tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9894807323500554052024-03-19T09:45:34.585-07:00Bringing it Home to BellevueAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-59487573431387537832016-03-21T17:55:00.001-07:002016-03-21T18:14:25.144-07:00The Boneta House<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuSTxf76j2bRoSrcBaAe4aDfCQCn7FD2U9A8nqPz7W76kPvaKrqmMufEXhIZlWRVDL-nfwOzMcBuXV3EyHE3G6lTw4YkBhZUXbYK6occSYqaDng-o5jgLCjOQftzeKPXrENqMwo7rhIU1/s1600/Frontfall.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuSTxf76j2bRoSrcBaAe4aDfCQCn7FD2U9A8nqPz7W76kPvaKrqmMufEXhIZlWRVDL-nfwOzMcBuXV3EyHE3G6lTw4YkBhZUXbYK6occSYqaDng-o5jgLCjOQftzeKPXrENqMwo7rhIU1/s640/Frontfall.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Here's our new Boneta house, about three months after moving in. The only major changes we made before moving were painting walls (all rooms except the front room and stairwell) and painting kitchen cabinets (from honey oak colored to white/charcoal grey). We still have a ways to go, but we already feel right at home!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">God was so gracious to us when He gave us Ashley, our amazing nanny. For the past year, Ashley has been coming to the house three to four days a week to care for Jonah while I work. She has been responsible, kind, organized and an awesome caregiver for our little guy. By now, she and her husband both are part of the family. But Ashley returns to school next month to get a MA in social work and we’re taking this opportunity to transition Jonah into a local daycare. For the most part, I think he’s ready and will do SO well in a more social and structured learning environment. He’s always loved playing with and watching other kids and he seems to learn best in new environments. And the daycare we picked seems top-notch when it comes to safety, accountability and curriculum. But of course, none of that takes away the little tug at my mama heart that says “Keep your baby safe and sheltered at home!” I think my biggest worry is the nap schedule. Daycare only does one nap a day, starting at 11:30, and the kiddos sleep on low cots in their classroom. Jonah’s still consistently taking two good naps a day, and he’s never gone longer than 4 or 5 hours without a stretch of sleep. I anticipate that it’ll take a few weeks to transition into the new sleep schedule, with a few rough/fussy days mixed in, but I’m (mostly!) confident he’ll be fine in the long run. If you think of it, say a prayer for the little guy’s transition (and maybe even more so, mama’s transition)! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-72183848147108510472015-07-31T18:34:00.003-07:002016-03-21T10:35:00.154-07:00Jonah: 12 Month Update<h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Weight: 24.5 lbs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Height: 31 inches</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Teeth: 11 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">Clothes Size: 12-18 mo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><u>Milestones</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">1. Cruising around on furniture.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">2. Climbing up and down stairs (with an extra long "back up" for a downward approach)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">3. Lots of high-fives, blowing kisses, laughing and sticking out his tongue </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><u>Favorite Activities</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">-Watching cars on the front porch and declaring "car!" as each one passes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">-Being tossed, twirled and held upside down.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">-Giving Big Bear hugs and kisses. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">-Being outside, especially playing in his new water-table!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><u>Life Happenings</u>: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">1. <b>The Big Move: </b>We sold our Bellevue home and moved just a few streets west to a beautiful home on Boneta. Our new home feels a lot like the Bellevue house (same awesome neighborhood, same layout, similar neighbors) except bigger and nicer (three car garage! four bedrooms!). So much about the purchase of this home felt orchestrated by God, from our introduction to the home (saw a "coming soon" sign on one of our neighborhood walks) to being selected from several bidders at the right family (mainly due to a letter we decided to write to the seller, almost as an afterthought) to the amazingly quick sale of our house (200+ visitors during the Open House, and 8 offers within four days of listing, sold for $20K more than listing price). We thank God everyday for this beautiful sign of His provision and grace. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">2. <b>Jonah's First Birthday Party (and House Warming Party)</b>: To celebrate Jonah's birthday and our big move, we hosted a bunch of friends for a casual indoor/outdoor party at our new house. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">3. <b>Grandparents Visit</b>: We also got visits from Mom-Mom and Omi and Opa this month to celebrate Jonah's big day! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial";">3. <b>Trip to the Cottage:</b> We decided to kick-off the summer with a family trip to Jake's family's cottage on the Chesapeake Bay. We met Bryan and Rob's family out there and spent a long weekend laughing, eating, crabbing and enjoying time together with their lovely families. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting his new car detailed by Opa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watermelon on the back cottage porch.</td></tr>
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Clothes: 12 months<br />
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<b><u>Milestones</u></b>:<br />
-Climbing stairs<br />
-Walking behind a walker<br />
-Blowing kisses (well, kind of)<br />
-First roadtrip (to see Aunt Caty and Uncle Ian in South Bend, IN)<br />
-Made his first canine friend: His cousin Honey!<br />
-Another haircut! (This one was mom's doing.)<br />
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<b><u>Favorites</u></b>:<br />
-Sticking out his tongue<br />
-Rocking violently in his high chair<br />
-Dogs<br />
-Shoving too many Cheese-Its in his mouth<br />
-Climbing three stairs and bee-lining it for the kitchen sink<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-35932808887399122372015-03-31T18:55:00.002-07:002016-03-21T17:56:18.645-07:00Jonah: 10 Month Update<br />
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Weight: 21 lbs 8 oz<o:p></o:p></div>
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Height 29 inches<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Milestones</u>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Waving “hi” and “bye”<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Climbing stairs<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Creeping along furniture while standing<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Strategic “falling” to his bottom<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE<o:p></o:p></div>
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-9 teeth, total (including one molar!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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-First haircut (thanks Omi!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Personality</u>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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For the first few months of his life, Jonah was a pretty
fussy baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was probably his gaseous
belly that was bothering him, but to be honest, I worried that he was just a
crabby baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This worry has been put to
rest these past few months because my goodness, Jonah is such a happy, playful,
silly baby!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he spots you from a
distance, he grins a big wide smile, squeals and almost lifts off the ground he
flaps his arms so violently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s also
very active, crawling all over the house, climbing stairs, and pulling up on
bookshelves and bathtubs and fireplaces. I guess it’s officially time to baby
proof, huh?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The past month he’s been
especially vocal, trying out all sorts of new sounds and having conversations
with just about anything or anyone: books, strangers, friends, cars. We’ve
heard the baby-babble versions of “God”, “dog”, “car”, “duck” and “good”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
while sometimes he’ll bashfully duck into our shoulder around a new face,
usually he warms up to strangers pretty quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve also noticed an increased interest in
other children and babies recently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
still sticks most things in his mouth, but now he’ll politely offer us a taste
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No thanks, bud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d rather not suck on a slobbery sock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Likes</u></b>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Books: Jonah has turned into quite the bibliophile. He loves
reading books in our lap and still enjoys turning the pages. But lately he’s also taken to standing up at our bookshelves and yanking everything from Dave Eggers, to <i>The Homebrewing Handbook</i> onto the ground for him to leaf through.</div>
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-Being spun, hung upside down, tossed in the air, or
otherwise man-handled<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Being outside, especially on the front porch swing</div>
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-Talking to cars as they drive by</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Dislikes</u></b>:<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Having his face wiped<o:p></o:p></div>
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-The vacuum cleaner<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Having clothes put on or taken off him<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Being intercepted from tumbling down the kitchen stairs<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonah's wrists: Where arm chub meets hand chub.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perusing his library. Just like in Beauty and the Beast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Car-gazing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing with one of his favorite toys: a dad-designed Kaotix RC car. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Weight: 21 lbs 4 oz (74%)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Length: 29 inches (72%)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Clothes Size: It's time to call it. He's officially in 12 mo clothes now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Crawling (sometimes a real crawl but usually an army
crawl)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Maneuvering from sitting to tummy and back up
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Putting toys away (dropping items back into their storage
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">-Giving high-fives<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jonah continues to love mealtime each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His current favorite foods include:
blueberries, whole grain waffles, veggie burger patties, white beans, plain
full-fat Greek yogurt, baked fish and cheese (Havarti and Colby Jack).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Plus frequent gulps of water from his sippy cup. </span>When we’re out and about we rely pretty
exclusively on the Plum Organics baby food pouches, which I bought in bulk on
Amazon for about $1.25 per pouch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> They come in combinations like "Kale, Strawberry, Greek Yogurt and Amaranth". Really? Amaranth? I don't even know what that is. But Jonah loves them. </span>He can
seriously down one of these pouches in about 3 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No joke. This kid’s serious about his amaranth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blueberries and white beans.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My little kitchen helper.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, we finally encountered our first illness episode. I’m
surprised we made it this long, honestly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jonah had had a mild runny nose for a couple weeks, but nothing that
interfered with his mood or sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a
couple days ago his temperature spiked to 102.5* and he was really fussy so we
took him to the doctor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, it
was nothing more than a random virus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His fever was well-controlled by ibuprofen and we continued to use
saline drops and a humidifier to ease any congestion. What a trooper,
though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even at his sickest, this sweet
boy babbled and smiled and charmed every nurse and doctor in the place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Foot Book, indeed.</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Favorite Activities: <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(1) <u>Using Mom and Dad as scaffolding for climbing and exploring</u>:
Jonah will often crawl towards us with excitement, but as soon as he reaches
us, he’ll climb up and look past us, or twist around and look back at where he
came from. Always looking for greener pastures, this guy. Or, looking for something better to shove in his mouth, more accurately. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(2) <u>Reading</u>: We’ve finally made it to a point where
Jonah will focus on a book without trying to chew on it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His (our) favorites: “Night Night, Little
Pookie”, “I Love You as Big as the World”, “Little You”, “The LMNO Peas” and
Dr. Seuss. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(3) <u>Tickles from Brown Bear during diaper changes</u>: We
now have to strategically position toys for Jonah to play with during diaper
changes, lest we wrestle his wriggly little body right off the changing
pad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Brown Bear is a current favorite.
