Emma is now four months old. She can roll over, but only to the right. She likes to sleep on her belly rather than her back. This always makes us nervous. We find ourselves checking on her periodically to make sure she is still breathing.
She is absolutely the best thing that has ever happened to either of us and we marvel at her every day.
She is so smiley and happy. People remark on it. We are very, very lucky.
It only took 26 & 1/2 hours for Emma to make her arrival. It is a Thanksgiving day that we will never forget, even though I had an epidural (thank goodness). She weighed 9 lbs. and 1 ounce at birth and was 20.5 inches long.
We had just arrived and were getting settled in the labor and delivery room.
As of today Shorty is full-term.
I am officially HUGE! This weekend is the beginning of my 8th month and everyone seems to think that I will be delivering early. I am not sure what the doctor thinks yet, as I see her later this week. Shorty has also decided that propping her feet in my ribs is fun. I found a great way to get her to move them though, freezing cold wash cloths. She doesn't like cold feet.
Here's a brief little rundown of what has been happening lately.
- I am back at work and doing fine. The kids like to talk to the baby now more than me. She seems to get more hellos in the hallway. I also had a student ask if I will still care about them after the baby is born. A few of them seem to have older sibling issues with the new baby coming into their worlds. I was very touched.
- The nursery is coming along fabulously. We have the dresser/changing table now and the baby's first bookcase. All we need now is the glider and ottoman and some of the wall decorations. We found a place in Brooklyn that sells wallpaper animals. We are looking to pick up a couple of those for the walls and maybe some of the blik decals. Not sure yet.
- Chris is working like mad. He has become indispensable to the company that he works for and they know it.
- The finishing touches are being put in place in the apartment as well. We bought a series of glass-doored bookcases at Ikea for the living room. The only problem is that I am too big to help with putting them into place. We also have a ton of artwork to hang still.
- We took a childcare and feeding class at the hospital a couple of weeks ago. Things we learned:
1. How to properly swaddle
2. How to change a diaper
3. How many layers the baby should wear based on the weather
4. Crib bumbers are dangerous, even though they are cute. It all relates to SIDS
5. Pacifiers are good things, but only when the baby is sleeping. SIDS prevention tool. And never use the same type of pacifier two times in a row, so that the baby will not become addicted to it.
6. How to breastfeed. Chris didn't know where to look when she was covering this piece of information.
7. Infant CPR - This freaked us both more than just a little bit.
- Next weekend we are heading down to VA. Chris is taking care of some business elements with my Dad and I get to hang out with my Mom. We are also bringing back our dining room set, which we had when we were living together in Chicago.
