Day 93 Saturday November 14

THREE MONTHS OLD!!!

I ate lunch today with Henry in the Ergo. It's not bad. I feel like I can do anything with this thing. I think I can try to cook or clean. I love having him so close and having my hands free. That feels selfish: wanting to have my hands free. hmmm I don't want to ignore him, I just want to have him with me and safe and be able to do stuff.

Day 92 Friday November 13

When I change Henry, he can get a little whiny so I play the classical music station on the radio. We keep it on while we play in his room. He also has classical music on his swing. Is there any proof that playing classical music makes you smarter? It feels like there should be.

I can't always be close enough to hear it when Henry poops, but I am SO glad when I am. Sometimes this baby poops is abundant enough to actually leak UP the back of his diaper. I know that since he consumes nothing but breast milk this means that his poops are quite liquidy. I also know that if you spend a lot of time playing on your back this means that your liquid poop has the tendency to spread up... like I said: I'm happy when I hear him poop. That way, I catch it in time.


(blog actually posted June 25: last day of school! It has taken me this long to find the time to turn my daily notes into blog entries. Getting ready to go back to work and actually being a working mom/wife/sister/friend did not leave enough time to blog.)

Day 91 Thursday 11/12

ERGO Victory!

We have three ways to carry Henry. We have the fabulous Ergo, we have the awesome Sleepy Wrap and we have a pretty cool sling.

The sling almost immediately hurts my back and I can't figure out how to not cover Henry's face. This one, though, is the easiest one to just throw in the diaper bag to have on hand.

The Sleepy Wrap makes me so hot, it is a LOT of fabric! We have had some victories in the past, but the last time I used it, he cried like crazy.

I have been waiting to try the Ergo again because when I tried to follow the directions and put him the way a newborn should go, it always seemed to somehow cut off circulation to his legs because you could see them turn blue. I hated that and I knew he was probably too big for that hold and yet not big enough to have him put his legs around my waist.

Well today was the day! I figured, he is almost three months old, I can put his legs around my waist! So I suited up! Put him in the carrier, and we went all the way to the post office, to the tea shop and then back home. It was quite a work out, but he slept for most of it and I could calm him when we were in line at the post office for way too long and the inactivity woke him up. (I can't stand our post office: North Hollywood... you suck!)

The Ergo is wonderful and I feel like he is secure and I hope to do the hike with him sometime soon.

Day 90, Wed Nov 11

Putting this ointment in his eye is a TRIP! We are supposed to pull down his lower lid and put a quarter inch of this gel inside the lid. Have you ever tried pulling the lid down of a baby who has the chubbiest cheeks known to man? It doesn't work! And Henry must be like me and gets claustrophobic when things come close to my eyes, he FREAKS out. He hates it and he fights us. This baby is super strong! I can't believe we have to do this four times a day for five whole days.

Today was also the first day in awhile that we were all home and we all went grocery shopping together. It was really nice. Our little family.

Day 89, Tuesday 11/10

Henry cried like CRAZY when he woke up this morning. He has not done this is quite a while. It was a little disturbing. Then he quiets down, eventually and acts like nothing happened.

Yesterday we went on a walk with Patty and she commented on his eye. He has had a lot of juicy-ness coming out in the last two days, a lot more than usual. He has always had that clogged tear duct in his right eye, but this seemed more than normal eye gunk a la clogged duct. So today it was the same if not worse because it looks like his eyelids are red. So we called the nurse and told her about it. Some of the eye gunk is greener than the normal yellowy color, so she got the doctor to call in a prescription. I had to jump through some hoops with Target and proving Henry has insurance since I still have not received his card (Screw you Health Net!), but I got the tiny tube of ointment (which was once over $100, but we got it for $30).

Day 88, Monday Nov 9

When it is just the two of us here, the apartment is so quiet. It makes me a little crazy.

Today I did laundry and it was a little hard because it was just the two of us. I have to leave to go to the garage where the laundry room is in our building. Once, he was asleep so I left him in the crib and ran and hurried like you wouldn't believe, praying the whole time. I don't think I can do this again.

How do people do this?

One time Phillip put him in the sling and took him back and forth with him... I couldn't carry the basket with him on me. Where would it go?

If we ever get a house, I really hope we have a washer and a dryer. (and it would be great if it was on the first floor... :)

Day 87, Sunday 11/8

I need more sleep. I need to sleep when he sleeps. I have never gotten the hang of this. I need to do it, because I am falling asleep while nursing or while he plays on the blanket. This is no good.

We had more trouble with the bottle again, but while at church Phillip gave him the bottle again... We just keep persevering. We have no choice.