2nd Week (8/7-8/13)

 I'll begin this week's post telling you something I forgot to mention last week...a momentous occassion.  Last week, while writing the first post to the blog, Aldo's umbilical stub fell off of him, out of his onsie, and on to my desk.  I was stunned, relieved, and thoroughly grossed out...ewwwww.  So here's a picture of the new belly button.

 This is just a reminder that we are still in the first few days following delivery.  A lot of time is spent holding Aldo while he sleeps.  G'ma is still loving this task.

Here you can witness "the transfer".  While I work the evening shift alone, G'ma is available for all daylight shifts but for the feeding (allowing me to nap and make up for the night shift).  Aldo likes to fall asleep right off the breast, so I "transfer" Aldo on his boppy from me to G'ma for his nap.  These naps are now lasting between 2-4 hours.  On numerous occassions I've had to wake him for his next feeding.

Please also note the boppy.  You may think you've seen boppys before, which I'm sure you have, but this one, "My Brest Friend" model is wonderful.  I realize the picture shows me leaning forward with poor posture, but My Brest Friend lets me sit back with back support, be hands free, and still get Aldo in a very comfortable feeding position.  Ahhhh.

Aldo and I travelled to Truckee together, solo, for the Thursday breast feeding support class with Cindy Bansen.  Here he is in his car seat.  The harnesses are pulled to the taughtess setting, including an extra feature for taughtness set up for us by fire fighter, Pete Bansen.  Oops, I see now that I didn't have the pad at his crotch proper (it's folded under).  Anyway, the big news from the breast feeding class is that Aldo now weighs....6 pounds 12 ounces!!!  Cindy commented that this gain is quite remarkable, "good job".  Whew!

We visited Carole and Alan today, secretary and manager to the Lake Forest Glen condos, who have both been very helpful and encouraging throughout my pregnancy.  This was our first social outing.

The gang's all here.  I should perhaps mention my weight.  My max while pregnant was 168 lbs.  They never weighed me at the hospital so my first post-pregnancy weight was 4 days after at 155 lbs.  A few days later I was 145 and today 141 lbs.  My average weight is 125 lbs but if I get to 130 lbs (especially given the milk jugs) I will be satisfied.  I haven't been exercising yet so this loss is just the normal, gradual return to me.

Some of you may have heard me refer to Aldo's "little man outfit".  Here it is!

BATH TIME!!!  The sink is the perfect bath using the PujTub (thanks Tenaya).  Aldo cried, and then he was fine...and then he was happy in his comfy frog towel (thanks Kizel).

 

Aldo is still getting used to his Moses Basket (thanks Steve) but...it's not as nice as being held, he tells us.  Still, it's good to practice.

We had many visitors this Sunday.  First the Waltons, before their day at the beach and pool.  Grace and Ella were perfect ladies.  I believe Grace said, "He's too small to even dress up."  Heather dropped by with some yummy food and a nice bouquet of flowersfrom her Tahoe Fish Hatchery event, and got in another Aldo fix.  Finally, Stosh stopped by with some veggis from his garden to share...and so I forced him to hold Aldo (he did great!).

 

 

 And here I am holding Aldo in the Baby K'Tan - this thing is fantastic.  This was our first walk since his arrival, just less than a mile roundtrip to the Bristlecone beach.  Aldo slept.