{"id":2979,"date":"2010-05-28T22:44:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T02:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/?p=2979"},"modified":"2010-05-28T22:44:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-29T02:44:25","slug":"little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lunardreams.net\/baby\/?p=2979","title":{"rendered":"Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, since my brain is going like a million miles a minute at any given time I’m going to just try to do a brain dump here.<\/p>\n

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The carseat we’re using is the Graco SafeSeat<\/a> (in blue\/silver) – it was purchased 2 years ago, for Devin. I chose it because of the higher weight limit, which I’m still happy about. I also bought the Graco Mosaic stroller<\/a> in the same pattern. This combination does snap together so you can use the infant seat on walks, but it’s not a huge travel set – the stroller is very light and is more or less between an umbrella stroller and a full bells-and-whistles stroller. Den finally dug out the stroller today and took Kate and Zeeke for a walk. It worked great! It’s definitely not too big for me to handle, it was smooth and easy to use, the carseat snapped securely in it. Very happy with my choice! (Note: While it is important to figure out how to get the carseat in and out of the base in the car and to make sure the base is securely installed in your car, I would highly recommend you also take the time to figure out how you strap a baby into the carseat before<\/em> you bring it to the hospital to bring home your new baby. We had the carseat turned upside down on my hospital bed trying to figure out how to loosen the damn straps!)<\/p>\n

My coworkers had purchased for me the Baby Papasan Swing<\/a> in “My Little Lamb.” First, it’s fucking adorable. I mean, truly. Second, because it’s a swing the cats aren’t able to just jump up onto it… every time they put their paws on it to take a look it would swing away from them and they’d walk off, puzzled. Third, she fits in it and seems very comfortable – she tends to spend a lot of time sleeping in it (we don’t have a pack’n’play in the living room because of the cats). The safety strap is soft and very simple to use. Now the swing mechanism itself is a little bit noisy (not that it bothers our champion sleeper, but it’s kind of irritating to us<\/i>), and even on the lowest setting it’s pretty fast. We’ve not turned it on very often, we tend to just push it gently ourselves… which works just fine. It’s just a comfortable, safe place to put her down to sleep.<\/p>\n

On the other side of things, I have this little boppy travel swing<\/a> (though ours isn’t in pink). I have to say, I’m not a fan of it. We put her in it for the first time the other day and it just feels like the way she sits in it makes me nervous… her chin is all folded forward towards her chest, and her head rolls around too much. And the safety straps just seem too complicated for such a little swing, I much prefer the Fisher Price ones. And then of course the fact that it’s a travel swing means it’s on the ground, which means the animals are all poking their noses in her face. Not exactly a great idea, I’m not sure what I was thinking.<\/p>\n

We also have this Fisher Price bouncer<\/a>. We haven’t used it much yet, we only put her in it once the other day, but it’s wicked cute and, like with the papasan swing, she seems to fit in it well and comfortably. It has the same simple safety strap as the papasan swing. It bounces easily. We may not use this much for the next while, but after Den returns to work it’s what I’m going to bring into the bathroom with me so Kate can be nearby while I shower. I also think she’s going to enjoy it when she gets bigger and is able to bounce!<\/p>\n

For sleep we have an Arm’s Reach Cosleeper – she hasn’t been in her crib at all yet, and probably won’t for a while. The cosleeper is bigger than expected. It seems very safe and sturdy, though it was a horrible pain in the ass to assemble – it was complicated to begin with, and the instructions suck<\/i>. But I honestly don’t know how I’d sleep without her being right next to me – even during the day she’s sleeping either on or next to Denis or I. Now I don’t mind bringing Kate into our bed for nursing (very comfy!), but I feel safer with her being in her own flat, firm bed. I just need her to be really close to me.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday we had her first appointment with the pediatrician at 3 days old. She weighed in at the same weight as she was at hospital discharge on Sunday, so they were happy about that. Of course she peed all over when we took off her diaper to get weighed – she’s been doing that with some frequency! Then, after she was back in a diaper (but not clothes), we had to wait in the room for the dr. And she was pissed – she never likes having her diaper off for any length of time, too cold. So she was screaming and screaming and finally I just said oh screw this, and put her on the boob so she’d calm down. It worked great! She was nice and quiet when the dr came in, we were able to talk a little bit in silence… and then I hear tthhbbbtttttttt from her bum. Awwww man. So daddy got to change a very poopy diaper while she screamed again and I attempted to talk to the pediatrician. It’s rather distracting, just saying. But everything checked out great, no concerns from us, nothing noted by the dr… she’s just a very healthy little newborn! After the dr left we stayed in the room so I could nurse her a while and get her to stop screaming again.<\/p>\n

Today we went back in to weigh her again to make sure she’s gaining appropriately, and she’s right back up to her birth weight. She still hates being undressed, and she peed on the scale again… well actually she peed while Denis was taking her from one scale to the other, and he caught most of it in his hand, lol! I again had to nurse her to calm her down. Poor munchkin. I hate it when she’s crying and there’s nothing much I can do about it.<\/p>\n

She doesn’t go back until 1 month old!<\/p>\n

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Another night, another crying jag. Uggghhh! I hate hormones! I really hope this settles down soon. I’ve noticed some anxiety creeping up in the evenings, and I am not happy about that. I am great<\/i> when the sun is up – today we had another gorgeous day together as a family, and I feel just so happy and light and joyful. For a while Den was working out front in our garden, so I brought Kate out there and we sat and watched and chit-chatted. It was just lovely. But when the sun sets… I don’t know, something about the loss of light is triggering anxiety and tears.<\/p>\n

Tonight is the first night that I have actually stopped and thought about Devin. I mean he’s always in our conversations and present in our lives, but tonight is the first time that I have really allowed myself to stop and let myself think about what we should have had. I knew the grief would have to come, but I wanted a few days with just the joy, first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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