Jonah squeals with delight when he makes an appearance, and then promptly gnaws
on his face straight up bath-salts style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(4) <u>Hugs from Big Bear:</u> Somehow this enormous fuzzy
companion made it home with us from Baltimore last month stuffed into a medium
sized duffle bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And good thing he did,
because he is one of Jonah’s absolute favorite toys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Big Bear is great for climbing, hugging,
wiping drool and, of course, laying on in the early morning when your son wants
to play at 5:30am and you still want to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; mso-spacerun: yes;">(5) <u>Wrestling and Rolling-Around with Dad</u>: All of Jake's daddy-dreams have come true: he has a son that loves to wrestle. Well, "wrestle". Jake will hold him and roll around on the floor blowing raspberries on his neck and Jonah giggles and squeals like it's the best thing ever. Which, of course, it is. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bedtime reading with Daddy.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Touring the MRH ECC</u>: This month Jonah and I got to
visit his future school, the Maplewood-Richmond Heights Early Childhood
Center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are part of the MRH
Parents-As-Teachers program and were invited to come for a screening and a
“campus tour”. For the screening, Jonah played on the floor while the PAT
teacher and I talked and she observed his development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we suspected (but of course were reassured
to hear from an expert), Jonah is perfectly on track developmentally and even
ahead of the game in certain aspects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s funny how proud I was of even the smallest “achievements”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teacher: “I see he’s moving toys from one
hand to the other.” Me: “I know. Isn’t it amazing?” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then she walked us around the campus and explained the school’s
teaching philosophy and some of its innovative programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so exciting to experience first hand
some of the newest ideas in education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The curriculum is similar to the Reggio Emilia philosophy, where school
is seen as a “studio” and instruction is inquiry based and child-directed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the physical space of the school was
refreshing: light, open, exploratory and largely created by the students
themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its no wonder the school has
won so many awards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t wait to send
Jonah here in a couple year</span>s!<o:p></o:p><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A trip to the zoo on an unusual 60* January Sunday!</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-46626318966198065612015-01-28T18:09:00.001-08:002016-03-21T10:37:32.191-07:00Jonah: 8 Month Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stats: <o:p></o:p></div>
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Weight: 21 lbs (80%)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Length: 28 inches (55%)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Clothes: 9 months (but barely!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Milestones</u>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Pincer grasp: This skill was motivated primarily by his
desire to get yogurt melts off his high chair tray and into his hungry little
mouth. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Pulling up to stand: He does this mainly using our hands as
stabilization, but every now and then we see him pull to stand on coffee tables
and other furniture. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Standing unassisted:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By unassisted, we mean without mom or dad helping him balance, but while
holding onto a piece of furniture to steady himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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-Object permanence: One of Jonah’s new favorite toys is a
set of colorful stacking bowls and a small ball that rattles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To practice learning object permanence, Jake
will put the small ball under one of three bowls and then rearranges the bowls
while Jonah watches and then Jonah guesses where the ball is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s becoming really good at finding the
ball, which is just amazing to watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Mobility</u>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jonah’s not quite crawling yet, but you can see on his face
how badly he wants to move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His central
means of locomotion these days is scooting in circles on his belly, kind of
like a dog chasing its tail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
For now,
we’re pretty content with a baby that stays (mostly) where we leave him.<br />
<o:p></o:p><br />
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<u>Food</u>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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While we’re still doing mainly purees and mashed foods,
Jonah’s eating more and more table foods as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During meal times I’ll give him small pieces
of whatever we’re eating (as long as it’s fairly healthy) and he gobbles it all
right up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Favorites at the moment are:
baked white fish, scrambled egg yolk with cheese, steamed apples and pears with
cinnamon and roasted veggies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, he
can pretty much eat his weight in those Gerber puff snacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which, as other parents know, is quite a feat
given how ridiculously light those things are!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We also finally found a sippy cup that he likes—the kind with a
straw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who woulda guessed?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sippy-cup success!</td></tr>
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<u>Sleep</u>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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Hallelujah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve had
about a month of delightfully sound and regular sleep. Most nights Jonah sleeps
straight through, from 7:15pm-6:30/7:00am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This, my friends, has been life changing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s nothing quite like a full night of
uninterrupted sleep to make everything a little brighter, a little sweeter and
a little easier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, as a friendly
reminder to not get too comfortable, Jonah just started (what we think is) his
8-month sleep regression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week naps
were shorter with a good deal of crying and last night we had the first extended
night waking in quite a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ll see where this one takes us…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Favorite Activities: </u><o:p></o:p></div>
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Being tossed in the air by dad.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Playing peek-a-boo with mom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Being outside.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Milestones:</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First words (Sortof)</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Ma-ma-ma-ma” is constantly tumbling out of baby J's sweet little mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He babbles it
while playing with us, while in his carseat, while upset in the middle of the
night, while interacting with strangers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sure this is a romantic mommy
assessment, but I choose to believe he is saying “Mama” and knows that’s me. Sometimes a mama's just gotta claim her victories, no matter how imaginary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sociability and
Concentration:</b> This past month has been SO MUCH FUN.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonah is nothing short of a delight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He squeals and grins big gummy smiles, babbles
and stares all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really seems
to be taking in the world around him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
focuses on faces, follows a pointed finger with his gaze and mimics facial
expressions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I love wondering what's swirling around in that fuzzy baby head of his. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Mobility</b>: While Jonah first rolled over around three months, only recently has he decided to use this skill to move himself around. Now we’ll plop him down on the living room floor with a toy, sitting up, and when we return a couple minutes later he’ll be on his belly a few feet away. This skill displayed its ugly side in the middle of sleep training a few weeks ago. Up to this point, when we put Jonah to sleep on his back in the middle of the crib, that’s exactly where we’d find him in the morning (and by morning, I mean 2 am, or 3am or 1:20am…whenever he’d get hungry). Now I reach down into the middle of the dark crib and find an errant ankle, or a stinky baby bottom, or nothing at all because he’s rearranged himself to be squashed up against the short side of the crib on his side. It took a few nights (and naps) for him to settle into his newly claimed freedom (and for mom and dad not to panic every time we saw him face-planted into his mattress).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aside from the brief hiccup brought on by
unfettered rolling, Jonah has maintained a good nap schedule.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He takes a 1.5-2 hour morning nap (starting
around 8:15/8:30) and a 1-1.5 hour afternoon nap (starting around 1pm).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some days we do a late afternoon catnap
(often in the car or stroller), others we skip it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a feeling he’ll be dropping the third
nap altogether pretty soon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few weeks ago we finally deployed Nurse Nancy’s “sleep
through the night” plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, we
deployed it twice. The basic plan is for the non-soothing parent (usually the
dad, who can’t breastfeed), to make timed visits at night wakings, gradually
extending the span between visits until he self-soothes without any
interference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first time, 5 nights
in after really great success, Jonah decided to roll and scoot in his crib,
which really threw a wrench in the plan. For a couple nights, we were so
nervous about him sleeping on his belly that we (actually, it was mostly Jake)
went in and flipped him over, far more frequently than the plan called for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This further aggravated him, causing more
rolling (Jonah), lots of tears (Jonah and me), and cursing (Jake and me).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not our finest moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So we took a break, checked in with Nurse Nancy, regrouped
and re-launched about a week later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was slower this time, but it still worked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Each night Jonah would wake less and Jake would make fewer visits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of now, he sleeps uninterrupted from 7pm
to about 4/4:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This last stretch of
sleep has been hard for him. He’ll still wake and cry for up to half an hour
before returning to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But we remain
hopeful that a full night’s sleep is in our future!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Actually, this mama has already had a few
full nights of sleep, thanks to her amazing husband!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake was kind enough to encourage me to sleep
downstairs the first few nights so at least one of us would get decent
sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most nights, I still woke several
times and had trouble getting back to sleep (I guess its what I’m used to these
days…), but a couple nights I was able to sleep straight through until 6am,
which is when Jonah wakes for the day and I get up with him. My husband—a
pretty swell guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While Jonah’s main source of “food” is still breastmilk, we also do two “meals” a day of solids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
appearance of another one and a half teeth (in total, three and a half now, with
two and a half on their way), Jonah has become quite the skilled chewer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We still give him mainly purees (tons of
fruits and veggies, greek yogurt, oatmeal cereal) and raw fruit in his mesh
feeder, but we’re now (cautiously) introducing real food too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m a fan of many of the reasons for “baby
led weaning”, which is basically a feeding philosophy that skips purees and
begins with “real” food, cooked and cut into manageable sizes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like that it introduces babies to real
flavors and textures and encourages self-feeding, but I’m so incredibly nervous
about choking to actually try it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far
Jonah’s been eating mainly “meltable” yogurt bites and cheerios, but we’ve
recently tried mashed potatoes and shreds of beef and chicken, which he loved. For
now, we plan to continue with soft foods and slowly introduce “real” foods in
small (teeny weeny!) bites. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Favorite Activities: </span></u><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Lying under billowing sheets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Spinning, dancing, swinging in mom and dad’s (or really
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Being upside down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Sticking out his tongue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Blowing raspberries and babbling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Eating the mail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Watching his reflection in the mirror. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-stretch: normal;">1. </span><span style="font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Jonah’s First Thanksgiving:</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">My parents and my brother Parker and sister
in law Hannah all joined us in St. Louis for a lovely Thanksgiving.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We played games, watched football, went
swimming at the hotel pool, took a walk in Forest Park and, of course, ate
REALLY well.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I love seeing my family
interact with Jonah.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Jonah Gym: A few times a week I’ll decide I’ve
been too lazy and Jonah and I will work out together.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">In the middle of the living room rug we do
Jonah-curls, Jonah-squats, Jonah-pushups (I kiss him on my down press) and
Jonah crunches.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I have to say, he’s much
heavier (and cuter) than the free-weights I tend to use at the real gym.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Another Visit From Auntie Sarah: My best bud
Sarah was in town briefly for a wedding and, lucky us, we got to spend a whole
day with her!</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We went on a walk, read
books at the library, had lunch with Jake and got plenty of great catch-up
time.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">She’s amazing with Jonah; it’s clear
she’s had lots of Aunt-ing experience!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. Outings: Tis the season for Christmas gift
giving, so Jonah was my shopping buddy a lot this past month. Without fail, whenever we’re out, multiple
people stop me and comment on how cute he is and “Look at those cheeks! I just want to eat them!” and “He’s such a
big boy!” Then Jonah will turn on his
charm and babble at his admirers and you can just see their hearts melt. I love
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Weight: 18 lbs 5 oz (67%)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Length: 27.5 inches (76%)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Clothes Size: 6-9 mo <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Two teeth</b>: It
took a few days for them to cut, and those were painful days for all of us, but
they finally made their appearance and are now helping him gnaw on anything he
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">First Solids</b>:
Speaking of which, around 5 months we decided to start solids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve heard it can sometimes take a while for babies to get used to new textures and flavors but Jonah loved solids right away. We started with pureed sweet potato and
mashed avocado, both of which he gobbled up.
