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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Daddy and Caroline's Day of Fun!
This past Saturday I attended a bridal shower which also meant something else...Daddy had to parent on his own.
I remember one time getting upset with some guys I used to work with when he said he had to 'babysit' his children for some reason. Uh, when you are the FATHER it isn't babysitting! It's being a parent. And Brad is a great one and was really excited to have her to himself. I made sure the diaper bag was ready for when he had to take her out, made sure he knew where everything was for her if she needed it and picked out a very special outfit for this big day. He even learned how to give her a bath on his own a few days before (usually he only sits in the bathroom and watches me when I give her a bath) just in case she got messy while I was away. I defrosted some milk and kissed my two loves good-bye. I of course cried but made it through the day. I also put my cell phone on the table next to me as soon as I got to the shower and checked in once but it wasn't needed. They had fun! She slept for him, ate for him, played with him and only fussed a little bit. I of course couldn't wait to get back to them but I had a GREAT afternoon out! But, who wouldn't want to rush home when this is what you left there...
Caroline also went to the doctor last week for her two month checkup-yes she is almost three months old now so we got both done at once. She got her first set of post birth shots :( she of course cried as did I but by the next morning things were back to normal. At 11 weeks she weighed in at 13 pounds 5 ounces and is now 24 1/2 inches long and her head is 16 inches. She is now in the 75% for her age group. We love our healthy girl!!
I remember one time getting upset with some guys I used to work with when he said he had to 'babysit' his children for some reason. Uh, when you are the FATHER it isn't babysitting! It's being a parent. And Brad is a great one and was really excited to have her to himself. I made sure the diaper bag was ready for when he had to take her out, made sure he knew where everything was for her if she needed it and picked out a very special outfit for this big day. He even learned how to give her a bath on his own a few days before (usually he only sits in the bathroom and watches me when I give her a bath) just in case she got messy while I was away. I defrosted some milk and kissed my two loves good-bye. I of course cried but made it through the day. I also put my cell phone on the table next to me as soon as I got to the shower and checked in once but it wasn't needed. They had fun! She slept for him, ate for him, played with him and only fussed a little bit. I of course couldn't wait to get back to them but I had a GREAT afternoon out! But, who wouldn't want to rush home when this is what you left there...
Caroline also went to the doctor last week for her two month checkup-yes she is almost three months old now so we got both done at once. She got her first set of post birth shots :( she of course cried as did I but by the next morning things were back to normal. At 11 weeks she weighed in at 13 pounds 5 ounces and is now 24 1/2 inches long and her head is 16 inches. She is now in the 75% for her age group. We love our healthy girl!!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Baby's first Easter!!
Caroline had one busy weekend!! Mommy wanted to make sure we did ALL of the important traditions and events that we always do to make it a REAL Easter for her right from the get go. We dyed eggs at Busia's house, attended the Chrism mass with the Archbishop, went to Good Friday services, blessed our Easter food and went to mass on Easter Morning. The beautiful weather made for a GREAT day and mom went all out (and had fun!) on Caroline's Easter outfit and it was A-DORE-A-BLE!! The Easter bunny was very good to her and she got several Easter treats this year. While we hunted for eggs for her this year we all laughed about how she will probably be knocking everyone else over next year to find the loot :)
Baby's First Christmas??
As I had mentioned almost a year ago now, my brother is in the Navy. He left last May for Kuwait and obviously missed A LOT of things with the family. He unfortunately was not here for Caroline's birth but was very excited to meet her when he came home and she was 8 weeks old. To make up for some important things that we didn't get to do as a family we decided to make our 'welcome home' dinner our Christmas dinner instead. Mom was making our traditional Polish Christmas eve dinner of fish and pierogi and we were going to eat on the Christmas dishes and she had even bought some cut and bake Christmas cookies and some hershey miniatures for Larry per his request after the holidays so we had those too! At the last minute we decided to even put up the tree and some other decorations to add to the fun. We all dressed up like it was Christmas and enjoyed our very sunny, very warm Christmas 2009as a family in March of 2010 :)
Monday, March 22, 2010
A bunch of firsts
Little Miss C has been collecting her first moments like they will never happen again :)
Last week she celebrated her first St. Patrick's Day
She also went to the Zoo for the first time and was actually awake for most of it too. Fussy and fighting off the sleepiness but still awake.
