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:: July 1, 2007 The NonSchedule
Inspired by Ms. Expiration Date, who also just had a baby ... Old Schedule 8:00am-4:30pm: Work. 5:15pm: Arrive home. 5:15-6:30pm: Get home, putter around, make dinner or go out to eat. 6:30-11pm: Fart around, do housework, computer time, TV, crafting, sleep. New Schedule* 7:00am: Back in bed for a nap 9:00am: See 6am 11:00am: Mom comes over, feed again Noon: Eat lunch quickly while mom holds baby. Afternoon: Mom does laundry and dishes, sweeps floor, tidies up. Otto's awake and wants to be fed just about every hour. Cloth diapers = change all the time. Hold the baby and make faces with him, stare in amazement. 4:00pm: I wonder why I have a headache and feel sad. Oh! I forgot the coffee again! Sometimes a nap wins instead. 5:20pm: Bryan gets home from work. I am usually feeding. 6:00pm: Otto has a serious zonk-out nap and I get some fart-around/dinner time, checking the baby often. 8:00pm-1am: Otto's back up, more cluster-feeding. Some nights he gets fussy, dad is good at calming him. 3am: see 6am About a zillion times during the night: Wake up, reach over to feel him breathing, hold his hand. *Highly subject to change Oh, and since one gets to think about breast milk a whole lot: it's true that people make breast milk yogurt, cheese, ice cream, etc. posted by in Baby
Comments after a few more weeks he'll have it all figured out-- head control is very liberating for both of you:) good passive hands free entertainment: baby staring. seriously, i miss the tiny days when my boob was bigger than my baby's head! just watch him and soak it in. you only get this moment once. oh, and book balancing. sit on the couch or propped up on pillows in bed and kind of wedge it under your knee. i've read more books while breastfeeding than i think i did in college:) congratulations! xoxo, Posted by jessica on July 1, 2007 8:40 PM yes, a cheesy paperback is just about right. they saved my sanity -- too much tv will melt your brain. ;) Posted by michelle on July 1, 2007 10:29 PM Hey, look at Mr.Grin over there! Posted by strikkelise on July 1, 2007 10:53 PM That is one sweet new boy! You might want to try a baby sling. Not a carrier like a Baby Bjorn but a good ole sling. You can nurse privately without removing the sling and stay more mobile while being hand free. And what better place than to have him next to your heart. Posted by rhonda on July 2, 2007 8:07 AM Before you know it, you will wake up one morning and realize hours have passed without him waking up. After you freak out and make sure he is ok you will realize how well a brain works with sleep and he will take two naps a day and you won't need to. Soon, soon. I second the mindless paperback. Posted by Jennifer on July 2, 2007 9:00 AM Funny that you should ask this, because right now I'm nursing my 5-week-old baby boy and surfing the internet one-handed! I recommend one-handed internet time. Typing is slow, but it's quiet and a nice connection to my pre-baby life. Posted by laura on July 2, 2007 10:29 AM The first month is the hardest and then it gets easier. Also the second child is so much easier. I never watched so much late night TV..... when my daughter was born. The nursing gets easier also..soon you will be a pro. He is a beautiful baby. Posted by MsLizF on July 2, 2007 3:51 PM yep, good nursing pillow frees one of your hands. so far, though, i've only been watching TV, baby-watching and, sometimes, eating while feeding :) i think i'm going to try the "one-handed surfing internet" thing today. Posted by thalia on July 2, 2007 8:35 PM Congratulations on your new baby! He is so cute with that smile. I have a 6 week old girl and she likes to nurse pretty much every second that she is not sleeping. I usually surf while I'm nursing. I've gotta be careful on the fabric sites because I dream up a lot of great projects, but I have no time to do them. Posted by Jenna on July 3, 2007 9:15 AM Hi, I've read your blog a few times on and off, but it has been awhile... if you can lay down on your side and feed him (some people have a hard time getting comfortable with that), read!! I used to read my book out loud sometimes while nursing my infant daughter - I figured content doesn't matter to a 5-week-old!! I think I read more during her early months than I ever had before or since. Take advantage of this uninterrupted feeding time, since before you know he will be popping off every few seconds to check out the world around him!! good luck and happy new baby time!! Posted by Krista on July 3, 2007 11:39 AM Have you tried using a baby sling yet? It allows both hands to be free while the baby nurses, sleeps and/or just wants to be held. I couldn't have made it without mine! Congratulations, by the way! He's absolutely beautiful!! Posted by Regina on July 3, 2007 11:03 PM Oh congrats on the new addition to the family! And through your blog I found out that Thalia too delivered. I'm heading over there right now to see her new bundle of joy! :) Posted by Amy on July 9, 2007 4:50 AM Wow, it is overwhelming. I had a reflux baby, took a while to figure it out and it wasn't easy... but, you sound a little sad -- don't want to rush to an online diagnosis or anything stupid like that -- but are you sure you have ruled out PPD? I remember being tired, overwhelmed, mad at my dh but not sad... maybe it is just the contrast between life before and after that is getting to you. Don't expect too much too soon, it takes while to bear fruit -- SouleMama has the calm vibe down, I heart Amanda. Posted by Margot on July 10, 2007 7:46 AM You know what drove me nuts about breastfeeding at night? The frequency of "Girls Gone Wild." But I got to see my favorite news desk person - Alison Stewart - who is now on MSNBC and now sits in for Keith Olbermann sometimes. She was on at 4AM before. Who else would've known that? 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