Since then we’ve done mainly purees: apple, pear, peach, prune, carrot,
green beans, avocado, banana, sweet potato.
His favorites are fruits, no surprise. He’s a fast and
efficient eater, like his Opa. Jonah
will lean forward in his high chair, with his hands planted on either side of
him and open his mouth, eager for every bite.
Right now he’s eating 3-4 oz of food twice a day, once around lunch time
and again around dinner-time. I’m still
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he’d much prefer to be upright than on his back or belly, Jonah’s gotten even
better at sitting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We don’t even have to
put “crash pillows” around him in case he topples over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Squealing</b>:
Jonah’s definitely found his voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Where he used to babble, now he squeals. Sometimes he’ll stiffen his
whole body in excitement and squeal, trying to participate in
conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s pretty cute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unless you’re in church. <o:p></o:p></div>
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also loves to stick out his tongue and wiggle it around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, so cute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He seems down right delighted by his mouth
these days. We are, too. <o:p></o:p></div>
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attention to your watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’ll study it
and pat it rhythmically with his hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Up until a few weeks ago Jonah had still been struggling
with short and inconsistent naps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
daytime schedule was impossible and it was really hard to get things done or
make any plans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until…<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All hail Nurse
Nancy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a child sleep specialist at
a local hospital and at least once a day Jake or I turn to the other and say
“We should send her a fruit basket.” We met with her a few weeks ago, set out
some sleep goals for Jonah and she gave us very detailed plans to achieve each
of those goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like, 3 pages, single spaced 10 pt. font
detailed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which, to these two Type A
parents, was a dream come true.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Goal one was for Jonah to put himself down for naps and for
naps to become longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave us a
specific schedule (the timing of naps is very important, evidently) and we
deployed it the very next day, with huge success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With minimal crying or fussing, Jonah has
since put himself to sleep for at least two naps a day in his crib.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>AND, like magic, naps have gotten longer and
more predictable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now he sleeps for
1.5-2 hours in the morning (starting around 8:30/9am) and 1-1.5 hours in the
early afternoon (starting around 1/2pm).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His third nap is a late afternoon “cheater” nap usually in the carseat
or stroller for only about 30 minutes to tide him over until bedtime.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goal one: check!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Goal two was for Jonah to sleep without the swaddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We now put him in a sleep sack for naps and
bedtime and he’s done really well without the swaddle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m still considering a Zipadee-Zip, since I
think his hands get cold and he still flails sometimes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Goal two: check!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Goal three is for Jonah to sleep through the night. We
haven’t started that plan yet, but we will very soon because his night sleep
seems to be regressing (which Nurse Nancy predicted).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonah now wakes 2-3 times each night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we’ll let him cry it out, but often
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-Mom-Mom and Auntie Jess’s visit for Jonah’s 6-month
birthday. Over their extended weekend visit we toured Henry Shaw’s country
residence at the Missouri Botanical Garden, went Christmas shopping at the
Galleria, and enjoyed a “Taste of Baltimore” happy hour with friends, hosted by
my generous mother- and sister-in-law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jonah even had his first encounter with a crab. It was a lovely weekend!</div>
<span style="text-align: center;">-Jonah’s been doing this for several months, but I’m just now realizing how much I love it: While I nurse, he takes his chubby little hand and absentmindedly strokes my chest or fiddles with my shirt.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">It’s such a small thing, but that demonstration of affection and familiarity is one of the sweetest parts of breastfeeding.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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Weight: 18 lbs</div>
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Clothes Size: 6-9 mo<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Milestones</u></b>:<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Sitting up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonah’s
officially a baby-sitter (or, a sitting-baby, I guess).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He can sit by
himself for several minutes at a time now before he teeters over (which is
adorable because regardless how he lands—on his side, on his back or face
down—he doesn’t seem to mind one bit).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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-Motor control: Jonah grabs pretty much anything he can get
his hands on (he especially loves holding and grabbing faces) and brings it to
his mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He can even coordinate both
hands enough to (sort of) pick up a big squishy block.</div>
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-His first tooth is emerging! (Without much fussing or
fevers, knock on wood.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Walks in the stroller, especially in the late
afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve made a ritual of going
on a walk around the neighborhood after Jake gets home from work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We bundle Jonah up and as soon as we get
moving he immediately calms down, relaxes his body and peacefully observes the
big wide world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake and I can get in some good conversation,
exercise and fresh air and Jonah seems to enjoy the ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m not sure what we’ll do once daylight
savings time hits; it’ll be too dark to walk as a family after work. Maybe
we’ll become mall walkers…<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Being outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sitting on a blanket in the yard, swinging on the porch swing, lying in
the hammock, all of it seems to make this little guy happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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-Reading: We read him several board books each day and Jake
reads a story from the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Jesus Storybook
Bible</i> while I nurse him before bed each night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He really seems to enjoy looking at the
pictures and “helping” to turn the pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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We took our <a href="http://bringingithometobellevue.blogspot.com/2014/10/all-aboard-sleep-trainingtrain.html" target="_blank">first foray into sleep training</a> this month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was challenging, but all
in all, I’d say a great success (for nighttime, at least).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jonah now goes to bed drowsy, but awake,
around 7:00pm (after a bath, massage, swaddle, feeding and kisses) and we
rarely hear from him before 5:00am anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Most nights he fusses a bit before he falls asleep (rarely he’ll cry for
longer than 15 minutes) and every now and then he’ll wake up in the middle of
the night and put himself back to sleep after a bit of crying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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days of extended crying (crying all the way through naptime on a number of
occasions…absolute torture). So we still bounce or nurse him to sleep for naps,
and they still last, on average, about 45 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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-My mom visited for a long weekend while Jake went away for
a wedding in Charleston, SC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather
was terrible (cold and rainy) but we made the best of it: cooking big meals to
freeze for later, bundling up for walks during breaks in the rain, repotting a
bunch of succulents that had grown unruly, making homemade baby food (which
we’ll start offering to Jonah this month!), buying and assembling a highchair
and drinking wine, eating cheese and crackers and watching <i>Parenthood</i> after
Jonah went to bed at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
pretty awesome weekend with Omi!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">-I'm eating dairy again! And boy does it taste great. Especially the cheese. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-86533790556193036912014-10-24T11:17:00.001-07:002015-03-06T05:41:02.084-08:00All Aboard the Sleep (Training)Train! <div class="MsoNormal">
Overall, Jonah’s sleep had been pretty good over the past
couple months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most nights he got a
decent stretch of uninterrupted sleep in after bedtime (between 6-9 hours) with
another small stretch (1-2 hours) after one night nursing session.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we got about 3-4 hours of total naptime
in each day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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And then, at about 18 weeks, we heard it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the distance. A faint whistle and the
sound of “chug-chug-chug”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was the
sleep training train. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I had read a few books and talked to a few friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew some of the terminology (“extinction”,
“graduated extinction”, “controlled crying”) and a few of the major players
(Dr. Ferber, Dr. Weissbluth) but I wasn’t really sure we needed sleep
training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But slowly I was reminded of a
few issues we did have with Jonah’s sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(1) </span><u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Short, irregular naps</u><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And I had been pretty inconsistent in how I
put him down. Sometimes I’d bounce him to sleep and then lay him in the crib.
Other times I’d side-lie nurse him in bed and we’d fall asleep together.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Sometimes he’d catch naps in the carseat or
stroller. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And for the most part, naps
only lasted 40-50 minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(2) </span><u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Increasing night waking</u><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">. Starting around
4 months, Jonah began waking more frequently at night, up to four times (four
month sleep regression?).</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Unsure of what
to do, sometimes Jake would bounce him, sometimes I’d go in and nurse him,
sometimes we’d do both and often it seemed like nothing really worked to get
him back into a deep solid stretch of sleep.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(3) </span><u style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Non-existent self-soothing</u><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">. This was the
big one, which became more obvious as Jonah started waking more at night.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Because we almost always put Jonah down for
naps/nighttime all the way asleep (via bouncing, nursing, rocking), he had
almost zero self-soothing experience, so any time he woke and didn’t have us around
to re-create that soothing environment, he’d cry.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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And finally, after several nights of 4-5 wakings, extended
periods of crying, a recommendation from our pediatrician and the encouragement
of a few friends, we decided maybe it was time. The sleep train was
boarding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this time we’d packed our
bags and were waiting at the station.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I
can sense that this metaphor might be a little overdone at this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ll stop.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleep training in the Salter House. Not pictured: Project Runway. </td></tr>
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So here’s the nitty gritty. <o:p></o:p></div>
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First, I looked into the claims that sleep training
(specifically the “cry it out” method) had negative psychological effects on
infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My instinct told me it couldn’t
be that bad; he cried all the time in the car for extended periods without
intervention, would eventually fall asleep and, upon waking, be his normal,
happy self.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I wanted to be
sure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some digging showed that there is
actually clinical<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>research on these
techniques.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The verdict?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, sleep training isn’t just safe,
it’s effective (when done properly).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>For a good summary of the research, see: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2013/07/clinical_lactation_jumps_on_the_dr_sears_bandwagon_to_say_sleep_training.html">http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/the_kids/2013/07/clinical_lactation_jumps_on_the_dr_sears_bandwagon_to_say_sleep_training.html</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;">(I recognize that this topic
is quite controversial. But my goal here is simply to share our experiences, not to debate the pros/cons of sleep training. </span></span><o:p></o:p><span style="color: #0d0e00;">Certainly what works for one child won't work for all children.) </span></div>
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So, we re-read a few sections of sleep books I had purchased
last month (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy
Child</i>; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Babywise</i>; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moms on Call</i>), talked to our
pediatrician (who recommended Ferber’s method of graduated extinction, i.e.