She slept alot and ate little during the night this past Saturday and mommy had to find other ways to get rid of the good stuff. And, since I didn't love the idea of seeing that all go down the drain.....
Daddy fed her a bottle for the first time! This won't become a common scene but there are going to be times when I can't be around so we were happy she took to it...after some prodding and determination on our part.
She hit the two month mark yesterday and is growing leaps and bounds. She recognizes voices really well now and even turns her head when she hears Brad or I. She is trying to hold her head up so much lately and sits with support and doesn't fall over right away. And, she is also showing signs of wanting to roll over already so that is very exciting.
There is also another first but I couldn't take a picture. She slept for the first time in her crib the other day! It was just a nap so far but she was still in there...and looked so small. Her days of sleeping in the pack'n'play in our room are numbered (literally, she will outgrow the weight limit of the bassinet soon) so we must prepare her to move on. I cried when I laid her in there. And, then called my mom and cried some more. Then checked on her every two minutes. Where did two months go?!!
Last week she celebrated her first St. Patrick's Day
She also went to the Zoo for the first time and was actually awake for most of it too. Fussy and fighting off the sleepiness but still awake.
She slept alot and ate little during the night this past Saturday and mommy had to find other ways to get rid of the good stuff. And, since I didn't love the idea of seeing that all go down the drain.....
Daddy fed her a bottle for the first time! This won't become a common scene but there are going to be times when I can't be around so we were happy she took to it...after some prodding and determination on our part.
She hit the two month mark yesterday and is growing leaps and bounds. She recognizes voices really well now and even turns her head when she hears Brad or I. She is trying to hold her head up so much lately and sits with support and doesn't fall over right away. And, she is also showing signs of wanting to roll over already so that is very exciting.
There is also another first but I couldn't take a picture. She slept for the first time in her crib the other day! It was just a nap so far but she was still in there...and looked so small. Her days of sleeping in the pack'n'play in our room are numbered (literally, she will outgrow the weight limit of the bassinet soon) so we must prepare her to move on. I cried when I laid her in there. And, then called my mom and cried some more. Then checked on her every two minutes. Where did two months go?!!
"You can crap in one hand and wish in the other..."
This blog post will begin with me asking if you are squeamish? Do you gag easily or find bodily functions parcticularly gross-especially those of infants?? If you answered yes to any of those then this blog post is not for you...pretend you didn't see it and don't read it.
As for me, I must blog about it because...well because I can and because everyone else finds it SOOOOO funny.
I consider myself a 'Real' mother now. No, I am not talking the instant I heard "It's a girl!" two months ago...and it certainly never happened when I pee'd on a stick last year or the nine months that followed. Nope, never did I feel then as I do now. That was all pre-game...a warmup. Heck, that was all the minor leagues compared to things now. When did this happen? How does this happen?
It could have happened the day my daughter paused in the middle of eating to unlatch and sneeze breastmilk into my face. And my partially opened mouth.
But, there was also the night when I picked her up to calm her fussiness and she spit up. LITERALLY. Up into my face and my hair as I held her in my arms and looked down at her.
Wait, that is much too similar to the time I had her on my shoulder trying to burp her and she spit so much that it ran down my collarbone, into my cleavage and settled in my bra. SEXY
These compare not at all the the exact moment it happened. The moment when I was a real honest-to-goodness-I love my kid so much I would do anything-fear nothing-seen it all-put their needs and comfort first-REAL mother. But even a real mother can have a weak stomach, right? Even I can be disgusted and yet still take care of things right? That is just how I felt the other day when my daughter showed us she could eat and fill her pants at the same time. And POOPED in my HAND! Yes, she shot it upward and out of the top of her diaper while I held her close to me and fed her the 'momma juice' from my own body. This child who has the smile of an angel, whose coo's can make my heart melt pooped in my hand. Maybe this was her way of saying 'hey mom, you make goooood stuff'. Maybe?? Or no?
These kinds of potty breaks, the diaper escaping kind, are common in breastfed infants as our pediatrician told me. Gee, thanks. The kind doctor also told me a personal story of her own to make me feel better about it but that was before my own poo in the hand incident happened so I don't feel so bad for her anymore. Because, well her story did not involve poo landing in her hand.
