Getting ready. Look at me in my sassy cloth diaper.
Moments after I pooped in the tub.
Finally clean after round two.
Happy as a clam!
I liked the tub bath way better than the sponge baths these people kept giving me.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
First Bath
I had my first bath tonight!
Getting ready. Look at me in my sassy cloth diaper.
Moments after I pooped in the tub.
Finally clean after round two.
Happy as a clam!
I liked the tub bath way better than the sponge baths these people kept giving me.
Getting ready. Look at me in my sassy cloth diaper.
Moments after I pooped in the tub.
Finally clean after round two.
Happy as a clam!
I liked the tub bath way better than the sponge baths these people kept giving me.
Super Sprayer
I got to use the diaper sprayer this morning. It was awesome! It's super powerful, way better than swishing in the toilet. Poop is obliterated!
So yeah, great advances in cloth diapering.
In other news Kaida found her hair in a very unfortunate way. She was laying on her mat while I changed the towel on the radiator and all of a sudden she was doing her "I'm in pain!" cry.
She had a fistful of her hair and was pulling on it really hard. She hasn't quite figured out hands yet so she didn't know how to let go, just how to pull away.
Ouch!
And trust me, explaining to her that she had to let go didn't work. So then I pried her little fist open. She was still a little upset though.
So yeah, great advances in cloth diapering.
In other news Kaida found her hair in a very unfortunate way. She was laying on her mat while I changed the towel on the radiator and all of a sudden she was doing her "I'm in pain!" cry.
She had a fistful of her hair and was pulling on it really hard. She hasn't quite figured out hands yet so she didn't know how to let go, just how to pull away.
Ouch!
And trust me, explaining to her that she had to let go didn't work. So then I pried her little fist open. She was still a little upset though.
Friday, September 24, 2010
5 Weeks
Kaida was 5 weeks old yesterday.
The baby e-mails don't say much about what she should be doing at this point. Just that she should be cooing. I guess she does that, but it often progresses to crying so it's hard to tell where one stops and the other starts.
And she should smile soon, but we've already been there. It doesn't happen often when she's awake but sometimes.
That's about it, so I'll just say what we've been up to.
This week we tried putting her to bed earlier. Normally she goes to bed with me, well, I go to bed with her around 10:30. We put her down early and she went just fine. But then she was up, and angry. Until 1:00, two nights in a row. On Tuesday we had dive club and we ended up back on the regular schedule. She was still a little unhappy and wouldn't go to sleep after her late feeding. Wednesday she slept all day after her doctors appointment and I really don't remember how she was about going to sleep. I think she did wake up twice to eat though. Last night we were back to the regular schedule and she went down just fine (after we nursed away the hiccups) and slept from 10:30ish until 3:45. Five hours of sleep! And 6 hours between feedings. She's a super trooper!
We tried her cloth diapers for the first time yesterday, since her umbilical stump finally came off (my baby is growing up!). It's still a little wet so the diapers that come up over her belly button I fold down. That looks ridiculous, hopefully it will dry up soon.
So far the rumparooz seem really good. And the bum genius. I might need to resize the fuzzibunz one size, it just looked wrong when it was on her. Also, she cried the whole time it was on her. But then she kept crying when I changed her to a disposable and finally stopped when she burped. So now I just have a bad memory associated with that diaper.
The sized diapers seem almost as bulky as the one size but that might be because she's still so small. I read that babies triple their birth weight in one year. The small sized diapers go up to 18 pounds so she could very well be in them until she's a year old.
The diapers are not too hard to take care of when I change her. JR installed the diaper sprayer last night after we'd finished our experiment for the day, so I didn't get a chance to use it. I washed them today. That wasn't hard and there are no stains or anything. They're drying on the line right now.
I'll try out the ones we have for a couple days and then we can go to the diaper store (when they open again, they just had a baby) and buy the rest of what we need in the kind we like. That gives me time to finish sewing the wipes too.
On Tuesday we went for a walk using the infantino carrier. She kind of dozed for most of it. We found out that Perrysville is a pretty happening place on a Tuesday morning.
