun with this little guy. He's so alert, everytime I take him out somewhere he has these great big wondering eyes, taking everything in, looking around. I can't put him in the sling in the cradle position anymore unless he's already asleep, cause he wants to know what's going on. During the day he's already fighting sleep big time cause he doesn't want to miss a single thing. It's so funny, I half think he understands what I'm saying cause if I talk to him and let him know that he's not going to miss anything he settles down and takes a nap... It's probably just my soothing voice though. LOL
I LOVED fiona's pictures. And Ellas. They both have the most amazing hair!
Take comfort, Shelly, Julie will smile soon enough. It is so precious when they do though, so I understand your impatience... BTW, she's DARLING!!!
Anyone else have any new pictures posted? Can't get enough of the babies....
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I LOVED fiona's pictures. And Ellas. They both have the most amazing hair!
Take comfort, Shelly, Julie will smile soon enough. It is so precious when they do though, so I understand your impatience... BTW, she's DARLING!!!
Anyone else have any new pictures posted? Can't get enough of the babies....
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Ok I got the link to work that time. Great pictures. She is beautiful. What would do in a room full of all these beautiful babies....hehe..
I am envious of all her hair. The sweater pic was adorable.
I am envious of all her hair. The sweater pic was adorable.
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