Brad and I have now become double diaper parents. Yes, Caroline is wearing two diapers to cut down on the escapees. I can't wash the bouncy seat cover every day anymore. I can't lose any more jammies to poo stains that aren't going away. I can't take it on my jeans, soaking through to my undies as I hold the little miracle anymore :) She is wearing two diapers until this passes and she doesn't mind it one bit. Mom is doing much better too. But, that could be because dad handled almost every poopy diaper this weekend and my only contact came when she did it while in my lap.
Go ahead. Be jealous. This is MY life.
And I love it. I never want a different job again. Poopy hand and all :)
As for me, I must blog about it because...well because I can and because everyone else finds it SOOOOO funny.
I consider myself a 'Real' mother now. No, I am not talking the instant I heard "It's a girl!" two months ago...and it certainly never happened when I pee'd on a stick last year or the nine months that followed. Nope, never did I feel then as I do now. That was all pre-game...a warmup. Heck, that was all the minor leagues compared to things now. When did this happen? How does this happen?
It could have happened the day my daughter paused in the middle of eating to unlatch and sneeze breastmilk into my face. And my partially opened mouth.
But, there was also the night when I picked her up to calm her fussiness and she spit up. LITERALLY. Up into my face and my hair as I held her in my arms and looked down at her.
Wait, that is much too similar to the time I had her on my shoulder trying to burp her and she spit so much that it ran down my collarbone, into my cleavage and settled in my bra. SEXY
These compare not at all the the exact moment it happened. The moment when I was a real honest-to-goodness-I love my kid so much I would do anything-fear nothing-seen it all-put their needs and comfort first-REAL mother. But even a real mother can have a weak stomach, right? Even I can be disgusted and yet still take care of things right? That is just how I felt the other day when my daughter showed us she could eat and fill her pants at the same time. And POOPED in my HAND! Yes, she shot it upward and out of the top of her diaper while I held her close to me and fed her the 'momma juice' from my own body. This child who has the smile of an angel, whose coo's can make my heart melt pooped in my hand. Maybe this was her way of saying 'hey mom, you make goooood stuff'. Maybe?? Or no?
These kinds of potty breaks, the diaper escaping kind, are common in breastfed infants as our pediatrician told me. Gee, thanks. The kind doctor also told me a personal story of her own to make me feel better about it but that was before my own poo in the hand incident happened so I don't feel so bad for her anymore. Because, well her story did not involve poo landing in her hand.
Brad and I have now become double diaper parents. Yes, Caroline is wearing two diapers to cut down on the escapees. I can't wash the bouncy seat cover every day anymore. I can't lose any more jammies to poo stains that aren't going away. I can't take it on my jeans, soaking through to my undies as I hold the little miracle anymore :) She is wearing two diapers until this passes and she doesn't mind it one bit. Mom is doing much better too. But, that could be because dad handled almost every poopy diaper this weekend and my only contact came when she did it while in my lap.
Go ahead. Be jealous. This is MY life.
And I love it. I never want a different job again. Poopy hand and all :)
Monday, March 15, 2010
And the Doctor said...
Mommy and Caroline are A-OK!! It has taken me a while to post about this but both Caroline and I have been for our 6 week check ups and we passed with flying colors! She does have a touch of Acid reflux but so far I am able to control it by watching what I eat and how I feed her and keeping things as stress free and regular as possile so we don't need medicine yet. Caroline now weighs 12 pounds 11 ounces and is 23 inches long-in the 95 percentile for both! The doctor is also very surprised (yet happy) with how strong she already is in her neck-she can lift her head on her own already. She also is a strong kicker and is already moving herself on her side to try to roll over-we are all waiting and watching for that big moment! She is such a happy baby all the time and we love watching her smile and coo and try to talk to us.
My doctor also gave me a clean bill and I was cleared to go back to my everyday normal activities. My biggest accomplishment was that I am only 2 pounds over the weight I was before I got pregnant! I quickly lost all of the baby weight and am so excited about it. If I would have known it would be so easy to lose weight this way, I would have had kids years ago :)
My doctor also gave me a clean bill and I was cleared to go back to my everyday normal activities. My biggest accomplishment was that I am only 2 pounds over the weight I was before I got pregnant! I quickly lost all of the baby weight and am so excited about it. If I would have known it would be so easy to lose weight this way, I would have had kids years ago :)
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