“cry it out” with parental soothing at pre-set intervals), talked to a few
parent friends and made a plan: We’d start Friday night (so that we’d have two
weekend days to catch up on any lost sleep) and we’d go all in with the
extinction method (which means you don’t go in to soothe or check on them until
morning, letting them cry until they fall asleep).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided on the extinction method (over
graduated extinction) because we read that, while harder on parents, extinction
worked more dependably, more quickly, there was less overall crying and parents were more likely to return to
the method after a sleep setback (illness, travel, etc). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Night One: </span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Friday evening we went to a birthday party got to hang out
with some good friends and their sweet kiddos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We headed home a little before Jonah’s normal bedtime (7:30/7:45pm) and
stuffed our bags with a few leftover beers and chocolate chip cookies. To help
blunt the agony of what was about to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Jonah was super calm and easy during the pre-bed
routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sweet and babbly and smilely as
ever. He had no idea what was about to hit him. It was torture. As I rocked him
and nursed him, anxiety started creeping in; I could feel my heart-rate
increase, imagining endless hours of my baby screaming all alone in his crib.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I knew, in the long run, this would be
for his good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I nursed him extra long
while Jake read “The Jesus Storybook Bible” and prayed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, at about 8:15 when he seemed to be done
nursing, and had drowsy, heavy eyelids (but was still awake), I placed him in
his crib.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We kissed his forehead, told
him we loved him and that we’d see him soon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was so strange putting him down without the extended bouncing,
hovering and tiny calculated movements to keep him asleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The first 5 minutes he babbled to himself. It was so sweet.
And I had a flash of optimism: “Maybe he won’t cry at all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe he’ll talk himself to sleep!” Ha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Then he started crying. Jake and I went downstairs, turned
the monitor OFF, turned the fans ON (to muffle the crying) and folded laundry
while watching TV to keep distracted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
could hear the screaming (although dampened by white noise).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept imagining his little body, sweating
and writhing in anger. His tears, hot on his sweet baby cheeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would
this actually work? Was he too hot?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Should we have swaddled him in a onesie instead of footie pajamas?
Should we have waited another month?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
just kept rolling boxers, folding t-shirts and watching Tim Gunn encourage
designers to “make it work!”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake
reached over to hold my hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Slowly I became less bothered by the screaming and more
interested in the show and then, by 9:00pm, we couldn’t hear him anymore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t dare turn on the monitor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We didn’t want to jinx it. We just both
pretended to not notice while we finished <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Project
Runway</i> (which Jake generously offered to watch with me, for solidarity
sake).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, he was asleep. After only
about 40 minutes of crying. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And we didn’t hear him again until 5:45am. He started
fussing and we decided to wait it out for a little bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After about 10 minutes he was back
asleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And finally I went to get him to
feed at 7:00am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was awake and quietly
playing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What!??? This had NEVER
happened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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So night one was a pretty big success. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">After Night One: </span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Subsequent nights started off with less crying (25 minutes
on night 2, 10 minutes on night 3 and less than 2 minutes on night 4), but he
also started waking earlier (5:30am!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>5:30 is a pretty early start to the day (we often lay him down for his
first nap before 8:00am, which feels pretty weird since there were plenty of
days prior to parenthood where we’d still be sleeping at 8:00am), but we still
counted it a success. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Naps, on the other hand, were not so successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We initially tried to “rip the Band-Aid off”,
so to speak, and nap train concurrently with night training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a few successful naps (minimal crying
and sleep lasting longer than 35 minutes) but we also had quite a few days
where he would cry all the way through at least one nap, leaving us frustrated
and him exhausted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some research and prayer we decided to
put nap training on hold and try to establish a good nighttime sleep schedule,
consistent wake up time and consistent nap schedule before nap training. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s been about three weeks since our initial CIO experience
and nighttime sleep is still consistently better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes I’ll “accidentally” nurse him to
sleep (never wake a sleeping baby, right?) which sets us back a little bit on
the self-soothing but I’d say we’re still fairly committed to the basics of
sleep training. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Verdict</span></b></div>
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So, in terms of our original sleep challenges, I’d say sleep
training has helped moderately to significantly with #2 (night wakings) and #3
(self soothing) and not at all with #1 (short naps).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those flippin’ 40-minute naps, man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re killing me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-23361307520508249952014-10-23T19:49:00.000-07:002016-03-21T10:38:35.897-07:00Being a Mom: The First Two Weeks<div class="MsoNormal">
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I’ve been imagining how (and even if) I would write this blog
post for a few months now. It’s been an
intimidating task for a couple reasons.
First, the more time that passes the less I feel as intimately connected
to those first two weeks of motherhood. Which is ironic because at the time I
thought my experience was inescapable. And
more significantly, those first two weeks of motherhood included perhaps the
scariest and hardest moments of my life.
Moments that were dark and terrifying and ugly and that are still hard
to talk about. But perhaps that makes it
even more important that I share them, both to continue my own healing but also
maybe to reach into someone else’s dark, terrifying and ugly moments and offer
some companionship.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Since we didn't take photos of my panic attack, my trip to the ER or my endless sobbing, here's a sweet picture of my sleeping nugget. </td></tr>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">The Hard Stuff</span><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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The first two days after Jonah’s birth were strange, but
mostly lovely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite the immense
pressure and responsibility of this new little life, being in the hospital
provided the feeling of a safety net; we had backup, and we used it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We asked a ton of questions, requested
several visits from the lactation consultants and we even sent Jonah to sleep
in the nursery for a few stretches both nights so we could get some rest.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But
returning home was a different story.
Enter: post-partum insomnia. (Followed closely by his cousins, post-partum anxiety and depression.)</div>
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Everyone is
familiar with the “sleep when the baby sleeps” advice for early
parenthood. I was no exception. In fact,
because I’ve always been pretty dependent on a full night’s sleep to function
well, I was acutely aware of how important snagging any bits of available time
for sleep would be for me. This
increased pressure, combined with my newly disrupted sleep schedule and the
weighty burden of a helpless baby next to me, resulted in severe post-partum
insomnia. Even when I had time available
for me to sleep, I would lie down and my mind would start ruminating, worrying
over details and catastrophizing. My
brain would answer this flurry of anxiety with the command “Stop it! You MUST
sleep.” As it turns out, this pressure
isn’t always that helpful. While this pressure helps to give some mom's the much needed permission to rest, for others
(ahem, me) it only increases the anxiety.
And do you know what your body does with anxiety? It responds with heightened awareness,
quickened heart rate, increased respiratory rate; none of which promote the
relaxed state that is required to slip into sleep. </div>
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This
insomnia persisted for almost two full days.
No sleep. Not even a couple
minutes. Every missed nap just increased the pressure on the next nap. And insomnia isn’t a flattering look on
me. I began crying uncontrollably,
lost my appetite completely (I was below my pre-pregnancy weight 6 days post-partum;
that’s not healthy); nothing felt familiar and nothing was comforting to
me. I didn’t have energy to do or feel
anything. I would look at my beautiful
baby boy, this miracle, and feel sadness and resentment instead of joy and
gratitude.<br />
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<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Finally in the middle of the second
sleepless night something inside me gave way to the pressure and I completely
unraveled.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I had a full-blown panic
attack; I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t stop crying, I kept repeating “I’m so
sorry. I’m so sorry.” to Jake.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I
imagined myself as a neglectful, resentful and incapable mother, unable to love
her new baby and unable to hold up her end of the deal.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">They would take Jonah away from me, they
would lock me away in a mental hospital, (I’m not sure who “they” were), Jake
would divorce me, I would lose my job. I would lose everything. That’s where my
mind went: to the catastrophic end.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It
was honestly the most terrifying experience of my life. I didn’t recognize
anything or anyone around me.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I didn’t
recognize myself.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And I prayed and
prayed and prayed for God to rescue me.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><br />
<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span>
<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Jake ended up taking me to the emergency
room.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We had to call Jake’s mom and
grandmother back from their hotel at midnight to come watch Jonah (thank
goodness they were in town; they were amazing).</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We stayed there all night while they did tests and interviewed me and
gave me Ativan that (finally) allowed me to sleep.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It was such a surreal experience; the
freezing triage room with flickering overhead lights (that they mercifully
allowed us to turn off), the hallway full of bewildered family members, the
beeps of monitors and endless rotation of clinicians with their endless
questions, the waiting.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">I left the next
morning with a few hours of sleep under my belt and a diagnosis of post-partum
depression and anxiety.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><br />
<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><br /></span>
<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The next
couple of weeks were hard, but with a lot of help, I finally felt like “I” emerged
from the haze.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Not as “same old Erica”,
but “Erica as a mom”. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Y’all, they tell
you this, but I had no idea how true it is: having a baby changes </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">your whole life</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">. It doesn’t just change
what you do, or when you sleep or how often you bathe.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It changes </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">who you are</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">It rocks your
world.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">(Or at least it did mine.) And it
takes time to settled into a new rhythm and a new way of understanding
yourself.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">What Helped</span><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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I don’t know how many new moms experience anything like
this, but just in case someone out there recognizes a part of my story, I want
to share what helped me transition out of the hopelessness and into something closer to joy. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Sleep</u></b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">:
Honestly, I think a lot of my post-partum issues were exacerbated, if not
created, by lack of sleep.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(Although
some might argue that the insomnia was actually caused by anxiety; it’s a
chicken or egg question, I guess.)</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">After
that first stretch of sleep in the ER, and another few hours at home from the
lingering effects of the Ativan, I felt completely new.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Everything was clearer.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Life felt more manageable.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And from that moment on, we had a new game
plan: do what you need to do to get a decent stretch of sleep each night.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We decided that I would try to pump a
bottle’s worth of milk each day so that Jake could get up with Jonah for the
midnight feeding and I could (theoretically) sleep uninterrupted from
10pm-2/3am. This worked great for us.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We
were lucky that Jonah took to the bottle quickly and had no problem
transitioning between the breast and bottle.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Support
System</u></b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">: I’m so lucky to have so many people in my life that love me.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Primarily, Jake. He was so amazing,
especially the night of my panic attack.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">He stuck with me, stayed calm, prayed, and seemed relatively unphased by
the fact that he had to drive his sobbing wife to the ER at midnight with a
newborn at home.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Despite feeling
absolutely undone myself, I never felt crazy in his eyes.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And he never seemed to question that I would
eventually emerge. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Also, having my
mother in law and grandmother in law in town at the time was such a gift; I
don’t know what we would have done if we had to take a three day old with us to
the emergency room.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">They stayed up all
night with Jonah, and somehow remained chipper and helpful the next day, too.
