due to a bunch of randomness today (sickness, leftover pumped milk, feverish sleeping husband), i fed charlotte 1.5 oz of milk from a bottle for the first time today. it wasn’t her first bottle (she averages about 2-3 a week), but it was the first time i’ve fed her.
“they” say that one of the […]

did i mention a few weeks ago that i’d given up tomatoes in hopes that it might be causing some of the fussiness?  
well, i did. for about three weeks i’ve been tomato free. no pasta sauces, no pizza, not even a slice on a hamburger. i won’t say it’s been torture, but […]

so, she cries a lot. i worry that there’s something wrong, since she doesn’t exactly fit the perfect pattern of colic, but i think it’s still colic. she cries about an hour to 90 minutes after probably 2/3 of her feedings. there isn’t any discernible pattern based on what i’ve eaten, although i’ve […]

it is like charlotte woke up and thought “today i am one month old. as such, i will now demonstrate skills that i showed no advancement towards as recently as my 1am feeding this morning.”she has spent the morning cooing instead of crying (hurrah!). i[rolled herself over]i on the tummy time mat (technically she had […]

sigh…. ”they” tell you to be careful introducing a pacifier into the life of a baby who breast-feeds. the line is typically something like “do not introduce a pacifier until breast-feeding is well established,” and that moment is defined as 3 weeks or a month or so. this is also the time when it’s […]

there’s something almost liberating with colicy crying and knowing there’s nothing i can do to stop it. sure, i do the requisite soothing, but past that i’m fairly free to go about my day. i just have a wailing infant on my arm the whole time :)

I uploaded a bunch of pictures to my flickr account from the past few weeks. I even organized them into handy albums for you since they uploaded in such a wonky order:

Charlotte’s Birth
Thanksgiving 2007
And baby makes 3

this is a hard post to write. i compose it over and over in my head while the days go by, but when i find a moment to actually type it up, i’m usually so drained or beat down, or just…not in the mood that it won’t come out right. we are all very healthy. […]

here’s a set of notes i’ve taken about my day:
1:30ish
2:12ish
4:00 - all right, some left
6:20 - left
8:30 - right
11:00 - left (short)
11:30 - right
12:00 - left + right
3:20 - right + left
4:40 - left (one hit)
6:00 - right (one hit)
8:00 - left (one hit)
9:15 - right (mini-hit)
9:40 - right + left
there was some concern at […]

so many things have happened in the last 24 hours that are worthy of documentation, but i’m going to start with the basics. it’s about all i’ll have time for before charlotte comes by for her 12:15 feeding. after that, it is nap time for me :)
there are two kinds of induction stories. the […]