I get a kick out of Eleanor in her baby bouncer: every time she twitches, it bounces and she makes all sorts of funny faces.
Entries from June 12th, 2009
Budacki’s Baby
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · EDG
When we first started going to the midwives back in the fall, Emily and I would go for lunch at Budacki’s on the way home, first on bike, then in a compact car, then finally in a station wagon. Emily always has a vegetarian hotdog with fries and Dr. Pepper and I always have “Special [...]
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“Off the Hook” and On the Move (EmJC)
June 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · EDG
We just got back from the pediatrician’s office and Ellie has almost completely regained her birth weight. According to our very intimidating, no-nonsense pediatrician I am now “off the hook” in terms of Ellie’s weight gain as a breastfed baby (I was on the hook?!). Phew. Today marks one week with Ellie. It’s astonishing to [...]
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First week (dmjg)
June 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · EDG
Eleanor’s first week is coming to a close. It seems much longer than a week ago that we headed into hospital for Emily to be induced. It’s been a fantastic week. And if, right after her birth, we felt like we had to take care of a little stranger, we now feel like we know [...]
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Skin-to-Tiny Sharp Nails (dmjg)
June 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · EDG
The word on the new-parent street these days is that it’s good for baby-parent bonding to have lots of skin-to-skin contact. For mothers, this comes with the breastfeeding. For fathers, skin-t0-skin contact needs to be more explicitly sought out. So, I’m currently watching the Penguins get trounced by the Red Wings with a diapered-only Ellie [...]
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Belly v. Ellie (dmjg)
June 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Belly, EDG
Inquiring minds want to know: how is Belly doing with Ellie? When Belly stepped into the house after her stay with Ben & Beth (her home away from home) she immediately knew something was different. She ran around the house frantically sniffing around Ellie’s things. Ellie was asleep in Em’s arms and I don’t think [...]
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Home (EmJC)
June 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments · EDG
It’s wonderful being at home with Eleanor. I want to update friends with some details: Name: Eleanor Dorothy is named after my mother and grandmother (both Dorothy), who died weeks after I found out I was pregnant. She never knew Ellie was on the way. My grandmother was an intelligent, fierce, Scotch-Canadian who worked as [...]
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More pictures
June 3rd, 2009 · 6 Comments · EDG
We’re back home. It’s so wonderful having Ellie here. And, as promised, here are some more pictures taken by the incomparable LBA who also performed doula duties at the delivery.
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It’s a girl!!!
June 2nd, 2009 · 21 Comments · EDG
Story and pictures to follow…maybe later today. Maybe tomorrow. Update: Here are a couple teasers.
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Waltz for Birdie (dmjg)
June 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Pregnancy
It’s 11:51. The midwife gave Emily Cervidil about two hours ago. Cervidil ripens the cervix and, in doing so, can induce labor. So far so good — Em’s having pretty steady, painful contractions. So no sleep. Instead, we’ve been lying in her bed listening to Bill Evans’ albums (Solo Sessions Vol.1 & Waltz for Debby) [...]
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