(Granny even weeded our garden and planted flowers!) </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">But, I gotta say, MVP of those first couple
weeks was my mom.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Sometimes you just
need your mama.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">She was more than just a
practical help (meals, cleaning, errands); she encouraged me, held my hand,
wiped my tears and empowered me to trust my instincts. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">She shared her own difficult seasons of
motherhood, looked me in the eyes and said, mother to mother, “You can do
this.”</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And eventually I believed her.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Daily
Rituals</u></b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">: One of the most helpful things my mom did was encourage me to set
a few daily rituals that would help me get into a rhythm that felt comfortable
and predictable.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Here are a few of her
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(a)<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Decide to
wake up</i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">: At some point each morning, I needed to stop expecting to get any
more sleep and just decide to start the day.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">If I got a nap later, great, but if not at least I could feel more
awake.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">So at some point each morning I
would change into clean clothes (still PJs, but at least they were clean PJs),
wash my face, put in my contacts and open the blinds.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(b) <span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Go out</i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">:
Knowing my personality, my mom also recommended that I get out of the house at
least once each day, if even for a walk around the block.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Most people tell new moms to rest and stay inside
and be lazy, but this made me feel more antsy and disoriented.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I needed to breathe fresh air and interact
with regular people. The first few outings were alone or with Jake (while my
mom stayed home with Jonah): a pedicure and a dinner out.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">But slowly I became more confident in taking
Jonah out and we would run small errands (I think I went to Buy Buy Baby two
dozen separate times those first few weeks).</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">(c) </span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This, too, shall pass: </i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">It's trite, but true. With time, things get easier. We are more resilient than we give ourselves credit for.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><u>Grace</u></b><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">:
I’m still learning this one.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">As a
Christian, I believe that we don’t (and can’t) earn our salvation through our
performance, but that it is offered to us as a free gift because of Christ’s sacrifice.
Life everlasting in perfect communion with my Maker </span><i style="text-indent: -0.25in;">in spite of</i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> my selfishness, pride, idolatry.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This is grace.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">As it turns out, I like to earn things.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I don’t like to be indebted to others.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">It makes me uncomfortable.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Well guess what?</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">All of life—and certainly all of
motherhood—is a lesson in grace.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The
devotion of my husband.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The generosity
of my family.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The selflessness of my
mother.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The life of that beautiful baby
boy. All grace.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I earned none of it. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I deserve none of it.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And yet. It is mine because I am loved.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This is something to celebrate.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> And as I learn to accept grace, I am also learning to offer it; offer it to my husband, to my baby, and, importantly, to myself. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Motherhood, for the first time in my life,
truly pushed me to the end of myself and the end my strength.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I could do nothing to make it better.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I was no longer in control (nor could I pretend to be).</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">And in my weakness, God proved Himself
strong.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I have a feeling this will be the refrain of
motherhood.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></div>
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Weight: 16 lbs<o:p></o:p></div>
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Length: 25.5 inches<o:p></o:p></div>
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-New syllables, lots of babbling, squealing, talking<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Rolling over, tummy to back<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Drooling, spitting-up (Oh, so <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that’s</i> why we have a huge drawer full of bibs and burp rags!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Slept 11 hours! Twice! </div>
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-<u>Exersaucer</u>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Jake
calls it the “command center”) After some deliberation, we decided to get
Jonah a bouncer/exersaucer (actually, we borrowed one from some generous
friends).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At first, he wasn’t sure about
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He sort of sat in it reluctantly for
a few minutes, then cried. But slowly over the last few weeks he’s decided he
LOVES it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bouncing, laughing, studying
the lights, the whole nine yards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We get
at least 20 minutes per stretch in this thing, which conveniently is about how
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-<u>Front porch swing</u>: Jake discovered this one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason swinging on the front porch
calms Jonah like almost nothing else (it now rivals the exercise ball). It’s
nice sit out front and read in the late afternoons with a calm baby on your
lap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s fallen asleep like this
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-<u>Walks in the stroller</u>: This is also new. Instead of falling
asleep in the stroller (or getting super fussy) Jonah now loves going on
walks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He looks around and gets exciting
by the trees passing overhead. It’s great timing, since the weather is cooling
off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lately we’ve been taking a walk
around the neighborhood in the evening, which is a nice way to ward off the
evening-fussy hour and get some quality husband-wife conversation in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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-<u>Bath time</u>: Jonah’s decided that he loves bath-time now,
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s discovered how to splash and
he tries to lap up any errant water with his tongue, which is pretty
hilarious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pre-bath diaper change
and post-bath massage are favorites too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He’s almost manic, flapping and kicking and squealing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s pretty amusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Jonah wakes up around 6:30/7:00am and we start the day with
some side-lying nursing in the guest bed (I love the side-lie nursing position,
by the way; so comfy!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a diaper
change and some morning tickles and giggles, Jonah gets some solo play time in
his exersaucer or on his playmat while mom gets ready for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On days where I’m home with him, the rest of
the morning includes breakfast with dad, an errand and two naps (since they’re
still pretty short he usually takes one around 8:30 and another one around
11am).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During naps I try to get some
work done (usually emails or reading articles) and tidy up the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The afternoon usually includes a walk, some
hammock time or some time in the front porch swing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to read him a couple board books each
day, but some days I’ll just read to him from whatever I’m reading on my tablet
(Bible study, mommy blogs, etc.) We take another 1-2 afternoon naps and
sometimes I’ll lie down and co-sleep with him for one of these.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He almost always sleeps longer when I nap
with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad gets home around 5:30 and
gets some Daddy-Son playtime while I start dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then we all eat together, either with Jonah
in his Bumbo on the dining room table or us in the living room while he’s
bouncing in the exersaucer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After dinner
is our evening walk, then around 7:00 we start the bedtime routine: bath,
massage, baby butt straw, mobile, swaddle, nurse, bed. He’s asleep by 7:45pm. Jake
and I get some alone time and then we go to bed between 9-10pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lately Jonah’s been sleeping fairly well
until about 4/5am, which is when I go in and nurse him and try to get him back
to sleep in the crib; although usually I’m lazy and we just co-sleep in the
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<u>Parker and Hannah’s wedding weekend.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had such a great time in Minneapolis celebrating
my brother Parker’s wedding to his gorgeous bride, Hannah!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Seriously, they were b-e-a-utiful and the wedding was amazing. </span>It was Jonah’s first time meeting a lot of
family, and we had such a fun time celebrating all together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love my family so much!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I forget how much fun we have hanging out
together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because Jonah slept in a crib
next to us in the hotel, we heard his every peep and squawk (he’s a loud
sleeper) and we didn’t sleep so well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But thank goodness Omi and Opa were next door and kindly took the little
guy in the mornings! And our last night there during the reception, Jonah fell
asleep in the carseat, so we just rolled the stroller into the bathroom and let
him sleep there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We all slept much
better with a bathroom wall between us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ready for the big day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jonah with his Aunt Caty and Uncle Ian</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting Uncle Parker and Aunt Hannah!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Groom, groomsmen and honorary groomsbaby. </td></tr>
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-Being a mom has made me into a shameless performance
artist. Seriously, everyday I make up a
new song to sing while we go about our day, which results in some fairly
ridiculous songs. On the Jonah Top 40
these days are:</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Walking carefully,
down the stairs”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Diaper Change Part 1: That sounded mighty”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Diaper Change Part 2: Why did mommy wear white pants
today?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Mommy is so tired, why aren’t you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“You pooped a little in your sleep last night”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Katy Perry is inquiring about the rights to that last one. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Weight</b>: 13 lb 2
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Little J is quite vocal these days, giving us plenty of
squeals, coo’s, goo’s and lots of sweet giggles.</div>
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He can bring his hands together and grasps items when
brought near to him.</div>
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He can follow an object (his favorite is a light up glow
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He can hold his head pretty steady when upright and he can
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-Nothing all that new here: bouncing on the exercise ball,
playing on his piano play mat and sitting in laps watching the world around
him. Although one surprising item that is capturing Jonah's attention more lately is his whale mobile. Honestly, we thought mobiles were just cute decorating accessories. We were fairly surprised to learn that Jonah loves to lie in his crib while watching and listening to those whales! Oh and he still LOVES to kick!<br />
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<li>Jonah’s nighttime sleep has been two steps forward, one
step back. We had a couple days of a miraculous 8.5-9 hours straight through
the night, and then a couple more of waking every few hours crying. After a
week of ups and downs, we settled back into a solid 6-hour stretch. Although the past few nights he’s been
stretching his night sleep by an additional hour or two, which we’re thrilled
about. And we’re slowly trying to move his bedtime earlier. We’re at about
8/8:15pm these days.</li>
<li>Naps are still pretty short; most are between 40-50 minutes
(although he takes 4-5 each day). Every
now and then we’ll get a 1.5 hour nap. I’ve done a lot of reading about sleep
training (<i>Babywise</i>, <i>Health Sleep Habits, Happy Child</i>, <i>Moms on Call</i> and a handful of blogs) and
so far nothing is really helping him extend those naps. So for now we’re being patient and hoping he
consolidates and organizes his daytime sleep within the next few months. </li>
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I’ve been meaning to mention a couple interesting phenomena
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Phantom Cries: This has been happening since day
1 and has slowly become less common.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">
</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Sometimes when I’m sleeping and not on Jonah duty I’ll hear what I think
are his cries only to learn that I was mis-perceiving the white-noise of our
house (fans, air-conditioners, dishwashers, etc.).</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I think it’s a side effect of a heightened
awareness coupled with some post-partum anxiety.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Vivid Dream Life: I’ve also noticed that I’m
remembering far more dreams and in far more detail these days. It’s been kindof
fun! </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I think this is a result of short
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Hallelujah! The gas is finally under control!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We deployed every weapon in the gas-battling
arsenal we could find: infant probiotics, lactase enzyme drops, Gripe Water,
and even the infamous Baby Butt Straws, in addition to the strategies we tried
last month: dairy free diet and lip/tongue tie corrections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something is working…but we’re not sure what,
so we’re just gonna keep doing it all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
in the end we’ll probably discover that it was mainly his maturing gut and all
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<li>Aunt Sarah (my best friend from Houston) visited and it
just so happens that she’s a fabulous photographer who LOVES photographing
babies. Lucky us! We got a super special photo shoot with t<a href="http://sarahsuephotography.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/baby-jonah-has-arrived/" target="_blank">he most beautiful photos to prove it</a>. </li>
<li>Visits from Uncle Ian and my aunt Helen and uncle Mike!
