chillin', eating, family, self-care, sleeping

Slumber Party

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We now have a nightly routine.  I feed her at 9:00 pm, go to bed around 10:00 pm, and Jes stays up to feed her at 12:00 am.  Sometimes she’s practically eating in her sleep at midnight.  With this plan, I get about 6 hours of sleep before she wakes up again at 4:00 am.  That’s when I pick her up and feed/change her in the livingroom and she sleeps in the bassinet on the chair while I sleep on the couch for the rest of the morning.  That way she can fuss as much as she needs while Jes gets enough sleep for work in the morning.  It’s been going well so far and last night was about the same.  However, a certain little baby woke up again at 6:30 and didn’t want to go back to sleep.  So, I plopped her next to me on the couch and hung out with her until we both fell asleep.  When Jes got up to get ready for work, he found us sleeping together like this.

We didn’t wake up until 9:00 am for her next feeding.  Afterward, she was in such a good mood that she was perfectly happy just sitting under the blanket with me on the couch.

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milestones, self-care

Happy Bath

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We were given the A-OK to wash Janie more often at the last doctor’s visit.  She did, however, warn us that newborns generally don’t like baths and it was true for ours.  She’s had a handful of baths now and each time she would cry and cry until taken out and wrapped up in her towel.  However, this morning was the exception.  I washed her hair first and she actually seemed to enjoy the gentle head massage.

Then, when I sat her in the tub of water, she was silent.  Amazing.  I pretty much waited for to cry but then realized she wasn’t going to and got started on washing her.  She was so cute just sitting in the tub and tolerated just about everything I put her through.  Her armpits were extra stinking this morning and she didn’t mind the extra time I spent on cleaning them.  Hopefully this is the start of bath times being more fun than traumatic for everyone involved.

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family, hello, self-care

Party Girl

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Our doctor told us that Janie’s ready to stretch out her feeds to 3-4 hours at a time so we’ve been trying to train her during the day in hopes that she’ll only wake up every 4 hours at night.  She does GREAT during the day but the evenings are a little harder after dinnertime.  Then she’ll fall asleep after her 9:00 pm feeding and wake up at midnight.  Not bad. Then it’s a repeat again at 3:00 am and 6:00 am.  Well, last night, she went to sleep at 9:00 pm as usual, woke at 12:00 am for a feeding but then partied until 1:30 am!!  This photo was taken last night while we were hanging out in bed at the wee morning hours with a wired 5-week-old.  I gave in a fed her again at 1:30 and she finally fell asleep around 2:00 am.  The best part was that she slept for FOUR HOURS and didn’t wake up until 6:00 am!!  I actually got a 4-hour chunk of sleep this morning!  Yippee!!

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outings, sleeping, special days

It’s official!

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Today, we went to City Hall and the Office of Vital Records to pick up Janie’s birth certificate.  I filled out some paperwork while we were still in the hospital but it wasn’t going to be ready until 4 weeks after her birthday.  When we got there, there was no line!  Yay!  Within 5 minutes, Janie had her birth certificate in her hot little hands to show off to the world.

We also took her around San Francisco City Hall for the first time since this is her birth city and all.

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family, friends, outings, special days

One Month Celebration

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Today, our baby girl turned one month old.  I can’t believe we’ve reached this point already!  To celebrate, we went out for dim sum and invited all her local aunties, uncles, and future playmates.

The food was tasty as usual and it was fun to see all the kids and their parents around the table.

It was a warm, sunny day so some of us walked to the restaurant together and back. Janie stayed awake for the whole stroller ride.

Here’s a photo of the three of us together.  Janie couldn’t be bothered to pose for the photo.  Apparently, the skylight above was far more interesting.

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