This Week
Posted
Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:27 PM
Hi All. I've been getting on and reading at least every couple of days, but I'm pretty boring and don't have much to report. Here is my mundane news.
Sam is growing. I measured him on my cutting mat yesterday, and he was about 19.5" long. I also weighed myself and then him and me, and I think he is getting close to 6lbs. He's into NB stuff now. They have all these cute Christmas outfits out, but I am resisting until closer to Christmas so I can get the right size. I have new pics that I need to put up. I really want to get infant portraits done. I'd do them myself, but I don't have the backdrops or good lighting for it, and I really hate to pay for a big chain to do them (I'd rather use a small independent photog, but I'm so cheap). Sometime this year we are going to our wedding photographer and getting family portraits done! He is totally worth the money. I never got any maternity shots like I wanted, so I am not giving upon the family portrait.
BFing is still going well. Some days he seems to be getting on a schedule, others he wants to eat all day long (or all night long). My boobs have deflated after their super-engorged stage, but they still seem to be producing milk. I just need to find some good nursing bras. I should really schedule an appointment with the lactation consultants to do a test-weigh feeding and I could get some there. I've been catching up on Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy while I've been home. 4 weeks of my maternity leave already gone. *Sigh* Next week we start being a big girl and getting things done like a responsible adult.
I like the sling okay, but he's just not big enough yet for it to really work well. I'm constantly worried about his head-chest angle and that he's going to quit breathing. I'll be excited when he can get into the bouncer. Maybe I should set up the playpen in the kitchen like we do the dog crate, and he can hang out in there while I'm cooking/cleaning. That's a thought.
Speaking of the dogs, our golden has been bad lately. She's been neglected quite a bit this month, although we have tried to do some special things with her, but I think she's reacting to the lack of regular schedule and boredom. She ate the cover off the dryer vent. And when DH bought a new one and fixed it, she ate the new one off this morning. We've got to be better about exercising and playing with her. She's been in the house a couple of nights and was really not bad at all, so we need to get back to doing that in the evenings so she can be a part of the family.
I am aching to get back to sewing, but the time I do have during his naps, I tend to spend doing dishes or relaxing without a fussy baby or trying some other cleaning. I did cut out a shirt day before yesterday, maybe I can start on that today sometime. All of a sudden, I really want to get back on the master bedroom quilt, so that will be my next project after the shirt and finishing quilting Sam's baby quilt. At least that's halfway done.
Dressing this new body is frustrating - supposedly I'm a size 16 jean? WTF? I was a size 10 before I got pregnant, and I've lost over half the weight. And it's not like I am an excessively big girl. It makes me pine to get on the treadmill and bang it out, but I know that's a bad idea right now.
Sam just had a massive spitup episode - I do believe he's got reflux. It doesn't happen all the time,but the painful ones happen every once in a while. It's all over his face and head - someone is definitely getting his first full on bath tonight. And he's conked out again.
Okay, I need to get off here so I can chill out for a few minutes and then take a walk with Sam. I'm going farther today - I need to look up distance on mapmyrun.com so I know exactly how far.
TTFN