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Jun. 19th, 2008 10:20 pmMy father's birthday was today. We celebrated a little while he and Mom were visiting over the weekend...it was a pleasant, small celebration. He'd requested no gifts this year, claiming he was overwhelmed last year, when he turned 70. Admittedly, we did go all out, catering to some of his favorite things-a ride in a World War II airplane and a subscription to the scotch of the month club. I didn't exactly abide by this, and presented him with a few tokens...picture frames proclaiming his status as grandfather. When I apologized for violating the "no gifts" request, telling him I'd purchased the items before his request and hadn't felt like trekking back to the store to return them with the baby in tow, he got choked up, looked at me and said "Those aren't presents. Those are rewards."
We had a nice visit with my parents. Not too long. We spent Saturday in Boynton Beach at my aunt and uncle's house, visiting with family. Sunday we spent looking at kitchens and visiting. Monday we hung out at our house-we'd planned on a trip to Ikea, but Naomi was having none of that, and cried and cried for several hours. She's had these unpleasant, late afternoon crying fits a few times-today included. They seem to be gas-related, but they're so hard to listen to, and it's even worse cause there's nothing I can really do about it until it passes. Some of the late afternoon fuss seems to coincide with our late afternoon storms, too. She's also rearranging her sleep schedule right now, too, and sleeping for a longer stretch during the night...which is both nice and frustrating all at once. If her long stretch was more compatible with my sleep pattern...ah well.
I'm really anxious for my mei tai to get here. I think she's strong enough to be in it without it covering her head, and since that's what makes her fuss in the other carriers we have right now, that might solve the baby carrier problem.
Thank you for your love and support the other day. I look at that decision as one more in a line of decisions that I have to make that are best for Naomi but that may be painful for me. I have mixed feeings on whether or not to keep flogging the breastfeeding thing. My first goal was six weeks, and we met that. The next was "Until it's time to order more domperidone" and we're getting to that point. I'm just not sure about the sensibility of continuing-what's it doing to my relationship with Naomi, what's it doing to my mental health, to my relationship with Cayne and all that. There's also the financial cost-the cost per ounce of breast milk here is tremendous, considering how many pills I swallow to make the puny supply I do.
It's almost time to start shopping for new diapers-gotta start thinking about what I want for medium sized diapers. I have some pre-folds...probably need some more, but then I need to figure out what to get for quick-change diapers. I do kind of enjoy the shopping part. I have some things to exchange, too for Naomi-I was given a few things that are cute but totally impractical, and it's just not worth keeping them when I can exchange them for things she might actually be able to wear. Seriously-outfits without crotch snaps are a nuisance.
It's late. Time for bed; gotta get up with the baby in the middle of the night.
We had a nice visit with my parents. Not too long. We spent Saturday in Boynton Beach at my aunt and uncle's house, visiting with family. Sunday we spent looking at kitchens and visiting. Monday we hung out at our house-we'd planned on a trip to Ikea, but Naomi was having none of that, and cried and cried for several hours. She's had these unpleasant, late afternoon crying fits a few times-today included. They seem to be gas-related, but they're so hard to listen to, and it's even worse cause there's nothing I can really do about it until it passes. Some of the late afternoon fuss seems to coincide with our late afternoon storms, too. She's also rearranging her sleep schedule right now, too, and sleeping for a longer stretch during the night...which is both nice and frustrating all at once. If her long stretch was more compatible with my sleep pattern...ah well.
I'm really anxious for my mei tai to get here. I think she's strong enough to be in it without it covering her head, and since that's what makes her fuss in the other carriers we have right now, that might solve the baby carrier problem.
Thank you for your love and support the other day. I look at that decision as one more in a line of decisions that I have to make that are best for Naomi but that may be painful for me. I have mixed feeings on whether or not to keep flogging the breastfeeding thing. My first goal was six weeks, and we met that. The next was "Until it's time to order more domperidone" and we're getting to that point. I'm just not sure about the sensibility of continuing-what's it doing to my relationship with Naomi, what's it doing to my mental health, to my relationship with Cayne and all that. There's also the financial cost-the cost per ounce of breast milk here is tremendous, considering how many pills I swallow to make the puny supply I do.
It's almost time to start shopping for new diapers-gotta start thinking about what I want for medium sized diapers. I have some pre-folds...probably need some more, but then I need to figure out what to get for quick-change diapers. I do kind of enjoy the shopping part. I have some things to exchange, too for Naomi-I was given a few things that are cute but totally impractical, and it's just not worth keeping them when I can exchange them for things she might actually be able to wear. Seriously-outfits without crotch snaps are a nuisance.
It's late. Time for bed; gotta get up with the baby in the middle of the night.
