i don’t think i realized how traumatic moving her from the bassinet in our bedroom to her “big girl crib” would be. she’s had a nap or two in there, and the mobile has been a handy distraction when i’ve needed to contain her for a few minutes. last night we picked up a […]

last week we upgraded her footed sleepers, but left the rest of her wardrobe largely in place. friday afternoon i struggled getting a onezie over her head, pulled some pants on her that struggled to cover her diaper, went through a few pairs of socks before finding some that weren’t ridiculously small, and realized […]

they say that babies grow and “learn” while they sleep. well, if not learning while they sleep, internalizing and hard-wiring the things they learned throughout the day. charlotte must have had some good naps this weekend, because she’s a different baby today.
for starters, i noticed that the 0-3 month sleepers were getting a […]

she’s strong enough now that (with help) she can sit on my lap in the previously mentioned bouncy/rocking chair. when you’re bouncing, she can bounce along with you, keeping her body and head upright. when you stop, she slows down, the starts rocking even harder as if to say “what happened to my […]

today we had a mini-checkup at the doctor’s office and learned the following:

charlotte weighs 10lbs, 6oz
with a weight gain of 10oz over the past 2 weeks, she’s just fine
that’s she’s probably not teething, but those little bumps “sure are weird”
that she spends a bit too much time on her right side, so now she needs to […]

the internet tells me that babies that are breast-fed exclusively may not poop for days at a time. this is because breast milk is so “perfect” that most of it is used up, leaving little for waste, aka poop. while the expert articles suggest that 5-7 days is normal, the anecdotal evidence in the articles’ […]

i added a bunch of new pictures to the flickr account, today. it no longer “stops” at thanksgiving. my favorite is this one, although some others come close. 
oh, and it turns out that breast-fed babies sometimes go a week or more without pooping. how weird is that? charlotte’s record is 4 days and counting. […]

things i love:

the boppy: every time i try to feed her without it, i remember why i love it.
all things medela: i listened to the internet and the crazy-jolly lactation consultant who said that people try others to save a buck or two, but usually end up with the pump in style, so i started […]

okay, so she’s not 2 months until tuesday, but she had her two-month checkup today, so it still counts.
charlotte continues to be healthy. we chatted about various things like developmental milestones, cradle cap, dry skin, and the fact that she kicks like a fiend. the doctor assured us that she was perfectly normal. […]

charlotte and i are almost through our first bout of mommy-sickness. unfortunately, i got a head cold and a flu/bug thing overlapping. also complicating the mix was some daddy-sickness with the same bug. two weak, vomitting people does not a parent make. my mom came over for quite a while on saturday […]