we celebrated chloë's first halloween by dressing her up as a bear. to me it looks like a bear ate her and all we see is her face pokin' out..
Friday, October 31, 2008
chloë's first halloween!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
celebrating
we posed for some family shots before heading out for dinner last night-- Chloë stayed behind manning the home front while we had some nice Italian food..
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
2 years and counting
today we are celebrating our two year wedding anniversary...the nanny is staying late, and we are going OUT! I've been looking forward to this since our weekend in Cape May, NJ--another night out without baby spit up on my shirt as I eat dinner!
Monday, October 27, 2008
back to feeding frenzy
After 3 months, and a nicely established schedule, we decided to try more exclusive breastfeeding (without the need for supplementing) and realized Chloë might be very lazy! I understand nursing is tiresome (or so I've heard) and it takes more work for our prima donna, but really, she should help me out some..instead of eating every 3-4 hours as in the days when she would nurse and then get a top off from the bottle, on Monday and today so far, she has decided she is more on a 2-3 hour schedule. Doesn't sound like too much change, but trust me..it's exhausting. I feel like I've gone back to her newborn days when she ate 8 times a day. We'll see how long this lasts..we have a doctor's appointment in about a week, and depending on her weight gain, there'll be more changes to Chloë's schedule.
Chloë looking very full and content
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday--the drive back
After managing to get a late check out, I let Josh sleep a little bit longer while Elery and I got all of the bags and things packed. Chloë took a nap after her breakfast, and before we hit the road, I nursed in the hotel lounge so we could get a few hours in the car before having to stop again. An hour and a half into the trip we stopped to get some gas, and I thought.."hmm this gas station really stinks like poop."
I should have known better--Chloë stank like poop! We had to change her in the car and to our delight she had pooped up her back and it was a bit of an adventure changing her. She smiled the whole time, and after a few minutes we were back on the road.
Chloë slept for a couple of hours and then we pulled over to feed her again. After 40 minutes or so, we were back on 95 South and finally encountered some nasty traffic. Chloë was not pleased..after complaining for about 10 minutes she drifted off to sleep and stayed that way until we got home at 7:30pm. After a nice bath and some milk, little miss Chloë went to sleep very quickly..she was EXHAUSTED from her weekend out!
Saturday--Our first real night out
After enjoying parenthood for a little over 3 months with nights out a thing of the past, we got ready on Saturday to get our drink on and have a grand old time at Ryan and Jenna's wedding. After having had a little over 3 hours of sleep I had to start getting ready for the big day. The ceremony was beautiful, and before the reception we had a couple of hours to kill, so we brought Chloë to meet everyone. She was all bundled up because Cape May, NJ in October is FREEZING but she was in good spirits. I had not packed proper winter attire for her, but we made do and she was very cozy and warm. Everyone ohh-ed and ahh-ed at her and as soon as we dropped her back off with Elery, we went back to the reception.
I had to make a short stop at the concierge desk and drop off my breast pump so I could pump later in the night. They weren't as weirded out by my request to leave my breast pump with them as I thought..I told them I'd come to get it at one point. It was going to be a 'pump and dump' job as I planned on having a few drinks, but I didn't want to get uncomfortable hence the need for the pump.
We had a fantastic night dancing, drinking and seeing everyone! I went back to the room by 1am, and Josh stumbled in sometime around 4am.
Friday--the road trip begins...T-9 hours
Our first road trip with Chloë actually began for me at 11am on Friday, a full 9 hours before we were due to leave, so that I could pack and make sure I had everything we needed. After running around all day making sure all the bags and 'baby things' were in order, we got ready to feed Chloë her last feeding of the day at around 6:45pm. By 7:45pm we were ready to leave--we packed up the car, and my fears about everything not fitting ALMOST came true. Between her moses basket, and the stroller, and our bags, you could barely see out of the rearview mirror. We hit the road at 8pm and by 8:10pm Chloë was sound asleep. She slept the whole car ride, and only woke up once we brought her into the hotel room at 1am. At that point she got out of her schedule and wanted to be fed.
As Josh paced around the room eager to go out so we could meet everyone at the bar--I nursed Chloë until she was back asleep. Elery, our wonderful baby nurse, stayed with Chloë while Josh and I went to meet everyone out. By the time we arrived at the bar, everyone was already past drunk and close to calling it a night. It was still nice to see everyone before the wedding the next day.
Once we got back to the hotel at around 2:30am, Chloë was awake--apparently some late night partiers had made too much noise around the halls and woken her up. She managed to drift back to sleep by 2:45am, and slept until 6:30am. This gave me a total of 3 and half hours of sleep...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
milk explosion
so in trying to respect Chloë's sleep, when I fed her this morning at 5:30am, I tried to disrupt her as little as possible. She woke up crying and hungry, so I quickly changed her diaper which was heavy with pee, and we got settled to nurse. She happily latched on and proceeded to make her little happy sighs noise as she ate. 10 minutes into it though, she must have been gulping way too quickly, and milk started to spurt out of her noise--a LOT! I woke Josh up to help me clean her up, and as we nasal aspirated the milk out of her nose, milk jumped out of her mouth. By this time, she was well awake, and we had to change her PJs, and clean her up before she could go back to eating. Suffice to say, she was not pleased. She finished her early breakfast, and went back to sleep at 6:20am. But just to show me how unpleased she was with having been thoroughly disturbed earlier, she made sure to wake up again at 7:30am to ensure I couldn't sleep anymore. I'm sure of it. Our morning did get better as we went to the doctor for a weight check, and she's doing well, and weighing in over 10 lbs!
