Abi will be so happy

Mommy thought that she had to stop breastfeeding Abi in the short term (but was just told by her doctor that that’s not the case).  Poor Abi had three bottle feedings of formula. The first two (9PM last night and 5AM this morning) went ok, though Abi did try to lunge toward where she would normally get breast milk.  The last one, at 9AM today, was hard.  Mommy had to turn Abi away from her (so Abi would not smell milk so much) and recite nursery rhymes while Abi ate.  She ate a little over 4 ounces, and then went to sleep. It took about 45 minutes for her to get those 4 ounces down (in between fussiness.)

Anyway, she is back to breast milk at her next feeding.  I expect her to be very happy.

The good ladies at La Leche League are quite correct that bottle feeding with formula is a pain.  It is messy, involves measuring and bottle washing, takes a long time, leaves none of Mommy’s hands free, is not as much fun, and apparently does not taste as good as the real thing. Though, I do suspect it would get easier with experience.

Poor Daddy

Abi, the outdoors baby

Abi was pretty rough on Thursday and Friday.  I think it’s because she was woken up early from a few naps, or did not stay asleep long.  The phrase “sleep begets sleep” really applies to her.  I walked her about 9 miles yesterday (Daddy joined us for 2 of them), and she got a few naps in. She slept much better last night and has been happier today.  Today, we walked around Horn Pond.  She was very happy there.  We also discovered that she is much happier when her car window is open than when it is closed.

We also bought her a bumbo seat – stay tuned for pictures.

In other news, she is definitely growing in manual dexterity skills.  She grabs Daddy’s glasses frequently.  Yesterday, she grabbed Daddy’s hair in both hands and pulled herself up.  Poor Daddy.

Today

Though Abi missed two naps today, she had a great time speaking to Grandma Linda and Grand-daddy Michael over video IM for a long time.  She was very talkative too – clearly a “people person”.

Proof that there was life before Abi, pictures from Christmas week2008

Auntie Riva came to visit Mommy & Daddy to spend some time with them before Abi was born.  Abi was about a 6.5 month old fetus in these pictures.

Pictures from this past weekend, kindly provided by Auntie Riva

This past weekend

I do not have time to recount events from last weekend now, so will just publish photos for now.

 

Grandma just sent a great picture of Abi from last weekend

Tracking Abi’s natural rhythms

Mommy has decided that she is going to track Abi’s rhythms, since Mommy is having trouble getting stuff done.  Here is today’s so far:

 

WEDNESDAY – AWAKE TIMES

8:30ish PM (Last night): fall asleep

4-5AM 

6-8:30

9:30ish-11:30ish

1:13-2:45

Wow! – she is sleeping really well today.  Wonder if it is because of the rainy weather.

3:47-6:04

7-9:30 (was overtired)

 

THURSDAY UP TIME

1:30-2 

6-7 

9:45-12:00 (overtired at noon)

1:18-3:00  Awoken at 3:15 by noise

3:15-6 Did not fall asleep deeply at 6, woke up when white noise album played “hair dryer”

6:05-9:30