Andrea’s Weblog

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 tired. The baby books say
we’re supposed to feed on demand, but having a newborn permanently
attached to me is just not practical. We’ve researched a few techniques
to cope with this that seem promising.

Another thing we’ve learned is that it’s even more challenging to trim
a newborn’s fingernails than it is to trim the cats. I also need to be
careful what I eat–it seems that the amount of garlic I consume has a
direct correlation in the number of diapers we change. We’re also
honing our pacifier-catching reflexes. Through practice, I’ve managed
to cut down on the number of times it falls on the floor to about 4 a
day.

By the way, the cats are showing more interest in Elizabeth, peeking at
her when she starts to cry, walking across my lap while I’m
breastfeeding. The next step is to train them to help keep Elizabeth’s
pacifier in her mouth.

On Thursday, Elizabeth will get to meet her Aunt and Uncle. Hopefully
the car ride to the airport by ourselves won’t be too stressful.
Hopefully it will coincide with nap time!