Yikes! My baby's favorite way to fall asleep is with the bottle. I wonder if that's something babies can outgrow before they ruin their teeth, or only after?Any advice, parents? It's like a magic elixir to get her to sleep, as shown here.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sleep, my Pretty!
Yikes! My baby's favorite way to fall asleep is with the bottle. I wonder if that's something babies can outgrow before they ruin their teeth, or only after?Any advice, parents? It's like a magic elixir to get her to sleep, as shown here.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Not the Eyes!
I tried to capture Smacky's cross-eyed look here but the angle was wrong. I keep telling her that her eyes are going to stay that way (really it's just a fear, not a threat), but she persists.Come on, eyes, get organized!
(My brother is hiding in the background- can you see part of his face?)
Monday, October 6, 2008
Dimly Lit Dim Sum
Whoops, maybe the baby isn't ready for a front-facing carrier yet. Either that or she really likes the tiled ceiling.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
The Power of Breastmilk
We brought Aurora home from the hospital when she was three days old, verbally wrestling her from the overly-helpful people at the Doernbecher Neonatal Care Center at OHSU. (Gary did that part.)
Hours after we arrived, after Gary convinced the on-call doctor that she WOULD get enough to eat and that we wouldn't inadvertently kill her with our bad parenting skills, we gently placed her in her carseat and buckled her in. Her little 5 pound, 12 ounce body was too small and the straps were loose. Too loose to leave, our nurse said regretfully.
So I drove to Babies R Us, anticipating having to buy a brand new carseat especially for preemies, which was a different brand from our hand-me-down one and which wouldn't fit either of our strollers or the two extra bases we had bought. Damnation!
Just as I was at the checkstand with two new carseats, Gary called. "The nurse
who knows all about carseats found another adjustment and she fits now! Come back and let's take her home!"
I sped back downtown and up the hill and we gave Aurora her first car ride on that warm July day. Look how spindly her little arms were! (Above) She still had the wires from her monitoring devices on, too.
Yesterday (7 pounds later, right), I took this shot of her in her carseat, napping contentedly. What a good grower she is.
Hours after we arrived, after Gary convinced the on-call doctor that she WOULD get enough to eat and that we wouldn't inadvertently kill her with our bad parenting skills, we gently placed her in her carseat and buckled her in. Her little 5 pound, 12 ounce body was too small and the straps were loose. Too loose to leave, our nurse said regretfully.So I drove to Babies R Us, anticipating having to buy a brand new carseat especially for preemies, which was a different brand from our hand-me-down one and which wouldn't fit either of our strollers or the two extra bases we had bought. Damnation!
Just as I was at the checkstand with two new carseats, Gary called. "The nurse
who knows all about carseats found another adjustment and she fits now! Come back and let's take her home!"I sped back downtown and up the hill and we gave Aurora her first car ride on that warm July day. Look how spindly her little arms were! (Above) She still had the wires from her monitoring devices on, too.
Yesterday (7 pounds later, right), I took this shot of her in her carseat, napping contentedly. What a good grower she is.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Still Sleeping
Sorry, folks, but it feels like whenever I have time to shove a camera in the baby's face, it's always when she's sleeping. She was quite angelic this morning before the fussing started, wasn't she?
Monday, September 29, 2008
School Picture Day!
Not exactly, but doesn't it look like she's all dressed up in her white shirt and black vest, smiling her nicest school-picture smile?
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