The first 24 hours
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teleribOur refrain:
Parent 1: I don't know if I'm doing this right.
Parent 2: Is he dead?
Parent 1: No.
Parent 2: Then you're doing it right.
He's generally sleepy and calms readily when fussy. (Please let that last!) I've been wearing him in a sling around the house, which is mostly very nice. (It is also nice to have some non-baby time.) But right now, he's sleeping in his sling while I type.
The only angst/drama on my end has been, predictably, breastfeeding, which is complicated by his premie status and time in NICU. I found a lovely website called "Exclusively Pumping" or something similar, which contained many tales of pump-fed babies who, eventually and in their own damn good time (and with Mama's continued efforts), learned to nurse. That was a good sanity check.
(Also, the engineer in me secretly likes the bottles and pumping, because it makes feeding quantifiable.)
And yes, it was Flickr, and yes, it is part of Yahoo!
Me and the Spud; I think this was Monday in the hospital. Spud was already off his air tubes but I think he was still on the feeding IV.
I know; it's really gas. But it looks like a really cute smile.
Parent 1: I don't know if I'm doing this right.
Parent 2: Is he dead?
Parent 1: No.
Parent 2: Then you're doing it right.
He's generally sleepy and calms readily when fussy. (Please let that last!) I've been wearing him in a sling around the house, which is mostly very nice. (It is also nice to have some non-baby time.) But right now, he's sleeping in his sling while I type.
The only angst/drama on my end has been, predictably, breastfeeding, which is complicated by his premie status and time in NICU. I found a lovely website called "Exclusively Pumping" or something similar, which contained many tales of pump-fed babies who, eventually and in their own damn good time (and with Mama's continued efforts), learned to nurse. That was a good sanity check.
(Also, the engineer in me secretly likes the bottles and pumping, because it makes feeding quantifiable.)
And yes, it was Flickr, and yes, it is part of Yahoo!
Me and the Spud; I think this was Monday in the hospital. Spud was already off his air tubes but I think he was still on the feeding IV.
I know; it's really gas. But it looks like a really cute smile.
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Date: 2007-05-11 01:42 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-11 02:01 am (UTC)I forget if we ever pointed you towards the "Happiest Baby on the Block" DVD. It's got insanely useful advice about how to calm a crying newborn/young baby.
I see that all the copies are checked out of the Howard County library. We might could bring you a copy from the Baltimore library when you're ready to have us come down to meet Spud.
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Date: 2007-05-11 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-11 08:51 pm (UTC)(grins with delight)
Glad he's home and safe!
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Date: 2007-05-11 09:48 pm (UTC)The hospital actually has a "Happiest Baby" class, but we didn't get around to signing up for it - probably easier to start with the DVD.
And a question about the Maya wrap: I've been putting him in it on his back. Was it supposed to be tummy-to-tummy? Their website shows baby-on-back, but he looks oddly banana-shaped sometimes when I do that. (But happy!)
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Date: 2007-05-11 11:02 pm (UTC)You can put him in the Maya on either his back or his side, whichever seems most comfortable to both of you. Just think about the position he's been in the last several months! He has absolutely no expectation or need to have a straight back.
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Date: 2007-05-17 06:17 pm (UTC)Congratulations AGAIN! :) (thanks for pointing me here!)