Both visits included trips to Forest Park, a first for Jonah. Forest Park is a very significant place for
Jake and me: it’s where we first met, went on our first date and got
engaged. We love this park and we hope
Jonah grows to love it too.</li>
<li>I returned to work, which means Jonah is getting to know
his awesome nanny, Ashley. We’re
thrilled with her so far, and we love that she can come to our house and take
care of Jonah on his turf. I definitely
miss him during the day, but I feel very lucky to have such a wonderful,
fulfilling job; otherwise I think leaving him in the mornings would be
impossible! Having great childcare helps
with that, too.</li>
<li>Sweet playtime in the mornings: Jonah’s most playful and
sweet time of day is definitely early morning.
I love lying in bed next to him and watching him talk, smile and
wiggle.</li>
<li><span style="text-align: center;">One evening before bedtime Jake and I were playing with
Jonah and Jake asked him “How ya doin’, bud?” With perfect timing Jonah looked
up and exclaimed “GOOOOO!” We took creative license, imagined the “d” at the
end and interpreted this as the best affirmation of our parenting we could ask
for :)</span></li>
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-SOCIAL SMILES! We do almost anything we can to get
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-Interacting with his play mats/toys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loves the Kick ‘n Play piano mat and he
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-This kid is very strong. He doesn’t love tummy time, but he
has a strong neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’ll sit up in our
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>Favorite Activities</i></b>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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-J still loves bouncing on the exercise ball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he’s upset, it calms him down and when
he needs to sleep it gets him drowsy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Miracle ball!<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Play mats!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loves
kicking and playing on the play mats, interacting with the dangling toys and
watching himself in the mirror. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-New LilleBaby carrier: this isn’t really an activity for
him, but it does allow mom to get things done <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>
He usually just sleeps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>“Schedule”:</i></b> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>6:30(ish)am</u>: Wake up for the day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nurse and then playtime on the playmat
upstairs while mom brushes her teeth, puts in her contacts and sometimes even
takes a shower!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>7:30-8:30am</u>: Nap (sometimes downstairs in the
bouncer, sometimes upstairs in the crib)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>8:30am-7:30pm</u>: The rest of the day basically follows
the EASY schedule: Eat<span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">à</span></span>
Activity<span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">à</span></span>
Sleep<span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">à</span></span>
Yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He usually eats another 4
times and has another 3-4 naps, ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His best naps seem to be in the late
afternoon in bed with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>8pm</u>: Bath<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>8:30pm</u>: Nurse<o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>9:00pm</u>: Bedtime (swaddle, lights out, white noise)
His sleep here is pretty great with minimal fussiness or waking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jake rarely has to intervene.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>3:00am</u>: Wake for feeding (shift change: Mom on duty)<o:p></o:p></div>
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3:30am: Back to sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From 3-6am his sleep isn’t great, although it does seem to be improving
since the tongue-tie and lip tie correction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Often I’ll bring him into bed with me since I usually have to pat, rub or otherwise soothe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>Sleep</i></b>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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“Moms on Call” to the rescue!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our first night of trying the MoC recipe
(tight arms-down swaddle, total darkness and loud white noise) little J slept 6
hours straight! It felt like a miracle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And he’s been sleeping a good 5-6 hour chunk every night since and has officially dropped the midnight feeding (which was Jake’s feeding). <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i>Health</i></b>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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We still battled monster gas but had a couple breakthroughs: <o:p></o:p></div>
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gave up dairy after learning a lot of babies have tummies that are
dairy-sensitive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been hard living
without cheese and ice-cream, but honestly not as hard as I expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are a lot of meals I enjoy just as much
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(posterior) and a lip tie, which evidently were preventing him from having a
deep latch and allowing air to get in while he nursed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since having those corrected (via laser), his
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<i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Things I want to
Remember</b>: </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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-Jake invented “Jonah Ball”: a game played in the backyard
requiring one person to bounce with Jonah on the exercise ball while the other
person tried to “bowl” other balls close to the Jonah Ball without being
deflected by the bouncer’s feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
basically an attempt to find a game we could play that Jonah would remain happy
through. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-We started going to church again! We sit in the back with
him in the carseat. Jake takes him downstairs if he gets fussy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far, he’s done wonderfully.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He usually sleeps the whole service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are even several families with babies close to
Jonah’s age! <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Bought the automatic bouncer at BuyBuy Baby…right off the
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J-MAN: ONE MONTH<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Weight</b>: 8 lb 14
oz <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Length</b>: 21.5
inches<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Milestones</b>: <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Jonah’s been able to lift his head pretty much from day
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We first noticed it when we held
him over our shoulder to burp him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’ll
lift his head and turn it toward your face and root around, looking for a
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-He startles at loud noises, focuses on faces (especially
Mom’s) and can find his fist and thumb to suck on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Favorite Activities: <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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-Bouncing on the exercise ball with Dad. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Sleeping on a pillow in mom’s lap. <o:p></o:p></div>
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-Rocking on the front porch. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Daily Routine</b>: </div>
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Calling it a routine at this point would be generous, but here’s what a typical
day might look like, starting with our nighttime routine: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">9pm</i>: I nurse him
and change his diaper and hand him off to Jake who puts Jonah to sleep. He
doesn’t normally sleep as well between the 9pm and midnight feedings; it takes
some coaxing to get him into an extended period of quiet sleep. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Midnight</i>: Jake
gives Jonah a bottle of breast milk, sometimes supplementing with formula if
necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">3am</i>: I tap Jake
out, nurse Jonah, change a diaper if necessary and then put him back in his
crib while I sleep in the guest bed. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">6am</i>: Another
feeding. Sometimes he’ll go back to sleep and I’ll get another 45 minutes-1
hour of sleep and sometimes we’re up for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We head downstairs, I get a Diet Coke, open
the blinds, and we turn on The Today Show. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes we sit on the porch and watch as
people drive to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around 8:45 we eat
breakfast with Dad and send him off to work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Morning</i>: Another
feeding, then I’ll get dressed and we’ll head off for our morning outing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to schedule at least one outing every
day; it’s been really good for me to get out of the house. Some days it’s a
trip to Buy Buy Baby; others it’s a Nursing Mom’s support group or a trip to
Chick-fil-a for breakfast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m much more
comfortable venturing out into the world with him now; I try to keep him in his
car seat and away from stranger germs, and he’s been great while out and about.