The carrier is kind of helpful around the house when she just wants to be held, I can get some things done. I don't think I could carry around the laundry and unloading the dishwasher would be hard with all that bending over. But if she's generally inconsolable like she was yesterday it's nice to give my arms a break.
I was thinking that babies must have some crazy dreams. Since they sleep anywhere and there's all sorts of different kinds of stimuli to trigger weird dreams. Today I took her outside to hang stuff on the line and then we went up to the mechanic to pick up the car. She slept for most of it but it sounds different and it smells different too. If only we knew.
I like to watch her while she sleeps though. Sometimes she smiles, sometimes she frowns all serious, or even moans a little or lets out a little cry. It's pretty cute.
The baby e-mails don't say much about what she should be doing at this point. Just that she should be cooing. I guess she does that, but it often progresses to crying so it's hard to tell where one stops and the other starts.
And she should smile soon, but we've already been there. It doesn't happen often when she's awake but sometimes.
That's about it, so I'll just say what we've been up to.
This week we tried putting her to bed earlier. Normally she goes to bed with me, well, I go to bed with her around 10:30. We put her down early and she went just fine. But then she was up, and angry. Until 1:00, two nights in a row. On Tuesday we had dive club and we ended up back on the regular schedule. She was still a little unhappy and wouldn't go to sleep after her late feeding. Wednesday she slept all day after her doctors appointment and I really don't remember how she was about going to sleep. I think she did wake up twice to eat though. Last night we were back to the regular schedule and she went down just fine (after we nursed away the hiccups) and slept from 10:30ish until 3:45. Five hours of sleep! And 6 hours between feedings. She's a super trooper!
We tried her cloth diapers for the first time yesterday, since her umbilical stump finally came off (my baby is growing up!). It's still a little wet so the diapers that come up over her belly button I fold down. That looks ridiculous, hopefully it will dry up soon.
So far the rumparooz seem really good. And the bum genius. I might need to resize the fuzzibunz one size, it just looked wrong when it was on her. Also, she cried the whole time it was on her. But then she kept crying when I changed her to a disposable and finally stopped when she burped. So now I just have a bad memory associated with that diaper.
The sized diapers seem almost as bulky as the one size but that might be because she's still so small. I read that babies triple their birth weight in one year. The small sized diapers go up to 18 pounds so she could very well be in them until she's a year old.
The diapers are not too hard to take care of when I change her. JR installed the diaper sprayer last night after we'd finished our experiment for the day, so I didn't get a chance to use it. I washed them today. That wasn't hard and there are no stains or anything. They're drying on the line right now.
I'll try out the ones we have for a couple days and then we can go to the diaper store (when they open again, they just had a baby) and buy the rest of what we need in the kind we like. That gives me time to finish sewing the wipes too.
On Tuesday we went for a walk using the infantino carrier. She kind of dozed for most of it. We found out that Perrysville is a pretty happening place on a Tuesday morning.
The carrier is kind of helpful around the house when she just wants to be held, I can get some things done. I don't think I could carry around the laundry and unloading the dishwasher would be hard with all that bending over. But if she's generally inconsolable like she was yesterday it's nice to give my arms a break.
I was thinking that babies must have some crazy dreams. Since they sleep anywhere and there's all sorts of different kinds of stimuli to trigger weird dreams. Today I took her outside to hang stuff on the line and then we went up to the mechanic to pick up the car. She slept for most of it but it sounds different and it smells different too. If only we knew.
I like to watch her while she sleeps though. Sometimes she smiles, sometimes she frowns all serious, or even moans a little or lets out a little cry. It's pretty cute.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
One Month Doctor's Appointment
We had our one month Dr.'s appointment today.
She weighs 8 lbs 6 oz, is 22" long and umm, has a head. I don't remember the head measurement. But she's 50th, 80th, 50th percentiles respectively.
