Nearly forgot

About that moment a few weeks ago, before I called the lactation consultant, when I cringed every time she cried that she was hungry, when she still didn’t sleep on her own and I really wanted a shower, or to do anything alone, and she was sleeping on me again and I don’t know how [...]

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Too long for twitter, too sappy for Facebook

TCB working in the office, Dave Matthews playing through the B&O on the speakers TCB made, a gf home brew in my hand, baby sleeping on me in the comfy chair in the nursery while I arrange soccer stuff (and find out why birds are so angry) in the house we cleaned this morning… One [...]

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Bigger

I think she was replaced by a larger, but otherwise identical, baby overnight. I looked down while feeding her and realized that her head is so, so much larger than it used to be. And her face is bigger. And her eyes really look at and see things now, focusing on different distances. I noticed [...]

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A post

She: Her hair’s thinning, likely because her noggin is growing and spreading out her hairs. Her temperament has gotten a bit more even now that we’re on a feeding plan instead of guessing if she’s hungry. On thursday, She started making noises other than cries! It’s terribly cute. Naps are occasionally in her crib now. [...]

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New Year

Things are getting better. Lena is eating better, she’s not complaining of hunger after every meal now, so we’re not having to make a supplemental bottle after every feeding (we often offer it, but she usually refuses it less than half an ounce in.)  So that’s really nice. It also means that my feed-pump-serve routine [...]

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