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Afternoon</i>: I’ll
grab a quick lunch and feed him again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes I’ll get a short nap when he’s sleeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In between feedings and naps I try to get a
few chores done around the house or work on a blog post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Evening</i>: The first
month we were lucky enough to have friends bring us dinner three nights a
week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means we have visitors (and
tasty food) several nights a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
nice to catch up with friends and sometimes we even convinced them to stay and
hold the little man while we ate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
some reason Jonah almost always demands to be held right as we sit down to
dinner <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>
Around 9pm I’ll feed Jonah, sometimes downstairs while we watch Jimmy Kimmel
and sometimes upstairs, while Jake would read from the Jesus Storybook
Bible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sleep</b>: </div>
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Jake is in
the nursery on Jonah duty from 9pm-3am while I sleep in our bedroom, that way I
can get at least 4-5 hours of uninterrupted sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At 3am (or whenever Jonah wakes up for that
feeding), we swap and I’m on Jonah duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Feeding</b>: </div>
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He’s
eating 4-5 oz every 3-4 hours. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Health</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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He’s a monster gas-making machine, which
unfortunately makes him cranky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Otherwise, he’s as healthy as can be, gaining weight well. Look at that big 'ole belly! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Best Moment</b>: </div>
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The
sweetest moments are either when he’s alert and calm or when he’s
sleeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my favorite moments was
lying next to him on the sofa while he was awake, but calm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I talked to him and sang to him and he just
watched me, moving his mouth in big O shapes to try to imitate me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has such big bright eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love when I get to look at them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then he slowly got drowsy and drifted off to
sleep while lying on my chest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Things I want to
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How amazing my mom was the two weeks she spent with us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a really hard start to motherhood, she
got us back on track and helped us figure out our nighttime routine, which has
been essential.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aside from all the help
with Jonah, she did so much around the house and was a huge emotional support
for me, encouraging me, crying with me, and helping me find my confidence as a
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-43621714105969981042014-07-15T14:43:00.000-07:002016-03-21T10:40:42.840-07:00Nursery Time<br />
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New babies mean new spaces to hold babies! Jake and I have been excited to work on this space, which used to function as a guest room and second office. It was the last room to remain untouched by our eager, if inexperienced, hands. It's a strange arrangement; the main space is a 12 x 10 bedroom, off the back of which the previous owners built a small additional bedroom. This means you have to pass through the large bedroom to get to the small room; it also means that the rooms are connected by the original exterior passage-ways: double french doors and an exterior window. <br />
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Here is a reminder of what it looked like before Jonah came along.<br />
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And here's what it looks like now.<br />
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Our main goal was to create a bright, clean and modern but sweet & slightly whimsical space for our little guy. We decided on pale mint walls, with white, navy and grey accent colors. <br />
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Here are a few of the design highlights:<br />
1. <b><i>Walls and trim</i>:</b> We sanded down the yellow-beige "textured" walls and painted them a pale mint, "Sea Cap" by Behr. We patched the old trim and painted it (and the ceiling) a bright white. (Oh and by "we" I mean we paid a talented friend to do it for us. Aint nobody got time for that.) The lighting in these photos makes the mint walls look a little paler than it is in person. <br />
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2. <b><i>Radiator Cover</i>: </b>Jake covered the old rad with a custom built radiator cover, which maintains its function (the heat is channeled into the room through the decorative aluminum sheeting) but hides the whole "ugly cast iron radiator" aspect. Added bonus: another surface for decorating! Although at the moment it's holding a water bottle, infant gas drops, two burp clothes and the granola bar wrapper from a late night nursing snack. <br />
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3. <b><i>Furniture</i></b>: How blessed we were to receive my sweet cousin Tera's lovely white crib and dresser/hutch! It survived her three boys and remains in excellent shape, a testament to its quality. I love that we're making new memories with Jonah in furniture that already holds so many sweet family moments. My generous parents bought us this charcoal grey glider, which has definitely been sufficiently christened with countless late night and early morning nursing sessions, as well as a fair share of story times, made up lullaby concerts and spit up episodes. Also, I repainted an old book shelf in pale grey.<br />
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4. <b><i>Art</i></b>: We did a lot of home-made art for this space. Jake had the great idea to print and frame some old patent drawings of classic toys. Looking at them framed in the space now, we think they need to be about 50% bigger. But in the meantime they'll do. Other items on Jonah's walls are a framed piece of fabric that had all our favorite nursery colors in it (hung over the rad), an great fox print gifted to us by some sweet friends (on the rad cover), a framed whale collage of messages from guests at one of my baby showers, made by my awesome sister in law (sitting on the changing table) and DIY fabric bunting over the crib. <br />
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5. <b><i>Other notable decorations</i></b>: Jake's parents gifted us the gorgeous navy and white quatrafoil rug. My parents passed along the collection of Stieff stuffed animals on top of the hutch, which my German family gave me as a child. My sweet friend Leslie made the gorgeous star/chevron quilt draping over the glider. And our one gentle nod to Jonah's name: the whale mobile over his crib.<br />
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6. <b><i>The adjacent space</i>:</b> In the bonus room we just painted everything white, to make the space feel bigger. In addition, we replaced the old windows with bigger, energy efficient windows. We initially intended this space to be a guest bedroom (or a room for us to sleep in while guests sleep in our bed), but this bed has been the "Jonah-duty" sleep spot. From 10pm-3am, Jake sleeps here with Jonah while I get a good chunk of solid sleep in our bed; then at 3am he taps out and I finish out the night. This bed has been a life-saver!<br />
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Salter—and he has captivated our hearts ever since. This first month as a family of three has
been a wild ride: lots of smiles and laughter and joy but also our fair share
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ll start with Jonah’s surprise arrival. It's such a strange feeling to reflect on the birth of your first child. The experience still feels very foreign and strangely distant to me. It's "other-worldly". All the words I can think of to describe it don't quite fit. But I'll try, anyways. Because I don't want to forget it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3:30am: Early Friday morning, May 23rd (two weeks and 4 days before my due date) I woke up to a strange feeling, almost a grinding or popping, in my belly; nothing painful, but definitely something unfamiliar. I spent the next half hour laying in bed wondering if I should look it up on the internet or call my doctor. By 4:00am I started having contractions and around 5:30 I woke Jake up so he could start timing them with his Contraction Timing app (which he installed on a whim a few weeks prior). We laid in bed together for about an hour timing my contractions. <o:p></o:p>The contractions were sort of sporadic: anywhere from 20 seconds to 1 minute long, and from 2 minutes to 6 minutes apart. And they were getting more uncomfortable, but I was convinced this would be the beginning of a long labor and that we wouldn’t be heading to the hospital for quite a while. At about 6:30 I got up and took a shower, which felt really good. Jake started packing his hospital bag and I finished packing mine in between contractions (we weren’t prepared to head to the hospital so soon!) I labored through contractions on the floor, on my hands and knees, on the birthing ball and leaning against Jake. They were definitely getting stronger and more painful. By 7:10, they were about 50 seconds long and 3 minutes apart. We decided we should head to the hospital soon. But I remembered my doula recommending you get in a good “last meal”, since the hospital rarely lets you eat during labor. “You wanna go to Kolache Factory?” Jake asked. “Yes! Perfect!”. During this pregnancy we ate at Kolache Factory probably a dozen times. It was our new favorite quick breakfast date spot. I always got two Jalepano Popper Kolaches. So we packed up the bags and headed out to the car. But as I labored through another really hard contraction on the side-walk and contemplated the prospect of laboring in the passenger seat of the car I changed my mind; this car was going straight to the hospital. No Kolaches for us today. It was getting too intense. On the drive we texted Jen, my doula, and I called my mom. We were hoping she would be present for Jonah's arrival, but since he caught us off guard my mom was still in Texas. I'm pretty sure she packed and was on the road within 10 minutes of my phone call. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7:30am: We checked into the hospital and they put us in a triage room. The nurse checked my progress and said “Hmm, you’re either 0 cm or 6 cm.” What!? Dear Lord, if I'm 0 cm then what the heck has been happening to me the past 4 hours? She checked again, “Yep, you’re 6-7 cm. You’re having this baby today.” The nurse also informed us that all the L&D rooms were full, so I would have to labor in the triage room. I really didn’t care either way; I was in such intense pain, I could have been in a barn for all I knew. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8:00am: Jen, our awesome doula arrived, right in the heat of really painful labor. She immediately jumped in to help, got me on the birthing ball and as I was laboring on the ball, my water broke. It wasn’t a big splash, but it was clearly a gush of fluid. The pain of the contractions was unbelievable. It was searing hot and so intense, I couldn’t talk or think. It was like my body was trying to escape itself. I stayed on the ball for another hour and asked for the epidural a couple times. Jen convinced me to work through a few more contractions but finally I insisted, “I need the epidural now.” Jake assured her I was serious. And I definitely was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9:30am: As luck would have it, the anesthesiologist popped in right at that moment just to check in. But of course they can’t give you the epidural right away; they have to do some tests (on my platelet levels) and get the kit set up. So they started the prep and I just remember thinking I was going to die if I didn’t get the epidural soon. Luckily, my anesthesiologist was super quick. I sat on the side of the bed, Jake in front of me, sitting down (everyone insisted; I guess fainting husbands are a common occurrence), holding my hand. I don’t even remember the pain of the numbing needle or anything else. All I remember was leaning into the shoulder of the nurse (evidently I told her that she smelled nice) while I labored through a contraction during the time when I was supposed to be “as still as possible”. Relief came soon after. It felt like the best decision I ever made. I was 8 cm dilated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laboring pre-epidural and post-epidural could not have been more different and I’m thankful I experienced both. Without the epidural I couldn’t process any thoughts; my consciousness was completely overwhelmed by the pain. I barely interacted with anyone. I was very turned in on my body and myself. After the epidural I was relaxed, laughing, eating popsicles and chatting with Jake and Jen. Jake and I prayed together. We reflected on what was about to happen. We listened to my “Welcome Jonah” playlist (or as Jake wanted to call it: “Feeling Labor-y”, since I categorize my playlists by emotion :) ). I kept flipping from one side to the other every half hour since all the medication would drain down to that side and make it extra numb. Jen sat in front of me and rubbed my legs for a good 3 hours straight. Which was funny because during our pre-partum meetings, leg massages were the one type of massage I said I didn’t want. I liked it because it helped my lower body feel less numb. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somewhere around 11:30 Jake went down to the cafeteria and scarfed down a mediocre hamburger.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He didn’t want to eat in front of me because all I could have were clear liquids.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honestly, I wasn’t that hungry.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was fine with crushed ice and red popsicles.</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3:00pm: My nurse, Rhonda, finally came in and said that it was time to start pushing. We did about 30 minutes of "practice" pushing (whatever the heck that means; I definitely didn't want to waste any energy "practicing" anything). I wanted to push on my side, so I turned over to my right (looking out the window at the green tree-tops), Jake stayed at my head holding my hands (above the equator, so to speak), Jen held my left leg and Rhonda sat at my feet holding my right leg. Dr. Philpott came in after about 30 minutes and sat where Rhonda was and we kept pushing with each contraction: three pushes and sometimes a bonus push. The pushing stage was surprisingly enjoyable. Peaceful, even. The room was calm and my music was really soothing. It didn’t feel rushed or frantic or painful like I’d always imagined it. It took a lot of focused energy, but it wasn’t that hard or unpleasant. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was a full day: dealing with frozen pipes at home, attending and leading
meetings and seminars, teaching, writing, a trip to the gym and the grocery store. </span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320;">But it was not
nearly as full as we expected it to be 6 months ago.</span><span style="color: #001320;"> </span></span></div>
