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Going somewhat insane
Dear Bridie,
Please develop language, so I can tell what you are crying about, and fix it.
Lots of love,
your mummy.
D is at the Grand Final so I'm by myself, third day in a row, it's too wet to go out, and since she woke up I've had a cumulative total of thirty-five minutes of non-feeding non-crying time. I just want to eat lunch, dammit.*sigh -
Eight weeks
...and Bridie's starting to be more like a human than a human-in-waiting. She seems to have had one of those developmental leaps this weekend; she's really holding her head up a long time by herself, rather than just lifting it a few moments then it thumping back down on her carrier's chest. She's also recently discovered the idea of holding on to ( Read more... ) -
well, this sucks
What do you do when a dear friend says she doesn't want to see you anymore because you remind her of someone else?
I just want to put it on the public record that I'm not taking sides.
S, I don't want to push you to see me and make it worse. Just let me know when you have had enough space, and I'll be waiting with hugs for you, OK? -
5 weeks...
... and I think we're doing better. Still not getting enough sleep, but that's the new normal I guess. She still wants to feed lots (today: 3.45 to now, crying whenever I try taking her off...) but I can deal with that during the day. Not sure if what I'm interpreting as hunger cries are actually that or something else, but when cuddling, burping ( Read more... ) -
What I've learned in the first two weeks
You can never have too many terry towelling nappies. Half of them went out of circulation immediately to cover any surface B lies on - both my feeding stations, change table, bassinet, carry cot, and a floating one for people's shoulders ( Read more... ) -
Baby!
Our new baby girl, Bridie, was born at 3:08pm on Sunday 26 July 2009.
She was a healthy 3.3 kgs (7.2 lb) and 50.5 cm long.
Mum and bub are both well. Photos later once we've sorted out the whole parent thing.
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For those who care about the changes to maternity services legislation
Sorry for short notice but I just found this out:
There is a bill currently before the House of Reps that would provide insurance for independent midwives, allowing them to practice next year, and thus allowing attended home births.
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More cloth-nappying questions
Thanks to those who commented on my last post. Looks like flats/prefolds will be best for us, especially as we are going to try elimination communication, in which you don't actually want a super-absorbent nappy most of the time. (Have any of you heard of/tried this? I had never heard of it till my best friend A used it with her son, born last year ( Read more... )