baby G has been so unhappy today. she's a baby and babies cry but i have never heard her cry quite like she has cried today. even when she manages to fall asleep she is still wimpering and it makes me feel so bad because i can't comfort her.
i hate that we have to do this again to her next month and the month after.
9:38 p.m. - June 17, 2008
baby G is 2 months old tomorrow. it feels like she has been with us forever but it also feels like the last 8 and a half weeks have flown by.
we took her for her first set of immunisation injections today. one needle in each leg. i didn't think it would be difficult for me to handle this - the heel prick didn't bother me or her at all. however, the look on her face when the first needle went in was enough to have me welling up and by the time she screamed at the second jab at least a couple of tears were free-flowing down my cheeks. she was fine by the time we left the doctors office - i just hope she doesn't suffer too much post-injection.
lucy and i went to aquafit last night. we are both c-section ladies and it was a good start back into an exercise routine. the other participants were mainly older ladies which was great because even though i looked bad in my swim suit i didn't look much worse than anyone else. we did a lot of laughing and a lot of eye rolling at how difficult some of the exercises were and how embarrassing it was that the older ladies were not finding them difficult at all. we had a good time though and will probably go again next week. i realised afterwards that this was the first time i'd been out without baby G. it was only for an hour or so but i missed her.
all in all, things are pretty good around here at the moment.
2:41 p.m. - June 17, 2008
Baby G is not a lot of work most days but like everyone, even she has her off days. today is one of those days. the day started at 12.50am when she woke me to feed her. that was fine. then she woke me again about an hour and a half later for another feed. annoying but i could cope. less than half an hour after i'd put her back to bed she was grumbling again and i was starting to feel pretty badly done to. the fifth time she woke me i poked the cg in the back and asked him if he'd like some quality time with his daughter. he was more or less happy to get up (it was 7.20am after all) and i got to have a few more hours sleep. later she did sleep for long enough for me to workout to my step dvd which was good of her but then things went downhill. by which i mean there was poo everywhere, tea dripping off tables and chairs and currently we are both in our second outfits of the day (and both our second outfits are wet and dirty). we all get out of bed the wrong side some days and G definitely did today. i'm thinking this is a good day for me to be starting my aquafit classes, even if i'm dreading putting on a tankini in public.
as i finish writing this my beautiful baby is fast asleep and although her top is covered in puked up milk i still love her more than i've ever loved anything before. i'll be sad when she is no longer a baby.
4:56 p.m. - June 16, 2008
the cg got home at 2am this morning and despite at least two of us being rather tired, the three of us sat in bed and chatted or had a warm bottle of milk. it was so nice having him home even though he'd only been away for a few days (particularly since he did the 5am feed and let me get some sleep).
10:41 p.m. - June 14, 2008
god i feel rough. i've spent as much of the day as i could in bed trying to get some sleep. obviously that's not an easy task when you have sole responsibility for a 8 week old. she's been a good girl though despite the fact that i haven't really had the energy to talk to her and play with her much today. i don't know how single parents cope. it can be tiring even when you are at the top of your game but when you are sick it's a bit of a nightmare. i can't wait for the cg to get home. at one time i would have wanted him back to take care of me, now i need him home to take care of G.
8:42 p.m. - June 13, 2008
it's 6.50am and i'm slouching on the sofa watching 12 angry men. i'm sick. i have a sore throat, a runny nose and a woolley head. the cg is in Sweden until Saturday morning so i'm parenting solo for the first time. i'm so grateful that G is such an easy baby because if she wasn't i don't think i could cope. she woke up twice in the night to be fed but both times within half an hour she was back in her moses basket and sound asleep. right now she is curled up on my knee keeping me warm and cosy. i'm trying not to sneeze on her.
6:51 a.m. - June 13, 2008
our social life has gone a bit crazy and when i do have a few spare minutes i haven't really felt like writing an entry because so much is happening that i have no idea where to start. G is changing every day. she's so aware of things now and so chatty (which is cute except at 4am). she's also growing like mad - and has really cute chubby baby legs - but she hasn't grown enough to fit into her 0-3 month clothing which is annoying because i have so many cute outfits that people have bought for her. it's been hideously hot here for the last few days and G has a habit of kicking off her sheets in her moses basket. it does get cold in the middle of the night though and last night G woke me up with a couple of tiny yelps to put the covers back over her. once i'd done it she went straight back to sleep - it was so sweet. we took her to her first music festival at the weekend. it was a local village thing and we went with two other couples we've met recently (both with newborns) and sat on the grass and listened to the bands. i must remember to write about this in her baby book - i'm sure she will be delighted to find out that the first band she saw was a wurzels cover band! it's also a sign of the times that we were drinking cups of tea rather than bottles of beer!!
right now the three of us are watching holland v italy. G should have been bathed and put to bed but what the heck it's the european cup.
7:59 p.m. - June 09, 2008
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