Two geeky girls’ guide to the first year of motherhood.
From the category archives:
First, my apologies to any pervy googlers. Next, the activity: At least for a little while each day, allow baby to have some time naked, unencumbered by the shackles of a diaper. Just think, this is how your kid lived inside you, just last month in fact.
You may want to put an underpad (chux from the hospital?) down to protect your carpet or the crib and bring along a blanket to keep baby warm and comfy.
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I was never much of a beer girl in my twenties. Blech, I thought. And then I got pregnant (with boys if that matters) and sipped a little iron-rich Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day and changed my mind to YUMMMM!
Guinness is still my beer of choice. In fact, my mom was kind enough to smuggle a couple bottles into the hospital for me and Alec after I delivered Milo last year.
If you’re nursing, beer will help with milk production… if not, it might still help deal with the crying (yours and baby’s).
And my husband thinks its worth mentioning that we’re talking about one a day, not a whole case…cheers!
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Whitney called me yesterday for advice about Scarlett’s nap and potential childcare arrangement and what to do about disrupting her sleeping mojo. I made up an answer and recalled how Milo got a funky nap schedule when he started “school” at 7 months old. If she liked what I said, she probably felt good about her decisions and went about her day. If she didn’t… she probably thought, “next!” and called someone else.
Make a list of your mom friends so you know your network when you have a weird question about sleeping, wonky nipples, babysitters, playgrounds, or anything! It can be an actual written list you keep some place in case you want to do a quick survey– or an email “group” you set up using your email program.
Whitney likes to do actual polls using the poll feature on Yahoo groups. Geek.
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Is that an expression? Well, if button up is… I figured I could use it.
Anyway, when Holden was a few days old, Alec tried to give him is first manicure. This innocent ritual ended with snipping off the end of his little thumb and us putting mittens on him for the next three weeks.
Five good reasons for baby mittens:
Holden wore some mittens that made him look like a court jester. You can go that route or the uber-cool, hipster, tattoo-hands route. Buy some plain ones and experiment with your own style.
[Link and image via BloggingBaby]
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