They had me undress her so she could be weighed and I carried her down the hall to the scale. when I put her down her umbilical stump was gone! I said "Baby! Where's your belly button?" It was stuck to my shirt. Grody!
So the Dr. put something on it to dry it up completely. Pretty good timing.
She had her second Hep B shot. It went really well. Until she realized that it hurt. The nurse was apologizing before she even did the shot. Then for about half a second I thought we were home free until Kaida started screaming. The loudest I've ever heard her scream.
She's slept all day since then. I guess it was pretty stressful. Hopefully she won't be up all night to make up for it.
At the Dr. they keep calling her the actual Japanese pronunciation of her name. With a long "I" sound instead of a long "A". And apparently when you pronounce it that way you don't know if it's a boy or girl name.
Oy. I didn't realize we'd picked such a complicated name.
She weighs 8 lbs 6 oz, is 22" long and umm, has a head. I don't remember the head measurement. But she's 50th, 80th, 50th percentiles respectively.
They had me undress her so she could be weighed and I carried her down the hall to the scale. when I put her down her umbilical stump was gone! I said "Baby! Where's your belly button?" It was stuck to my shirt. Grody!
So the Dr. put something on it to dry it up completely. Pretty good timing.
She had her second Hep B shot. It went really well. Until she realized that it hurt. The nurse was apologizing before she even did the shot. Then for about half a second I thought we were home free until Kaida started screaming. The loudest I've ever heard her scream.
She's slept all day since then. I guess it was pretty stressful. Hopefully she won't be up all night to make up for it.
At the Dr. they keep calling her the actual Japanese pronunciation of her name. With a long "I" sound instead of a long "A". And apparently when you pronounce it that way you don't know if it's a boy or girl name.
Oy. I didn't realize we'd picked such a complicated name.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Hitting the bottle
On Kaida's 4 week birthday she had her first bottle.
Daddy gave it to her 'cause that's what all the websites say to do. We put 3 oz of expressed breast milk from several different pumpings in the bottle. I pumped most of the milk way back in the beginning when she wouldn't latch on and I was trying to boost my supply. So some colostrum and some milk.
It went well. She didn't throw a fit or refuse to eat it or anything so that's good. I pumped while she was being fed. I only pumped 2 oz so I guess we didn't need to put 3 in the bottle.
Later that night she had several poopy diapers right in a row. Then I remembered that colostrum is a laxative. Whoops. Sorry baby.
Daddy gave it to her 'cause that's what all the websites say to do. We put 3 oz of expressed breast milk from several different pumpings in the bottle. I pumped most of the milk way back in the beginning when she wouldn't latch on and I was trying to boost my supply. So some colostrum and some milk.
It went well. She didn't throw a fit or refuse to eat it or anything so that's good. I pumped while she was being fed. I only pumped 2 oz so I guess we didn't need to put 3 in the bottle.
Later that night she had several poopy diapers right in a row. Then I remembered that colostrum is a laxative. Whoops. Sorry baby.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
4 Weeks
Kaida is four weeks old today. Sometimes it seems like that can't possibly be right since we just brought her home but other times it makes sense.
We're pretty sure she hit 8 pounds. I keep weighing her but getting wildy different numbers each time. JR weighed her last night and she was 8 pounds and when I weighed her she was 8.2 pounds. But during the day I had weighed her at 7.2. So I don't really know. I guess we'll find out at the doctor next week.
After I posted about Kaida's smile she smiled again at JR when he was talking to her. But that's been it. She's back to sleep smiles and sleep eating smiles (I'm pretty sure this baby is asleep when she's eating most of the time. Which is really not fair. Especially since I'm supposed to sleep when she sleeps and I can't sleep while she's eating!)
She still has her umbilical stump. I read that sometimes the alcohol swabs kill the good bacteria that make it dry out so I've stopped swabbing it. Maybe all those antibiotics we had during labor lowered her good bacteria too.
We've had a couple more naps in the crib.
Most nights we go from 3 to 5 hours between feedings.
