Sun still isn’t nursing. And I am starting to feel it will never come. I go from one extreme to the other. I’ll start the day conspiratorially saying to Sun that today will be the day–I’ll be sure she is good and hungry and then I’ll be very patient and think to myself, “We’ll just [...]
As Sun and I were taking our morning nap, there was a knock on the door followed by the ringing of our doorbell. Now that I have a baby that naps, I really get irritated with those who ring my bell–but who knocks and rings the bell?? The Water Department, that’s who. They were letting [...]
While in the hospital, a friend visited and told CS and me that if we decided to keep the umbilical cord, to let her know because she has some “special box” for saving it. I politely told her, “Okaaay,” but was thinking, “Ew! Why would I want to save it? It wasn’t connected to me, [...]
So little Sun has very healthy lungs. She can really wail! And that is to be expected. What we had not expected was Peanut’s reaction to her crying or to the baby altogether. Peanut has always slept with us, and she has a tendency to want to sleep on one’s throat. Needless to say, we [...]
Last night, I got up for the 1:30am feeding of Sun. After which came the 2:10am diaper change. At said diaper change, her umbilical cord fell off. Just like that. That little milestone just sloughed off as I was snapping her onesie back in place and her father slept. Glad I was on the 1:30am [...]