Andrea’s Weblog

I think my stress level is finally decreasing. Up until the last week,
I’ve been so afraid that she’ll start crying at any moment and we won’t
be able to console her. It sounds silly, but I really have a hard time
grasping the fact that there are really only 3 main reasons why babies
cry. They are either: […]

I always knew that I would breastfeed, but somehow I never thought
about what it entails. Elizabeth’s happiness and well-being seem
contingent on my ability to whip out a breast at a moments notice. I’m
permanently on-call. For at least the next 6 months, she’ll be at arms
reach (unless I use the breast pump). I’m happy to be […]

We’ve learned a lot this first week home. I think I’ve been swinging
between being extremely happy to thinking how am I going to manage?
It’s been a lot of trial and error in figuring out what Elizabeth
wants, what she thinks she wants and what she needs. For example, she
always wants to eat - especially when she’s […]

On Sunday Elizabeth was released from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
and got her own private room, which she shared with her parents. We
were very happy to be able to hold her whenever we wanted, provided the
nurses weren’t in there sticking her. I wish I could say that our first
night together was wonderful, but she decided […]