Return to Normalcy
Ahhh, today was a GREAT day. Why? Because it was so UNeventful! We had no visitors. We just had a normal day at home, just like we used to, with only one major difference - now we have our daughter. Just Me, Nick, Skylar and Digit (the cat). Chillin' out, listening to music, doing a few errands here and there, and taking turns watching the baby who spent much of her time sleeping. I even took an afternoon nap: Ahhh. Got a chance to get through a little more of all that mail that's been piling up and tweak the "baby announcements" I've been working on. We got to focus on ourselves, our home, and our baby. I feel so much more confident about feeding the baby: Skylar nurses like a little pro and despite all the scary articles I'd read about how introducing a bottle to the baby might cause her to stop breastfeeding, I'm happy to say that little Skylar still loves to BF and has no problem "switch hitting" over to the bottle - either pumped or formula - when Daddy or Grandma needs to step in, or if Mommy just needs a break. I just know this is the right thing for our baby. Thanks to Dr. Conrad for helping us with that! (I can still tell that Sky prefers me to the bottle of course :-) but supplementing with the formula gives us so much flexibility and ensures she's getting enough of what she needs. I'm convinced that this way is even better than breastfeeding or bottle-feeding exclusively, she gets the best of both worlds. My little Skylar, I'm so proud of you!
Wrote you the "little nurser" song (to the tune of Frere Jacques):
Little nurser, little nurser, what do you do? What do you do? I'm a little feeder, such a good eater! I love you, I love you.
Hey, it's only been 3 weeks and my hormones are a little crazy now. I don't need to make excuses for being really nutty right now and writing silly songs. Another good one is my original "We Burp" rap ditty - she just loves that one!
Another update on my earlier post: Nick and I really are sharing these parenting responsibilities. I think that the tension ran high for both of us last night when our little one was crying uncontrollably. He does have a rough week at work and there is that fine line of both of us feeling overwhelmed. Sure I have been home all week taking care of baby but then again I have been home. He is at work, missing her, calling during the day to check on us. He stops at the supermarket and drug store after work for stuff, takes the garbage out everyday and changes our "diaper disposal" bag, keeps the lawn up, even cleans the house since I can't vacuum and does laundry. We are both working hard and it has only been 3 weeks, we need to get into a routine and give ourselves a break. This was a BIG life change for us and we owe it to ourselves to expect a learning curve and be easy on ourselves and try to keep the "overstimulation" of too many phone calls, visitors, things to do, etc. to a minimum. Nick's doing a GREAT job of gauging our visitor time and I've been very good about being honest and vocal with friends and family telling them when a good time would be and they are so understanding when I say "not today, I'm just so tired." That makes them truly special people! Most only want to help. I'll take Kim up on that visit for coffee this week, Tammy on that dinner she wants to bring, and Karen and I can go to the Mall (oh, I didn't tell her that yet but I'm sure she'll go for it - we can put Sky in the stroller and I can use my coupon for Bath & Body Works).
Another reason things are normal is I am wearing CLOTHES again! Since all my "summer stuff" besides maternity is in a plastic bin somewhere. Most of the tops I was wearing before Skylar were tank tops with little straps that don't cover nursing bras and low-rise shorts that sat below the belly and don't cover the "Grandma undies" I had to switch to since the C-section. So, I'm wearing maternity shorts and the two huge button down tops I have both of which are in the dirty laundry due to breast milk leakage. I have to remember to wear those pads...Mom went to KMart today and I asked if she could pick me up anything. "Yes, a big button down shirt. I don't care how ugly it is, I just need SOMETHING!" She managed to get five really nice shirts on clearance - for 3.50 and 2.80 apiece! And I really like them. I also took the time to slap on some makeup finally - chose a really gaudy pink sparkle color for the lips and similar eyeshadow. Even MASCARA. Big step. But the hair - that was too much trouble. Another day...One day at a time!!
Wrote you the "little nurser" song (to the tune of Frere Jacques):
Little nurser, little nurser, what do you do? What do you do? I'm a little feeder, such a good eater! I love you, I love you.
Hey, it's only been 3 weeks and my hormones are a little crazy now. I don't need to make excuses for being really nutty right now and writing silly songs. Another good one is my original "We Burp" rap ditty - she just loves that one!
Another update on my earlier post: Nick and I really are sharing these parenting responsibilities. I think that the tension ran high for both of us last night when our little one was crying uncontrollably. He does have a rough week at work and there is that fine line of both of us feeling overwhelmed. Sure I have been home all week taking care of baby but then again I have been home. He is at work, missing her, calling during the day to check on us. He stops at the supermarket and drug store after work for stuff, takes the garbage out everyday and changes our "diaper disposal" bag, keeps the lawn up, even cleans the house since I can't vacuum and does laundry. We are both working hard and it has only been 3 weeks, we need to get into a routine and give ourselves a break. This was a BIG life change for us and we owe it to ourselves to expect a learning curve and be easy on ourselves and try to keep the "overstimulation" of too many phone calls, visitors, things to do, etc. to a minimum. Nick's doing a GREAT job of gauging our visitor time and I've been very good about being honest and vocal with friends and family telling them when a good time would be and they are so understanding when I say "not today, I'm just so tired." That makes them truly special people! Most only want to help. I'll take Kim up on that visit for coffee this week, Tammy on that dinner she wants to bring, and Karen and I can go to the Mall (oh, I didn't tell her that yet but I'm sure she'll go for it - we can put Sky in the stroller and I can use my coupon for Bath & Body Works).
Another reason things are normal is I am wearing CLOTHES again! Since all my "summer stuff" besides maternity is in a plastic bin somewhere. Most of the tops I was wearing before Skylar were tank tops with little straps that don't cover nursing bras and low-rise shorts that sat below the belly and don't cover the "Grandma undies" I had to switch to since the C-section. So, I'm wearing maternity shorts and the two huge button down tops I have both of which are in the dirty laundry due to breast milk leakage. I have to remember to wear those pads...Mom went to KMart today and I asked if she could pick me up anything. "Yes, a big button down shirt. I don't care how ugly it is, I just need SOMETHING!" She managed to get five really nice shirts on clearance - for 3.50 and 2.80 apiece! And I really like them. I also took the time to slap on some makeup finally - chose a really gaudy pink sparkle color for the lips and similar eyeshadow. Even MASCARA. Big step. But the hair - that was too much trouble. Another day...One day at a time!!
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