There have been a couple nights where she just refused to go to sleep. When I give in and give her the pacifier on those nights it generally ruins the rest of the night too. Everytime she wakes up and the pacifier isn't in her mouth she starts to fuss, waking me up too.
For her night time routine I've been feeding her on one side when we're downstairs. Then going upstairs to change her. Then I swaddle her in the swaddler and feed her on the second side. Then I put her down in the bassinet. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We're going to start teaching her to take a bottle so that may change things anyway.
Last night She really fell asleep when I was feeding her. She stopped sucking completely. So rather than wake her up to finish I just put her back down. Bad idea. After that she was up every hour to eat. I learned my lesson!
Today I pulled the gerber newborn onesies out of her drawer. They're 5-8 pounds and have started to look a little silly on her. Like she's a quarter of the way through her transition into the Hulk. That made me sad 'cause she was so tiny when we brought her home and now she's not.
Angry Kaida
If I just stretch a little further I can get this back in my mouth.
Super relaxed
We're pretty sure she hit 8 pounds. I keep weighing her but getting wildy different numbers each time. JR weighed her last night and she was 8 pounds and when I weighed her she was 8.2 pounds. But during the day I had weighed her at 7.2. So I don't really know. I guess we'll find out at the doctor next week.
After I posted about Kaida's smile she smiled again at JR when he was talking to her. But that's been it. She's back to sleep smiles and sleep eating smiles (I'm pretty sure this baby is asleep when she's eating most of the time. Which is really not fair. Especially since I'm supposed to sleep when she sleeps and I can't sleep while she's eating!)
She still has her umbilical stump. I read that sometimes the alcohol swabs kill the good bacteria that make it dry out so I've stopped swabbing it. Maybe all those antibiotics we had during labor lowered her good bacteria too.
We've had a couple more naps in the crib.
Most nights we go from 3 to 5 hours between feedings.
There have been a couple nights where she just refused to go to sleep. When I give in and give her the pacifier on those nights it generally ruins the rest of the night too. Everytime she wakes up and the pacifier isn't in her mouth she starts to fuss, waking me up too.
For her night time routine I've been feeding her on one side when we're downstairs. Then going upstairs to change her. Then I swaddle her in the swaddler and feed her on the second side. Then I put her down in the bassinet. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. We're going to start teaching her to take a bottle so that may change things anyway.
Last night She really fell asleep when I was feeding her. She stopped sucking completely. So rather than wake her up to finish I just put her back down. Bad idea. After that she was up every hour to eat. I learned my lesson!
Today I pulled the gerber newborn onesies out of her drawer. They're 5-8 pounds and have started to look a little silly on her. Like she's a quarter of the way through her transition into the Hulk. That made me sad 'cause she was so tiny when we brought her home and now she's not.
Angry Kaida
If I just stretch a little further I can get this back in my mouth.
Super relaxed
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Smile
This morning Kaida smiled for the first time while she was awake.
She smiles a lot when she's asleep and the most when she's asleep but supposed to be eating.
This morning she smiled right before she started eating while I was talking to her, telling her to open wide!
It's beyond adorable.
She smiles a lot when she's asleep and the most when she's asleep but supposed to be eating.
This morning she smiled right before she started eating while I was talking to her, telling her to open wide!
It's beyond adorable.
North Hills Band Festival
We went out to the North Hills Band Festival last night with Grammy, Brandy, and Nate.
Kaida was very good. We had our first diaper change in public. It was quite an adventure since there was no changing station in the ladies room. So it was really public, on a stone wall next to the main walkway to the stands.
We also had our first feeding out in public. That went well too except she kept falling asleep so we just made it a snack instead of a full feeding. It was really funny when one band started playing loudly, it scared her enough that she unlatched.
This is Northgate's band in the background. I didn't realize that this hat was a 0-3 months size when I grabbed it. So it was a little bit big.
A little while after this it started to rain. So, since we didn't have any kids in the show, we left. It was still fun even if it was a little short. She didn't seem to mind the rain either, not that she was out in it for long since her car seat and stroller both have the canopies.