Monday, October 13, 2008
travelling with baby
in 4 days we are taking a road trip to Cape May, NJ for a wedding. we are so excited but I have been consumed with mentally preparing myself for our first road trip with Chloë. I've been googling "travelling with infant" nonstop and keep stressing out about how many additional "things" we need to take with us, so far this is my over paranoid list, subject to change ALL the time:
* an excessive amount of diapers
* an equally excessive amount of diaper wipes
* again, an excessive amount of clothes for Chloë
* swaddle blankets, burp cloths, towels
* car sear and stroller frame
* moses basket for Chloë to sleep in
* bouncy seat
* breast pump and BP accessories
* bottles
* freezer bags for breast milk transportation
* Chloë's toiletries
* sleep/music machine
* diaper bag
* car/portable bottle warmer
While I'm sure I'll think of some more things soon enough, I'm already concerned all of that will not fit in the trunk!
PS. And in December we're going to Brazil for Christmas...
Sunday, October 12, 2008
out of whack
after our day out in georgetown, Chloë's schedule got a little out of whack. She didn't nap the whole day, so after we got home, she finally started napping at 6:30pm. I soon realized she wasn't actually napping, but was in fact in a deep, deep sleep. She ate at 3:30pm, so I gently woke her up at 10pm to eat. She was half asleep, but hungry..so she ate and immediately fell back asleep. Usually she eats frequently during the day and has her bedtime feeding at around 7-8pm..so this was a change from her schedule which seriously disrupted her. During the night she woke up at 2am, 4:30am, 6am, and after eating again at 8am, she finally started to get back on her normal schedule. By 8:30pm she was fast asleep, and hopefully back on her schedule so that I can sleep until at last 5am tomorrow..
Saturday, October 11, 2008
our day out in georgetown
today Chloë got to hang out with her grandparents who came to visit for the day, and we all decided to go out for lunch. My dad wanted to go to Cafe Milano in Georgetown, and after packing enough diapers, some change of clothes, and getting ourselves ready, we were on our way.
everything was going so well, Chloë was in a good mood, smiling and charming everyone, the food was wonderful, and she even let me finish my food before she got hungry herself. I nursed her, and then let dad burp her. While he was holding her he said.."Hmm I think she's pooped." I was happy to hear it since she hadn't gone in two days..I sniffed around her and it did in fact seem as if she had finally pooped. As I picked her up to take her to the bathroom I realized my job was not going to be so easy..
Chloë pooped so much it had seeped from the sides and back of her diaper onto her clothes, onto Josh's shirt. Not a pretty sight in a restaurant. I managed to wrap her in a burp cloth, took her to the bathroom and got her changed WITHOUT a changing table. Her onesie had to be removed awkwardly to ensure no poop got on her, and after using up ALL of the wipes I had in my bag, she was clean, and very very happy.
Figures she would wait till we got to a nice restaurant to let it all out...
All in all it was a great day though!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
time flies
I cannot believe it's been 3 months since Chloë joined us on the outside. It's very interesting to think about life before her because while I remember life before her, I don't actually remember how it felt. All I know now is how it feels to have her around. It's weird because at times I used to be able to think back to a memory and now how it felt, know how I felt at that exact moment, whether it was 3 months ago, or 3 years ago, or 13 years ago. Now, I can't quite remember things without putting Chloë in the equation and looking at it differently.
Hmm..I don't think I'm explaining this correctly...but I wonder if all mothers feel the same way.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
isn't it supposed to get easier?
Today makes a week that I've gone back to work. Eventhough I only have to into the office once a week on Wednesdays, the other days I actually have to get some work done, so my days of lounging about with Chloë all day, every day, with Chloë are pretty much over..unless I have any secret desire to get fired. Which..to be fair, sometimes when I look at her, I think..maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea. Anyway..I thought perhaps it would get easier but today I missed her so, so much. Thankfully there's only two more days until the weekend. I plan on doing nothing and letting Chloë decide our plans. Sounds pretty wonderful to me..
Monday, October 6, 2008
expanded wardrobe
I wonder if Chloë is as excited as I am that she's getting bigger and can now fit into more clothes--she's even managed to outgrow all of her preemie outfits. I love the variety now!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
first day at work
Words cannot express how much I missed Chloë today. Despite crying in the shower the two days prior to my first day back at work, I actually managed not to cry on my drive to work, and had a pretty good first day. I did not however, last the entire day..I left at 3pm because my heart started tugging, and I needed to come home and see her. As soon as I got home, it was time to nurse her..I don't know which one of us was happier to see the other...
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