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Growing like Kudzoo10/07
Grandma H arrived on October 3rd and has been such a help! Im
back to editing full-speed ahead every chance I can get to sit down
at the computerwhich is why I havent
written blogs and emails. Im trying to meet a deadline that is
now a month overdue. (Toobad the editing couldnt have been preemie
instead of the baby!)
Diapers
Grandma brought more pajamas so we dont have to do laundry every
20 hours! And alsodiaper covers so we could quit the pampers. Also,
the diaper covers I ordered arrived last
weekBummis Original. I love them. They rarely leak! So we havent
had to go through
so many clothes either. My cousin also sent me some Snappies to
fasten them up with. If
I never see another safety pin again I will be thrilled! Diaper
changes take half the timenow.
My cousin also sent two wool diaper covers that she knitted from
her scrap yarn. Theyare beautiful (Daddys favorite color!) and
warm. They work great with some kinds of
cloth diapers and not-so-great with others. So fortunately we
now have covers anddiapers for all kinds and all occasions now.
Growing
The public health nurse stopped in about 10 days ago and weighed
her at 6 lbs 12
ounces!! Thats bathroom weight without even a diaper. So she is
right on schedule todouble her weight by Thanksgiving or sooner!
She is having more awake times and she is
noticeably bigger every week. Her hair is longer and her eyes
are still blue. The box of
clothes she has grown out of (nearly all the preemie stuff) is
getting as full as the box she
can still wear. (It is good that the baby shower last night
provided all larger sizes!) At therate she is growing, she will
soon measure up to the Kudzoo that grows so prolifically in
the South.
She has pudgy chipmunk cheeks and just about popped the snaps on
her preemie clothes
by the time I reckoned them to the too small box for being too
short. Ones without thefeet in them she can still manage to
wear.
Stretched out she can touch both ends of her peach box of 20
long now. So soon we will
have to find a bigger box! She has lots more awake/alert times
now. The other evening at
supper she was entertaining us so much with her facial
expressions. Now Grandma insiststhat she is intentionally smiling
at those who talk to her. So perhaps she has reached the
stage where she knowingly expresses her emotions rather than
just exercising hermuscles. I shot a video of her making faces in
her sleep the other day. I would post it hereif I knew how. (If
anyone can tell me where I can download a program to edit home
video, I would be able to post some. But some of them are too
long and need cutting and
such. But I dont know where to look. Please HELP me!)
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Discipline
We are thankful for the advice we received after the last blog
post. We were going to
share it here for the benefit of all. But as wise as it was, Im
afraid I have forgotten it.Fortunately, some of it was written in
as a comment to the last blog to prime my memory.
Time has explained one thing that really helps. The only time
she wails is when she has
gas bubbles. It just so happened that was nearly always at
diaper changing time so it
seemed like a pattern of not cooperating with diaper change. But
if I stand her up andbounce her a couple times, it helps the
bubbles to pass. Its just that lying on her back is
the most uncomfortable position for dealing with gas bubbles.
But I havent figured out
how to change her diaper in any other position.
