Awkward:
When you pick the baby up off the nursing pillow after a good long feed and some adorable grunting, see a light yellow stain and think “hmmm…..poop or breastmilk……” Yeah, after that I picked up a second cover for the pillow.
Deciding whether or not to change the baby after a spit up episode. If you change a baby after every time they spit up….you run out of clothes with a quickness. If you leave them in clothes with spit up drying on, are you disgusting? This is a real question. So far I’ve basically used quantity as a deciding factor, but there was certainly a time or two when it happened in her sleep that I thought “is this worth waking her up? Really?”
More MESSES! Random clothing stains. Darrell and I have gotten to the point where we’ll ask one another what we think a mark is, smell it without a second thought, and then judge whether or not anyone else will notice it.
Claire’s only tantrum so far has been at a meeting for her christening prep. She literally WAILED the entire 30 minutes, until the family hosting offered to just excuse us early. I feel as though this may not bode well for her ACTUAL christening…..although she seems to enjoy baths, so who knows!
Awesome:
The little noises Claire makes when we walk her around the neighborhood in the Sakura Bloom sling. I included a little video just so you could hear the cuteness….
When you pick the baby up off the nursing pillow after a good long feed and some adorable grunting, see a light yellow stain and think “hmmm…..poop or breastmilk……” Yeah, after that I picked up a second cover for the pillow.
Deciding whether or not to change the baby after a spit up episode. If you change a baby after every time they spit up….you run out of clothes with a quickness. If you leave them in clothes with spit up drying on, are you disgusting? This is a real question. So far I’ve basically used quantity as a deciding factor, but there was certainly a time or two when it happened in her sleep that I thought “is this worth waking her up? Really?”
More MESSES! Random clothing stains. Darrell and I have gotten to the point where we’ll ask one another what we think a mark is, smell it without a second thought, and then judge whether or not anyone else will notice it.
Claire’s only tantrum so far has been at a meeting for her christening prep. She literally WAILED the entire 30 minutes, until the family hosting offered to just excuse us early. I feel as though this may not bode well for her ACTUAL christening…..although she seems to enjoy baths, so who knows!
Awesome:
The little noises Claire makes when we walk her around the neighborhood in the Sakura Bloom sling. I included a little video just so you could hear the cuteness….
Getting Claire dressed. I probably have way too much fun picking out her clothes. If you’re interested in seeing her daily wardrobe (you know you want to!) follow me on Instagram via the link to the right, or just search #claireoliviahayes.
Breastfeeding. For more reasons than one - I’m not planning on doing too much specific updating on post-pregnancy weight loss, but she was born two weeks ago and I have genuinely felt a little smaller every day. It’s very encouraging - having a limited wardrobe is definitely one way to make the morning even less pleasant after a night of equally limited sleep.
Taking advantage of long newborn naps. So far we’ve been able to go out to brunch twice, watch the World Cup game with friends, and hang out at a family friend’s pool all day with the baby. As long as there’s a cool place to nurse her, I’ve decided that our motto will be “have baby, will travel,” until it isn’t - because sometimes babies just need to be at home, as Claire has proven on a few other outings!
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