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was supposed to be full of first diapers and proud doctors and a waiting room full of
family and a swaddled baby, just wiped fresh from the messiness of birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This Thursday was the due date for our first
child, <a href="http://bringingithometobellevue.blogspot.com/2013/09/goodbye-baby-girl.html" target="_blank">a daughter we said goodbye to in August</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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this day coming on the calendar, wondering how it would feel to live
through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would it sting with fresh
grief?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would it knock me over, or gently
pass?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither, really.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because as I grieved with fresh tears and
desperate prayers, I also delighted at the kicks of a 20 week old baby in my
belly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A boy, this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Healthy and squirmy and due to arrive June
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been different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More cautious and
guarded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less giddy and whirling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were no creative Facebook announcements
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<span style="background: #FDFEFF; color: #001320; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the same
breath, Job says: He has given. He has taken away. Bless Him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How does Job do that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How am I supposed to do that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Supposed to cry over the loss of my daughter,
delight in the promise of my coming son and say, with the same breath,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Your holiness is independent of my
experience and your goodness is not tied to my circumstances. Glory be to You,
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captivating tensions of the faith.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
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most sense to buy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And as we research
and shop, we hope quietly for a healthy baby boy to ride home in that car seat on June 10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But even more, we pray
for a heart of faith that can say sincerely: God, you give and you take away
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Remember this beauty? After casually looking for an old card catalog for over a year, we finally found her at an antique store. This piece of furniture is no joke, y'all. It's actually three separate sections of 15 drawers a piece (plus the legs and the pull-out shelf inserts) that easily stack on top of one another. And it is really well-made. Everything is solid wood and the joints are even dove-tailed. So beautiful. Except for the finish. We weren't crazy about the honey-colored wood. </div>
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So we re-stained it. And we went the lazy way: a gel stain instead of sanding, re-staining and sealing each surface. We used Minwax Gel Stain, in hickory. All you do is brush it on (we used a foam craft brush) in a thin coat and let it dry. Disclaimer: the directions say to wipe it off with a rag a couple minutes after you brush it on, but this didn't work for us at all. We were wiping away all the color. So we just decided to not wipe, and it worked just fine. You can still see the grain of the wood and with a top coat of clear poly, it's actually quite durable. We certainly hope so; we imagine this baby will in the family for generations :) </div>
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So, what are we using those 45 drawers for, you ask? Well, being the nerds we are, it's our alphabetized small-item storage system. Each drawer is labeling (in alphabetical order) and all the small knick-knacks that end up in random corners of our house are collected, stored and ready to retrieved. For instance, "where's my flask?", Jake might ask. "Under F", we can now confidently answer. A lot of people are surprised that we have enough small random items to fill a card catalog. Well, we do. </div>
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The second level, that is. Of our house. Here's the upstairs bathroom refresh, which was completed several months ago but, of course, had some trouble making it to the blog. Mainly because of my laziness. </div>
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Here's the "before". Notice the weird off-center vanity, painted-over wall tile (that must have had sand mixed in because it actually scraped us when we accidentally brushed against it) and out of frame to the right: a peeling cast iron tub that I refused to take a bath in because I was sure I'd get some version of lead poisoning. Don't let the white on ivory on white fool you. This was no master bath. It was barely a bath. </div>
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We originally had planned to bust this whole thing out, steal some space from the adjacent master-closet (behind the tub) and the linen closet to add both a walk-in shower and new tub. But when the plumber gave us the estimate to re-route all the plumbing (and alerted us to the fact that he'd have to come in through the ceiling of our dining room), we decided to reconsider our plan. This was when the "let's re-do BOTH baths and add a second shower DOWNSTAIRS" idea was born. We are so glad we went with plan B. Now we can boast "two full baths" and we got two refreshed bathrooms for about the same price as our original plan to overhaul just the master bath. <br />
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To save money, we kept the layout the same in the upstairs bath. We just decided to upgrade everything. Floor tile, wall tile, tub, toilet, paint, etc. And we veered off our usual color wheel (which only contains colors like "dove grey" and "gravity" and "porpoise grey") to embrace a dusty plum. It's "Gothic Amethyst" by Behr. </div>
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As usual, Jake found some unused space that we decided to re-claim. This time it was in the wall to the left of the toilet (which was empty space under the eave). We boxed it out, insulated around the box, added doors and made it an 18"-deep built-in medicine cabinet. We also replaced the fancy second-hand shower curtain "door" to our linen closet with a wood bi-fold door. </div>
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Another intentional design decision we made was to install one big wall-width mirror instead of a regular vanity-width mirror (which was all Jake; I resisted at first). The space is a little awkward because of where the vanity and window are placed, making any mirror above the vanity necessarily off-center. So after finally finding a mirror with the right dimensions (although the wrong color; we would have preferred something closer to cherry), we gave it a try and really liked how it made the room feel bigger. </div>
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Half baths are great for function, but this one left a lot to be desired; it was dark, smelled a little funky, had a wobbly toilet and just wasn't very welcoming to guests (or us, for that matter). When we started planning our bathroom renovations, we knew we wanted to put some money into updating this half bath. New floors, new vanity, a fresh coat of paint. Then we decided, why not just upgrade it to a full bath while we're at it? So that's exactly what we did. We moved some walls, added a shower and moved the coat closet from the alternate corner of the room to squeeze in between the new full bath and the back wall, thereby flushing off that wall. <br />
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The reno also gave us a chance to refresh the back room, and paint over the hunter green paint with a fresh coat of a cool grey. Here are some before and after shots:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back room BEFORE, <br />
looking from dining room through back window. </td></tr>
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The coat closet is just beyond the desk and the 1/2 bath behind<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AFTER: sink and toilet in same position. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Porcelain "Carrera" 9x14 wall tiles (for shower and taken all the way around).<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">1. Light colors: cool greys and whites, to help it feel bigger, cleaner and more "spa-like". Couples massage, anyone? We started with the "Carerra" look-alike porcelain tile from Home Depot, which we got for only $2.20/sq ft. Our splurge was the slate hex tile for the shower floor and the shower inset. This we found at The Tile Shop for around $13/sq ft. We only needed about 15 square feet for those spaces, so it seemed like a decent place to splurge. The wall color is "Gravity" by Valspar. The floor is 18"x18" light grey ceramic, which we found for a STEAL at $1.90/sq ft at a local discount flooring outlet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">2. We decided to take the shower wall tile all the way around the room (at least to chair-rail height) to help make the space more cohesive. What we didn't want was a small room to feel even smaller because the shower and non-shower spaces felt separate. (Which is also why we chose a simple white waffle shower curtain.) We also hear it's nice to have easy-to-wipe tile on areas where dirty little kid hands tend to touch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">3. Since there was no source of natural light (further contributing to the dark, cramped feel) we installed a sky-light (a Sola-tube, actually) in the ceiling. I forgot to photograph it, but it does such a great job of bringing some natural light into the space. On a sunny day you don't even need to flip a light switch; your business is perfectly illuminated by the skylight :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03146875003379671889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-989480732350055405.post-82521196136720855752013-09-01T17:04:00.002-07:002014-08-26T15:24:00.265-07:00Goodbye, baby girl<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Six weeks ago our plans for this weekend centered on a
gender-reveal/Labor Day BBQ in our backyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A celebration with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would
be 19 weeks pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Instead, today we said goodbye to our baby girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five weeks ago at a routine ultrasound we
learned that our baby had no heartbeat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Given her measurements, she likely passed two weeks prior,
inexplicably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were devastated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heartbroken. Undone. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The grief has been intense and bewildering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This little life, so full of promise and innocence
and hope…just snatched away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaving
everything feeling so empty. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So dark. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And today, that is really all the words I have
to describe it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope one day I’m
better equipped to share that experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because, as I’ve learned, miscarriage is far more common than we know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were so far along that we had no choice but
to share the experience with our friends and family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we have been so grateful for their love
and support. But I fear many women (& their partners) are far more alone in
their grief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This morning Jake and I decided to have a small service
together at Forest Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We chose a quiet,
green clearing, surrounded by trees. We read Psalm 139, prayed together, cried together and
released a single purple balloon into the sunny sky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our prayer was that it would honor &
celebrate our daughter’s short life and that it would glorify her Creator, Whom
we believe is holding her now. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a
good Father.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sweet Grace,</div>
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Despite having never held you in our arms, you had such a
hold on our hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You, my dear, are so
loved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We prayed for you; we planned for
you; and we thank God, even now, for each day we had with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You were eagerly awaited and already loved by
so many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We miss you every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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But through our tears, sweet Grace, we give thanks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks that you are held in strong and worthy
arms, now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That Heaven is all you’ll
ever know. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks that we can rest in
the promise that one day every tear will be wiped away and all
things—suffering, death, brokenness—will be made right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks that your very name will remind us of
the boundless provision and sweet redemption of God. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Today, baby girl, we entrust you to the Lord, who knows you
and loves you far more than we ever could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And this, our prayer for you: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjXevb7Tta-IOpXnPPNRc9CG1_GRliezdDlaDUyZNzjgcBIO6Ef2AnemlGyz_x6-9CZzmJbS7ot7G3Dcj-C_jpcjWq4gWfBfx3qdlwUrpcmsZU5XBger-sen-HIcVFE0PQn_TwN84zDCj/s1600/Grace,+collage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjXevb7Tta-IOpXnPPNRc9CG1_GRliezdDlaDUyZNzjgcBIO6Ef2AnemlGyz_x6-9CZzmJbS7ot7G3Dcj-C_jpcjWq4gWfBfx3qdlwUrpcmsZU5XBger-sen-HIcVFE0PQn_TwN84zDCj/s1600/Grace,+collage1.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><i>“For you formed [her] inward parts; <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>you knitted [her] together in [her] mother’s womb. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I praise you Lord for [she] is fearfully and wonderfully
made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>[Her] frame was not hidden from you,<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>when [she] was being made in secret, <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>intricately woven in the depths of the earth. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Your eyes saw [her] unformed substance; <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>In your book were written, every one of them, <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>the days that were formed for [her], <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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