The Social Security Administration updated their “Popular Baby Names”:http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ site yesterday with the 2005 naming data, and we’re perversely proud that our name choice for Lucia has remained an oddity. Continue reading “She’s 4.21 in 10,000”
Weird reading of the day
I keep thinking about this paragraph from “_The Happiest Baby on the Block_”:http://boydsnest.org/news/2006/happiest-baby-on-the-block/ :
“Some people say that babies eat like ‘little pigs,’ but even piggies have a hard time holding a candle to a baby. Every day, young infants ‘snort down’ about three ounces of milk for every pound of their body weight. That’s equivalent to an adult drinking five gallons of whole milk a day, seven days a week. No wonder they eat so often.”
That’s a lot of milk. Lucy is our little piggy.
First outing without Lucy
Yesterday, I ventured out of the house for the first time without bringing Lucy along. It felt really strange! I was only driving about a mile away to our local grocery store, but I was stressed the entire time. It is a weighty thing to be the sole source of food for a person; it really made me want to get home quickly. Continue reading “First outing without Lucy”
Must-have hardware
Since Ann has written about “labor tricks that worked”:/news/2006/labor-tricks-that-worked-and-didnt/, I figure maybe I should post about some of the “hardware” we’re most glad to have in the house these days. The baby-commerce industry is massive and “strange”:/news/2006/what-would-lennon-say/, and we’ve found the best tools aren’t necessarily what we would have predicted. Continue reading “Must-have hardware”
Labor tricks that worked (and didn’t)
I went for my two-week post-delivery appointment with Jenny the Midwife on Monday. She says everything looks good! I was glad to have the chance to ask her a few questions about my labor experience, especially since this is the last time we are seeing her. Continue reading “Labor tricks that worked (and didn’t)”
Two weeks
Today, Lucy is “two weeks years old” (that is how Jon likes to say it :). I think all three of us have learned a lot about each other over these past two weeks. Even with all the reading I’ve done, caring for a baby is definitely different from how I thought it would be. Continue reading “Two weeks”
We love our friends
We had a rough couple of days this weekend, as you probably read from Jon’s “post”:/news/2006/road-warrior/. Lucy is generally not a difficult baby, but this nighttime fussiness thing was starting to put us over the edge. I knew I was feeling pretty anxious about her crying when I realized I wasn’t interested in eating chocolate (a sure sign of distress for me). Continue reading “We love our friends”
Road warrior
It was just me, the long-haul truckers, the drunks — and the other dads with sleepless babies — out on the highway last night at 2:30 am. Continue reading “Road warrior”
“Those who have young”
This passage of Scripture is freshly relevant to us, and we thank our friend and colleague Ann Beyerlein for including it in a baby card we received today. It’s from Isaiah 40: Continue reading ““Those who have young””
To pacify or not to pacify
My latest theory is that Lucy is an easily over-stimulated baby. (Not surprising, considering how her parents react to over-stimulation?) I think every baby book I read discusses over-stimulation (which is helpful) and they recommend a pacifiers for an over-stimulated baby (also helpful) but “not until breast-feeding is well-established” (less helpful for the present moment). Continue reading “To pacify or not to pacify”