how are things going?

i'm feeling quite good these days. i am still taking light pain meds (tylenol and advil) but am feeling like i can move around at least. i've already lost over 20lbs (not that i'm stressing over it, i'm just curious how much and how fast the first weight will "fall off" since it was 30lbs in 3 weeks after diedre).

i recently read and watched the much talked about the secret language of babies as seen on Oprah.

i think its pretty true too. i’ve been listening to the different cries with ezekiel (so timely for me) and trying to respond to them.

it would be a good thing for first time parents to watch that episode so that they have some other ideas for how to handle a newborn baby. i really found that people were incessantly saying “he/she must be hungry” to every cry.

first baby, i’d just say, “ok, i’ll feed her again.” now i say, “i just fed from both sides, i think i’ll give him some time and see if one of these other things works.” which at this point, has most commonly been the “eh” sound (so canadian) for burping :)

the “owh” for tired is very noticeable too and something i completely would not have picked up with diedre (since i thought babies fall asleep when they’re tired).

derek thinks its a bit of a hoax but its helping me since i literally burp ezekiel for 10 minutes and he doesnt let one out until i lie him down and pick him back up. so its in there, frustrating him, but i am just not that good at getting it out.

i had a nice outing yesterday to MOPS and diedre was able to go into the toddler room and even had fun! i received a diaper cake of size 1 diapers which he is nearly ready for.

diaper cake