I really had forgotten how much time it takes to take care of a new one. Which means I lie in bed nursing Christian mentally formulating posts – only to get to the computer with not enough time to actually write anything of substance.<\/p>\n
But the good news is that I am feeling much better – so I guess all the lounging about and napping has paid off. Today I took the dog and the baby for a walk around the neighborhood. Another first.<\/p>\n
We’ve even transitioned into cloth diapers; just using disposables for night-time and longer day trips. With the cloth diapers and covers Sue sent over from Thailand, I’m good to go with a load of dirty nappies every other day. Now, I just need to rig a drying system so I don’t have to use the dryer all the time. Our electricity bill is already spiking.<\/p>\n
Christian is doing his job alright – just sits there and is cute all the day long. He coos, half-grins, and looks at his dad when he hears his voice. He especially likes it when his dad sings to him (Coldplay, The Sundays… a little Radiohead)<\/p>\n
Christian weighed in at 8 pounds at his check-up almost a week ago. I didn’t know this before, but apparently while babies born in hospitals typically lose weight the first week or so, babies born at home rarely do. Now why is that not a statistic I’ve heard of before?<\/p>\n
His belly button is formed and the umbilical stump is in my jewelry box.<\/p>\n
He’s gaining some neck strength and looking around more.<\/p>\n
And he’s learning to sleep properly – that is, when he first arrived, he spent more time in that spacey in-between stage that he must have been in utero – now that he’s more alert for spells during the day, he sleeps more deeply.<\/p>\n
I spend a lot of time gazing at him and re-imagining him inside me; thinking about his state of consciousness and what he was hearing and feeling.<\/p>\n
All in all, he’s doing a fine job adjusting from a water world to an air world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I really had forgotten how much time it takes to take care of a new one. Which means I lie in bed nursing Christian mentally formulating posts – only to get to the computer with not enough time to actually … Continue reading