![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
(no subject)
The Boppy? Oh yes, it rocks and is worth every cent.
~~~
I used to be somewhat addicted to Flixter's Never-Ending Movie Quiz. But I got over that.
Now, I'm somewhat addicted to the Never-Ending Book Quiz at GoodReads (I'm Myschyf there).
Oh well.
~~~
Charlie seems to have outgrown her lactose intolerance. Cool. :)
~~~
What she said.
~~~
I'm sitting here, typing, while my baby daughter sleeps in her Moses Basket (with stand) behind me. Hell yes.
Especially since I was wondering if she'd get home before she outgrew the basket.
Yesterday, she turned three months old. It was also exactly a week after her surgery.
She's doing so very well. I kind of expected her to freak out a bit in the first days she was here, because it's so different than what she's used to. But she didn't. She's pretty laid back most of the time. I do think that her being in the pediatric ward rather than the NICU helped immensely. Jeff, Sam and I were able to be there together, and so she got used to us *together*...and used to Sam in the first place, as the last time they'd been together was Christmas day (flu season began in earnest and the NICUs closed to kids under twelve. Because cold germs don't stick to people that age and older ;).
Sammy is so good with her, and does a good job of treating Charlie like a *person* rather than an interesting toy. Yesterday, I was rawther exhausted and Charlie was awake. So, Sam came in and sat on the bed, to hang out with Charlie while I dozed. She read to her and talked to her, and even got her back to sleep. I was highly impressed.
It has been a bit difficult to get into the rhythm of a new baby in the house. If we'd brought her home straight away, there wouldn't be any problems, but the gap between her birth and her homecoming have upset the...natural progression. Oh, it isn't horrible in *any* way, it's just taking a bit of time to find all the steps to this dance. We're getting there. And, I think we're still all amazed that she's finally here, with us.
She's the most vocal infant I've ever been around. Last night, we were repeating "oh" back and forth, and she actually says Goo. I'd always thought that was a myth.
Her doctors aren't worried about apnea any longer. YAY!
She's eating more by mouth now than she ever has, and is very enthusiastic about the whole thing. I dislike feeding her via the tube, but I'm getting very good at it (it really isn't difficult), and we have mountains of faith that she won't have it too terribly long. It isn't really the tube I don't like, it's the constant worry that I'll do something wrong and hurt her while she's connected. We've done very well so far, and I don't see any complications in our future. That's really not going to make this worry go all the way away though. Oh well. At least it's a *real* worry.
~~~
I would love to know why the software that transfers music from my computer to my mp3 player takes at least twice as long to do so than just opening the player *on* my 'puter and copying things that way. It isn't changing the files, just moving them, so it really makes no sense. But, it's a good reason not to use that program any longer.
~~~
The last time I had an infant, my keyboard was the standard kind. I've the split kb now and can attest that it is far easier to type while holding her. I'm not sure why, as the keys are in the same places, and there are the same number of them.
~~~
I used to be somewhat addicted to Flixter's Never-Ending Movie Quiz. But I got over that.
Now, I'm somewhat addicted to the Never-Ending Book Quiz at GoodReads (I'm Myschyf there).
Oh well.
~~~
Charlie seems to have outgrown her lactose intolerance. Cool. :)
~~~
What she said.
~~~
I'm sitting here, typing, while my baby daughter sleeps in her Moses Basket (with stand) behind me. Hell yes.
Especially since I was wondering if she'd get home before she outgrew the basket.
Yesterday, she turned three months old. It was also exactly a week after her surgery.
She's doing so very well. I kind of expected her to freak out a bit in the first days she was here, because it's so different than what she's used to. But she didn't. She's pretty laid back most of the time. I do think that her being in the pediatric ward rather than the NICU helped immensely. Jeff, Sam and I were able to be there together, and so she got used to us *together*...and used to Sam in the first place, as the last time they'd been together was Christmas day (flu season began in earnest and the NICUs closed to kids under twelve. Because cold germs don't stick to people that age and older ;).
Sammy is so good with her, and does a good job of treating Charlie like a *person* rather than an interesting toy. Yesterday, I was rawther exhausted and Charlie was awake. So, Sam came in and sat on the bed, to hang out with Charlie while I dozed. She read to her and talked to her, and even got her back to sleep. I was highly impressed.
It has been a bit difficult to get into the rhythm of a new baby in the house. If we'd brought her home straight away, there wouldn't be any problems, but the gap between her birth and her homecoming have upset the...natural progression. Oh, it isn't horrible in *any* way, it's just taking a bit of time to find all the steps to this dance. We're getting there. And, I think we're still all amazed that she's finally here, with us.
She's the most vocal infant I've ever been around. Last night, we were repeating "oh" back and forth, and she actually says Goo. I'd always thought that was a myth.
Her doctors aren't worried about apnea any longer. YAY!
She's eating more by mouth now than she ever has, and is very enthusiastic about the whole thing. I dislike feeding her via the tube, but I'm getting very good at it (it really isn't difficult), and we have mountains of faith that she won't have it too terribly long. It isn't really the tube I don't like, it's the constant worry that I'll do something wrong and hurt her while she's connected. We've done very well so far, and I don't see any complications in our future. That's really not going to make this worry go all the way away though. Oh well. At least it's a *real* worry.
~~~
I would love to know why the software that transfers music from my computer to my mp3 player takes at least twice as long to do so than just opening the player *on* my 'puter and copying things that way. It isn't changing the files, just moving them, so it really makes no sense. But, it's a good reason not to use that program any longer.
~~~
The last time I had an infant, my keyboard was the standard kind. I've the split kb now and can attest that it is far easier to type while holding her. I'm not sure why, as the keys are in the same places, and there are the same number of them.