Monday, March 13, 2006
Where does the time go?
I can't believe that Molly is 2 weeks old already. On the other hand, I can't believe it's only been two weeks!
Noel went back to work today. Luckily mom is here to help me adjust. She's keeping me fed, helping me get some rest and generally just being the best Gram any baby could ask for. I feel like things are getting harder rather than easier. At this time last week I was wearing clothes and getting stuff done. Now I'm in PJs all the time, leaking all over myself and the baby, and just moving from one nap to another so that I can get though the nights. Molly is still on a 2 hour feeding schedule but luckily she has the odd shift of 4 hours...so good! Today I was actually able to clean the bathroom during one of these long naps. Supposely we're coming into another round of cluster feeding (where the baby wants to feed even more often) any day now...I can't say I'm looking forward to it. The last one (around day 3) nearly killed me.
Tomorrow we're going to try to go to the grocery store with mom. Just the thought of it fills me with fear. This will be my first outting with the baby without Noel and for some reason it seems really scary. When we're together I feel like we can handle anything but I'm still working on my confidence with Molly when I'm by myself.
At least now we have a better car seat...We bought Margot's second hand carseat/stroller on the weekend. Then Wednesday we're back to the doctor's. Hopefully I'll get good news on my stitches and I won't have to have any removed (YUCK!). I'm still surprised by how sore I get if I don't take tylenol regularly.
We gave Molly her first bath today. We decided to wait until her stump fell off (even though the nurse said we didn't have to). It went much better than we expected - no tears at all until after she was out of the warm/comforting water. I can't say I like baby towels though. They look cute but don't have much absorbancy or warmth. I think we'll probably just use real towels from now on.
Time for my nightly sitz bath - oh the glamourous life I lead!
Noel went back to work today. Luckily mom is here to help me adjust. She's keeping me fed, helping me get some rest and generally just being the best Gram any baby could ask for. I feel like things are getting harder rather than easier. At this time last week I was wearing clothes and getting stuff done. Now I'm in PJs all the time, leaking all over myself and the baby, and just moving from one nap to another so that I can get though the nights. Molly is still on a 2 hour feeding schedule but luckily she has the odd shift of 4 hours...so good! Today I was actually able to clean the bathroom during one of these long naps. Supposely we're coming into another round of cluster feeding (where the baby wants to feed even more often) any day now...I can't say I'm looking forward to it. The last one (around day 3) nearly killed me.
Tomorrow we're going to try to go to the grocery store with mom. Just the thought of it fills me with fear. This will be my first outting with the baby without Noel and for some reason it seems really scary. When we're together I feel like we can handle anything but I'm still working on my confidence with Molly when I'm by myself.
At least now we have a better car seat...We bought Margot's second hand carseat/stroller on the weekend. Then Wednesday we're back to the doctor's. Hopefully I'll get good news on my stitches and I won't have to have any removed (YUCK!). I'm still surprised by how sore I get if I don't take tylenol regularly.
We gave Molly her first bath today. We decided to wait until her stump fell off (even though the nurse said we didn't have to). It went much better than we expected - no tears at all until after she was out of the warm/comforting water. I can't say I like baby towels though. They look cute but don't have much absorbancy or warmth. I think we'll probably just use real towels from now on.
Time for my nightly sitz bath - oh the glamourous life I lead!
# posted by Dana Corkey @ 8:02 PM 
