-After the C-section, Dan thought it was funny I asked him if he liked our baby. His reply was, "Of course I like our baby", of course.
- We sometimes call Sara "Our little monkey" when we put her in the car seat for her first Well Child visit, she screamed so hard on the car ride that she turned purple. Dan remarked later that she had been "Our angry little monkey".
-Sara has some bad diaper rash right now. I am hoping that keeping her as dry as possible will help her to heal, so before she gets a fresh diaper, we use a hair dryer on the cool air setting on her bottom. She really seems to love it too. I first got the idea when I was using a wet wipe and it seemed to burn or sting and she was screaming, so I started to blow air on her and it really calmed her down.
-I love watching Dan and Sara together. It's fun watching him look at her and tell her he loves her. He's so gentle with her and very loving. Every kid deserves a Dad like Dan and I'm sure that Dad's like that are not easy to come by. Because I had a C-section he had to do everything for her the first few days. He spent nights patiently burping her, discovering ways to relieve her various gaseous issues. He didn't want any of the nursery staff to take her, even though we could have let them have her every night. Of course, I didn't want them to have her either because it was fun for me watching Dan lovingly take care of her and it would have been hard to be without her, she was one of us.
-Sara seems to have red hair. I thought the second day that it was more brownish or dark blond but getting her out in the sunlight, it is very clear she has red hair and eyelashes even. Our neighbor told us that they thought their kids were redheads at first but it soon faded out to a light brown, so we will see.
-We have had lots of people bringing us food at home. Our fridge is overflowing. Dan is a gourmet cook and Mom is here so we weren't short on food. Dan even went by the grocery store before I went into labor so we'd have food when we got home. The Relief Society organized some people to bring us dinners. Also the Relief Society President stopped by and brought food and gifts. She remarked that there are only a few houses in the neighborhood that aren't LDS and I just assumed she was talking about us, so I said, "Yeah, we're one of 'em" and she said, "No, your husband is". It was strange and kind of surprised me that he is still considered a member enough that people would be bringing us food in an organized way. Dan explained to me that the Church still has his records and that is why they still consider him a member, even though he's not active. The people that stopped by were very nice and generous and I think it's cool culturally that people get so excited about new additions to the neighborhood. As Martha would say, It's a good thing.
-Sara sleeps sometimes in the "Field Goal" position. She puts both hands over her hand , arms outstretched. Also she sometimes puts one arm over her face, just like Daddy sleeps.
-As to who she looks like, we think mostly Nana Sears. I think she has Dan's neck, eyes, and butt cheeks. We got out Dan's baby photo and she really does look like him as a baby. I don't know if I see any of my features in her yet.
-She is so strong, at 2 days old we noticed she could turn her head around to look at us by herself. At 4 days she could lay on Dan's chest and raise her head completely up to look him in the face. Today at 7 days old she was trying to roll herself over by twisting her body.
-I feel like a boob. Breast feeding is challenging. It seems constant . I'm either pumping or feeding. Sara knows the difference between Mom and Dad. Dad does gas and burp duty. Mom does the milk. She can tell very quickly who is holding her. When she figures out it's me, she starts breathing really fast and snorting like a piggy. I call it her nursing piglet noise. She gets so excited about food. Sometimes it's hard for me to just hold her though because she's begging for food, tearing at my shirt and snorting. Then she gets super mad at me when I don't immediately whip out a boob. The other night Dan was holding her on his bare chest and she started rooting around. I told him as a joke just to give her a nipple and see what she does with it. He thought it was a bad idea to mess with her like that.
-Dan and I think that sometimes the noises that come out of her diaper sound like a cappuccino maker, making foam..
-I came home from my doctor's appointment and Dan had been reading to Sara from his Biography of Stalin. It was pretty funny hearing him read about the murderous dictator in a story tale voice. After all at this age it's not the content of what you read, just the sound of your voice that is soothing to them, we hope...
-Dan's and Sara's favorite game to play with me is "Who made that noise".
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sara's first night home
I wanted to just write random thoughts and things I want to remember about Sara's early days and I figured I'd put them on this blog for family and friends to read too if anyone is interested, it might just be mostly for me.
-On Sara's first night home, we stopped by Albertson's to pick up my pain meds Dan had to go in and get them for me because I couldn't walk very far at the time. Dan said while he was waiting in line he started thinking about having his daughter home finally and it made him all emotional. By the time he got up to the counter his eyes were welling up and he said it must have looked funny for him to be turning in a narcotic pain prescription with tears in his eyes.
-The very first time Sara was put in her car seat she had a really confused look on her face. She kind of jumped when the car door shut and when the car hit bumps. Soon it would all be old hat to her but it was funny to see her reaction for the first time. She was a really good girl the whole way home though, she didn't cry once.
-When we finally got home I ran for the fridge for food. I had a few bites then had to feed Sara right away because she was just as hungry. I love staring at Sara's face when I feed her and when she sleeps. Her lips are so cute and perfectly formed miniatures. She has little blond eyebrows that you can really only see from the side. she has big dark eyes that might be dark blue or brown. Her ears bend down a little at the tips and are soft, seemingly without cartilage in them. She has fine little hair on her soft head that is fun to pet.
-Daddy played piano with her on his lap his first night home, Braham's Lullaby.
-Mom sits on the toilet for an hour. I have never been constipated before in my life and I hope to never be again.
-Dan comes home with a whole bouquet of white roses that are so beautiful.
-Dan arranges our room to care for Sara at night. We keep her with us at night, instead of her room while she's a newbie.
-Dan eats dinner with Sara on his lap.
-On Sara's first night home, we stopped by Albertson's to pick up my pain meds Dan had to go in and get them for me because I couldn't walk very far at the time. Dan said while he was waiting in line he started thinking about having his daughter home finally and it made him all emotional. By the time he got up to the counter his eyes were welling up and he said it must have looked funny for him to be turning in a narcotic pain prescription with tears in his eyes.
-The very first time Sara was put in her car seat she had a really confused look on her face. She kind of jumped when the car door shut and when the car hit bumps. Soon it would all be old hat to her but it was funny to see her reaction for the first time. She was a really good girl the whole way home though, she didn't cry once.
-When we finally got home I ran for the fridge for food. I had a few bites then had to feed Sara right away because she was just as hungry. I love staring at Sara's face when I feed her and when she sleeps. Her lips are so cute and perfectly formed miniatures. She has little blond eyebrows that you can really only see from the side. she has big dark eyes that might be dark blue or brown. Her ears bend down a little at the tips and are soft, seemingly without cartilage in them. She has fine little hair on her soft head that is fun to pet.
-Daddy played piano with her on his lap his first night home, Braham's Lullaby.
-Mom sits on the toilet for an hour. I have never been constipated before in my life and I hope to never be again.
-Dan comes home with a whole bouquet of white roses that are so beautiful.
-Dan arranges our room to care for Sara at night. We keep her with us at night, instead of her room while she's a newbie.
-Dan eats dinner with Sara on his lap.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Some more pics
I wanted to add some more pics related to Sara. Some are of her room that Mom helped put finishing details on after she arrived. The rest are of Sara at the hospital and her first few days at home. More to come soon I'm sure!
Sara's Blog
I've started Sara a new page on my blog. I hope to write updates about her and post photos to keep everyone from shore to shore up to date on her happenings.
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