Don't laugh! It wasn't as weird as it sounds
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/default/article/Mothers-set-breastfeeding-record-601574.php
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Change the name of my blog?
If anyone is still following this blog, you may have noticed that I finally posted for this first time in a long while. I figured an explanation for the gap is in order. After the Christmas post I went through a period of time that was too hard to even articulate. Finding out that we were expecting a girl, celebrating what would have been Rylan's first birthday on Christmas Day and the anniversary of his death on December 26th all in one week hit me hard. I still don't know that I can put words to it. I also felt this immense pressure to post something extremely meaningful and special about what we did to mark those occasions and I just couldn't do it. It had to be perfect - the one year anniversary is such a big deal as anyone whose grieved will know. I have several drafts but never could get comfortable hitting "publish post."
And now 7/8 months later I decided I don't want to abandon blogging altogether. So, walla, the first post about Colette. I still would like to post her birth story and many other details from her first two months of life that have gone unrecorded (mother's guilt anyone?). But you have to start somewhere so two month milestones it was. The other dilemma that's been plaguing me is whether it's ok to share this blog (Rylan's blog) with Colette or if I should start a new one or at least change the name. I've come to the conclusion that it is totally fine to leave things as they are since Rylan and Colette are brother and sister after all. She's already borrowed many of his things (bassinet, carseat, toys, etc) so it's perfectly natural for them to share this site too. "Christmas in Connecticut" (December 25, 2008 in Danbury, Connecticut) remains significant as the day our family had just begun. Stay tuned as our story continues!
And now 7/8 months later I decided I don't want to abandon blogging altogether. So, walla, the first post about Colette. I still would like to post her birth story and many other details from her first two months of life that have gone unrecorded (mother's guilt anyone?). But you have to start somewhere so two month milestones it was. The other dilemma that's been plaguing me is whether it's ok to share this blog (Rylan's blog) with Colette or if I should start a new one or at least change the name. I've come to the conclusion that it is totally fine to leave things as they are since Rylan and Colette are brother and sister after all. She's already borrowed many of his things (bassinet, carseat, toys, etc) so it's perfectly natural for them to share this site too. "Christmas in Connecticut" (December 25, 2008 in Danbury, Connecticut) remains significant as the day our family had just begun. Stay tuned as our story continues!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Two months!
At two months old Colette:
-Weighs about 12lbs (according to home scale)
-Just started smiling for real (as opposed to just in her sleep)
-Sleeps through the night. Ha - I wish. But she is a pretty good nighttime sleeper. We started formally putting her to bed at about 4 weeks when I'd noticed that she would settle into a deeper sleep around 7pm. We try to get her down by 7:30 or 8. She sleeps 3-6 hours from that time and then 1-3 hour stretches after that until about 8am. She wakes up to eat or because she wants her paci put back in but generally falls back asleep after that
-Our bedtime routing consists of: bath (sometimes), PJs, turn on white noise machine, nurse, put on lullaby cd, rock with paci until drowsy, put in crib with (sometimes without) paci and pat her back until she's asleep or almost asleep
-Yes, she sleeps on her belly! I hesitate to tell people that because with all of the SIDS awareness they look at me like an irresponsible parent unless I have time to explain why we put her down that way. The short answer: she sleeps SOO much better that way! I also want to avoid her getting a flat head and/or bald spot. But most importantly I was ok with putting her this way because we use a special mattress cover that prevents exposure to toxic gasses in mattress that have been linked to SIDS. www.eves-best.com/babesafe-mattress-covers
-Prefers to be held all the time. The front carrier and sling come in handy!
-HATES her carseat (presumably because she's not being held). It used to be that as long as I fed Colette before leaving the house she'd be fine but for the past month she screams in the car almost no matter what. This makes it really hard to go anywhere as I don't like to put her (or myself) through that. If someone (usually grandma!) is in the backseat of the car to bottle feed or give her the paci it's more manageable.
-Can roll from her tummy to her back. Actually, she first did it at 5 days old! She doesn't roll every time she's put on her belly but every once in awhile she proves that she can still do it. She's such a strong girl!
-Loves to look at faces. Especially mommy's I have to say!
-Does pretty well in the bath. Sometimes she doesn't cry at all, unless she's really tired or hungry.
-Went swimming for the first time! She did not protest and even seemed to enjoy it. My little water baby!
-Weighs about 12lbs (according to home scale)
-Just started smiling for real (as opposed to just in her sleep)
-Sleeps through the night. Ha - I wish. But she is a pretty good nighttime sleeper. We started formally putting her to bed at about 4 weeks when I'd noticed that she would settle into a deeper sleep around 7pm. We try to get her down by 7:30 or 8. She sleeps 3-6 hours from that time and then 1-3 hour stretches after that until about 8am. She wakes up to eat or because she wants her paci put back in but generally falls back asleep after that
-Our bedtime routing consists of: bath (sometimes), PJs, turn on white noise machine, nurse, put on lullaby cd, rock with paci until drowsy, put in crib with (sometimes without) paci and pat her back until she's asleep or almost asleep
-Yes, she sleeps on her belly! I hesitate to tell people that because with all of the SIDS awareness they look at me like an irresponsible parent unless I have time to explain why we put her down that way. The short answer: she sleeps SOO much better that way! I also want to avoid her getting a flat head and/or bald spot. But most importantly I was ok with putting her this way because we use a special mattress cover that prevents exposure to toxic gasses in mattress that have been linked to SIDS. www.eves-best.com/babesafe-mattress-covers
-Prefers to be held all the time. The front carrier and sling come in handy!
-HATES her carseat (presumably because she's not being held). It used to be that as long as I fed Colette before leaving the house she'd be fine but for the past month she screams in the car almost no matter what. This makes it really hard to go anywhere as I don't like to put her (or myself) through that. If someone (usually grandma!) is in the backseat of the car to bottle feed or give her the paci it's more manageable.
-Can roll from her tummy to her back. Actually, she first did it at 5 days old! She doesn't roll every time she's put on her belly but every once in awhile she proves that she can still do it. She's such a strong girl!
-Loves to look at faces. Especially mommy's I have to say!
-Does pretty well in the bath. Sometimes she doesn't cry at all, unless she's really tired or hungry.
-Went swimming for the first time! She did not protest and even seemed to enjoy it. My little water baby!
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