4 Weeks/1 month!

Oh, how can my baby already be a month old tomorrow? The old cliche is true, time really does fly by when you've got a little one in the house! I can hardly stand it when I think about her already getting out of the "newborn" category. I noticed this week that she hardly ever makes her newborn cry she used to make and it made me sad! Plus, she has switched to screaming occasionally, which is more harsh on the ears.



Kalaya is growing rapidly!! I wish we had a baby scale at home so that we could check her weight more regularly. We haven't weighed her since her 2 week check-up, but I know she's over 9 pounds and Nelson swears she must be close to 10!! Her newborn clothes are getting smaller and smaller, especially with those bulky cloth diapers! The onesies aren't going to fit much longer and she's already outgrowing some of the jammies! She comfortably fits in the 0-3 month clothes and I've started washing and getting 3 month clothes ready to go, eek! Hopefully she stays in that size through the summer....she has a ridiculous amount of clothes for 3-6 months!!



Let's see, the most common questions we get about Kalaya: "How is she sleeping?" Truth be told, I haven't had more than a 3 hour stretch since she was born and even that is rare. Usually it's between 45 minutes to 2 hours. I really don't mind though. Even when I'm exhausted, I love holding her, nursing her, cuddling with her. I've wanted to be a mom for so long, it's all worth it to me! I know these days/times are precious and are going to be over too fast! Another question: "How much does she weigh?" See above for that answer. Next: "Is she sleeping through the night?" Ha! No. "Are you getting enough sleep?" For Nelson, yes. I enjoy when he wakes up from a 6 hour stretch of sleep to change a diaper and says, "Wow! She slept for a long time!" and finds out that she was up to nurse at least 2 times while he was sleeping. : ) I cannot express how much I really don't mind!


Kalaya went to Daddy's work this week and to Grandpa's! Everyone, of course, loved her and said how beautiful she is, which of course we knew! Nelson's office is almost all women, so they were of course gushing over her. Her grandpa (my dad) works out at the airport and everyone that walked by stopped to look at her and comment! This is where I have to say a pet peeve I have. Actually, two. #1 Who decided it's okay for people to just take a baby? They kind of ask, but as they ask, they're reaching for the baby and taking her. What is that about?? I don't even pet someone's dog without asking!!! This is not a paranoid first-time mama thing. That would be if I didn't let anyone hold her. I do. I just don't like when people, usually friends of family members I don't know, just expect to take her! Maybe other mothers know what I'm talking about. #2 The comment, "You look tired!" Gee, thanks. That is a nice way of saying, "You look like crap!" Obviously I am tired people and I know I don't look my best. There is no need to remind me, I'm well aware!! People have even gone so far as to comment about the dark circles under my eyes. Sigh....not bitter, just surprised that people think I want to hear that!

Kalaya is getting more alert every day! She's staying awake longer to look at toys, listen to songs, music and stories, has started holding toys (with guidance), and sit in her bouncer or swing. She loves being in the Bijorn and walking around. She seems to enjoy bath time too, as long as the water is plenty warm and doesn't cool off! She likes her massage after bath too. She stretches and makes some cooing noises and moves her body all around! Her personality is coming out more and more. We love it! We continue trying to introduce a bottle and pacifiers, but she still isn't interested, which is fine. We'll keep trying. We have tickets to see Rent at the end of this month, so that's the goal!

I continue to heal well. I'm still achy at the incision site and am not up for going for long walks at all. I miss walking my dog, especially with all this beautiful spring weather! I still have 2 weeks more until that magic 6 week mark and then we'll see what my midwife says. The incision looks fine, it just hurts, especially if something bumps up against it. I'd like to be able to take walks, do pilates and yoga. I've lost about 25 pounds already, of the 35 I gained (thank you breastfeeding!), but I'd like to lose an additional 15-20. (optomistic, I know) I've really been eating nothing but healthy and would like to add excercise back into my life!

One last thing, this is the best song ever to describe how Nelson and I feel right now! I can't listen to it without crying!!!

Darius Rucker, It Won't Be Like This For Long

He didn't have to wake up
He'd been up all night
Layin’ there in bed listenin’
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be OK

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon we'll look back laughin’
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
‘Cause it won't be like this for long

Four years later ‘bout 4:30
She's crawling in their bed
And when he drops her off at preschool
She's clinging to his leg
The teacher peels her off of him
He says what can I do
She says now don't you worry
This’ll only last a week or two

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon you'll drop her off
And she won’t even know you're gone
This phase is gonna fly by
If you can just hold on
It won’t be like this for long

Some day soon she'll be a teenager
And at times he'll think she hates him
Then he'll walk her down the aisle
And he'll raise her veil
But right now she's up and cryin’
And the truth is that he don't mind
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her
‘Til her eyes are finally closed
And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on

‘Cause it won’t be like this for long

It won’t be like this for long