Last night she slept from 10:30 until 4:15 am. She may have slept longer except she made enough noise to wake me up and since I was awake I decided it was time to eat. It's pretty hard to make a sleeping baby eat so it took a full hour to feed her but that long stretch was great for me.
This morning we went to church and she was perfectly behaved again. We talked with Dr. Ruby about getting her baptized and becoming members and then there was a picnic!
Kaida was very good. We had our first diaper change in public. It was quite an adventure since there was no changing station in the ladies room. So it was really public, on a stone wall next to the main walkway to the stands.
We also had our first feeding out in public. That went well too except she kept falling asleep so we just made it a snack instead of a full feeding. It was really funny when one band started playing loudly, it scared her enough that she unlatched.
This is Northgate's band in the background. I didn't realize that this hat was a 0-3 months size when I grabbed it. So it was a little bit big.
A little while after this it started to rain. So, since we didn't have any kids in the show, we left. It was still fun even if it was a little short. She didn't seem to mind the rain either, not that she was out in it for long since her car seat and stroller both have the canopies.
Last night she slept from 10:30 until 4:15 am. She may have slept longer except she made enough noise to wake me up and since I was awake I decided it was time to eat. It's pretty hard to make a sleeping baby eat so it took a full hour to feed her but that long stretch was great for me.
This morning we went to church and she was perfectly behaved again. We talked with Dr. Ruby about getting her baptized and becoming members and then there was a picnic!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
3 Weeks
Today Kaida is three weeks old!
Grammom was in all last week to help us out and Grammy is here this week.
She still has her unbilical stump. The book we got at the hospital said it should fall off within 3 weeks. I told her she better get to work on that 'cause the book said so.
She usually sleeps in the bassinet in our room overnight and then naps wherever she lands during the day. We took a nap in the crib the other day though so that was exciting.
She's big enough for the swaddler now so we used that for the first time too.
The other night she slept for five hours. That's actual hours of sleep, not time from the start of one feeding to the start of the next. Seems like it was just a one night thing though. Otherwise we're still at about 3 hours.
Today she's been shortening her feedings from 15-20 minutes per side to 10-15 minutes per side. We'll see if it lasts.
When we have tummy time she picks up her head and turns it to the other side and I'm very impressed by that. Today she really took notice of her zebra toy.
We went to the diaper store last weekend and bought a couple of one size diapers so we can try them out. As soon as the stump falls off we'll be able to start using them.
She weighed 7.8 pounds today which is about 7 pounds 12 ounces! At this rate she'll be out of the smaller newborn clothes by next week. They only go up to 8 pounds.
We went out for dinner this week. We went to Max and Erma's downtown.
Here's Kaida with her cousins Melanie and Addison.
And she got her birth certificate in the mail this week!
Grammom was in all last week to help us out and Grammy is here this week.
She still has her unbilical stump. The book we got at the hospital said it should fall off within 3 weeks. I told her she better get to work on that 'cause the book said so.
She usually sleeps in the bassinet in our room overnight and then naps wherever she lands during the day. We took a nap in the crib the other day though so that was exciting.
She's big enough for the swaddler now so we used that for the first time too.
The other night she slept for five hours. That's actual hours of sleep, not time from the start of one feeding to the start of the next. Seems like it was just a one night thing though. Otherwise we're still at about 3 hours.
Today she's been shortening her feedings from 15-20 minutes per side to 10-15 minutes per side. We'll see if it lasts.
When we have tummy time she picks up her head and turns it to the other side and I'm very impressed by that. Today she really took notice of her zebra toy.
We went to the diaper store last weekend and bought a couple of one size diapers so we can try them out. As soon as the stump falls off we'll be able to start using them.
She weighed 7.8 pounds today which is about 7 pounds 12 ounces! At this rate she'll be out of the smaller newborn clothes by next week. They only go up to 8 pounds.
We went out for dinner this week. We went to Max and Erma's downtown.
Here's Kaida with her cousins Melanie and Addison.
And she got her birth certificate in the mail this week!
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