Time is flying by!
Saturday, March 25th, 2006Wow, I can’t believe it’s March 25th already. Lili is almost a month old!
Rambling about Lili and me…
She is so amazing. I have no idea what is normal for a 25 day old baby, but this girl can lift her head like crazy, is starting to have REAL smiles (not just the inner ones), she can almost roll over on her own, etc etc. She just seems really really strong. Must be the extra 11 days she cooked inside. She’s been on a feeding kick lately… I started doing most of the feedings in the side position, because after I initially thought I was getting better last weekend, I had a setback and started feeling even worse this week. So, we both lay down, and then she feeds for like 20 minutes or more, and then we fall asleep, and then she wakes up and wants to feed more, sometimes for 40 minutes. And then when she wakes up, she’s in the “quiet alert” state, so I have to entertain her– she likes her mobile, but I don’t want to just leave her staring at her mobile. So, I read to her– she really gets interested in books, it’s so cute! And then I sing to her… oh, my hatred of Paul McCartney is waning… “All Together Now” is the most perfect baby song ever…
Sometimes I shake a rattle at her… she’s not too into that yet. Or I’ll plop her on the gymini, but the only thing she likes there is the mirror, and I can hold her up to the giant mirrored doors in the “offery” or the “nursice” (the nursery/office) instead. She has not taken to the bouncy chair yet. We don’t have a swing, and that seems okay so far. She has been very very good. She only cries when hungry, which is quite often (esp. frustrating when I feed her for as long as she wants, and then try to eat something myself, and she starts crying!). But she’s such a good baby. She’s sleeping on Joe right now.
Monday, she has her one month check up. I think she’s very very healthy, however, she has a dimple at the base of her spine… it’s called a “sacral cleft” which correlates to some issues, like spina bifida or other spinal cord problems. So, we had to take her for a spinal ultrasound Thursday a week ago. The tech indicated that everything was okay, and the radiologist was a mumbler, but we got him to say that it looked good, but that he’d send the report to our doctor. Well, it turns out that the ultrasound didn’t show everything they wanted to see, and they recommend an MRI! Which means she has to be sedated. I don’t know. We’re going to talk it over with our pediatrician on Monday. I know she wants us to have the test, but we don’t want to put her through it right now… I think I’d rather just keep on eye on her and see if anything odd develops, but I need to know more about the risks first.
I still haven’t started the cloth diapers… I plan on starting around 1 month, which will be Tuesday! I’m having doubts about the whole thing. I know I could do them myself, but since we have plumbing issues, it’s probably not a good idea. Plus, I would need way more energy than I have normally. I am a normally low energy person, and right now, with whatever is going on in my nether regions, my energy is SUPER low.
Tomorrow, I’m going to check out slings! I’m bringing the ring sling that B sent me, to see if I can get a lesson in how to use that, and I might buy the Moby wrap that I saw on M’s LJ. We have the Baby Bjorn, but I think that might be a better DADDY baby carrier. Wish me luck, because as it is, I haven’t had a good time standing or sitting for the past week. :-/ If I feel no better by Monday, I’ll be calling the midwives, because my appointment isn’t for 2 + weeks, and I suspect I could have a stitches infection or something.
And, here’s a picture of the little one (actually from 2 weeks ago!!)
