Jan
28
Today, Theo and I went to Costco, and on the way home he fell asleep. Fifteen minutes into his nap, we were home. I tried to quietly transfer him in his car seat into the house without waking him. When my key entered the lock on the front door, his eyes popped open. Oh, well. [...]
Dec
11
So, Is He Normal or Not? Last Tuesday, Theo had an appointment with the Preemie Department at Kaiser to test his development at 6 months. He was not born premature, but he was in NICU for most of his first week. I guess any baby in NICU gets this special check-up. Theo saw two doctors. [...]
Nov
26
We had an untraditional Thanksgiving yesterday. Our little family went to the area near Sly Park to let the baby experience snow. We walked through snow on the shore of Jenkinson Lake. We ate delicious Italian turkey sandwiches from the Safeway in Pollock Pines for lunch. We came home and fed Theo his first meat [...]
Nov
25
He Has My Teeth Lately, Vlady and I have suspected that Theo’s two bottom teeth are off-center. The photo I took yesterday seems to confirm this. Not to worry! His mommy has the same thing (see below.) That is, I have three incisors between the canines on the bottom row, rather than the typical four. [...]
Nov
14
Squirmy Last night, Theo turned from his back to his tummy by himself for the first time. He did it three times. Unfortunately, it was all in his crib when he was supposed to be sleeping. He can’t get back onto his back from his tummy yet, so he started crying each time. One of [...]
Nov
10
New House At the end of October, hubby and baby and I moved into our beautiful new house. Theo now has his own room and has adapted very well. He now has his own little set-up with crib, changing table, and a twin bed for visitors such as mommy or daddy when T has a [...]
Oct
09
Last week, the hubby and I watched a psychological thriller which was really a tragedy of ancient Greek proportions. So as to avoid providing a spoiler for this movie, I won’t mention the title. In essence, a man comes home to discover that his (insane) wife has drowned their three young children. I found the [...]
Sep
24
Weaning As I mentioned in an update to an earlier post, Theo has stopped breastfeeding. It wasn’t my choice; indeed I had struggled to keep it up for the past several weeks. But the wee one decided that he wasn’t being fed fast enough, I guess. He wouldn’t chow down with much enthusiasm, and would [...]
Sep
04
For all of my adult life up until June, my breasts have had a single meaning and function and it wasn’t to suckle a baby. It’s taken some getting used to: having a vulnerable, hungry creature rely on them for sustenance. Eventually I’ve gotten comfortable with the suck-suck-suck-pause of baby’s rhythmic and eager eating. Okay, [...]
Sep
02
When Theo was born, my breasts would not be ready to feed him for another week or so. Because I had gestational diabetes, my labor was induced on my due date, and to make things worse I had to undergo a C-section. Whatever triggers milk let-down was not ready yet. There was a mere drop [...]
