hello cyberworld!
it has been ages since my last post. a lot of things happened and felt so much blessed with all the things that happened.
my life has changed and so as my husband, as we welcome our bundle of joy, trixcelle elisha.
she was born last october 29 at the capitol medical center. she weighed 7.7 lbs. ( yep, she's one heavy baby! ), with length of 52cm. these statistics is somehow surprising for me since both my husband and i are not endowed with gift in the height department :D well.. maybe recessive genes...
and yesterday, she turned 1 month and i couldn't believe that time flies that fast ( well not during the times when i was so overwhelmed with the responsibilities of being a mom). and man, it's so tiring yet when she smiles -- though she does it unknowingly -- it makes my heart melt. during the first 2 weeks, it felt like hell for me. husband went back to his overseas job and i was left alone here in the philippines. my mother, though she really was giving her all effort to help me, is not of much help. she couldn't dance the baby ( which is the primary vice of baby isha ) and i was really struggling when baby isha started to cry. i didn't know what to do. i have no siblings and didn't had any experience with taking care of a baby. i was so stressed and felt so irritated. but slowly, now i am becoming better. i'm now much aware that baby cries. and now i have a virtual checklist at the back of my mind everytime she cries. is the diaper wet? is she hungry? has she burped? is her nose stuffed? does she feel hot? are her clothes comfortable? but usually the reason for her crying is that she's hungry. i tried to breastfeed her as much as i can but my milk doesn't suffice her needs so i have no choice but do mixed feeding. her appetite is really good.
i'll pause here for now and will try to continue my stories in another entry, another day. baby isha is now moving and in a while she'll be awake.
p.s. ayan rose, hehe meron na akong update :D will try to narrate my labor story in another entry =)
good to hear from your blog again!
ReplyDeletedon't let your baby get used to being carried around especially if you don't have help - or you'll suffer! cuddle her during feeding time only or when putting her to sleep on a regular time. the rest - talk to her a lot. it's more stimulating for babies to be talk to rather than being danced to. if you don't know what to say, get a book and read aloud in front of her.
or get a rocking chair!
i'm so happy baby mark is not used to being cuddled, unlike with then baby matthew. but then I understand that with the very first baby, it's so hard not to cuddle them all the time. But then they become 6-months old or older, heavier, moves a lot more,... and you'll wish all the excessive cuddles earlier didn't spoil them.
would love to hear more from you.
hi charm! i think it's now too late to withdraw that dancing mom syndrome. nasanay kasi yan si isha kay patrick nun nandito sha. so hinahanap hanap niya. pero ngayon tnatry ko na wag sha buhatin agad pag iyak nya. kasi kahit na binuhat ko na umiiyak pa dn sha ngayon. ligalig na lang talaga. if i let her cry for while before i carry her, she stops crying at ang higpit ng yakap niya sa akin agad. pag nakakatulog naman na sha binababa ko na din though alam niya pag binaba ko na sha tapos iiyak na naman, unless talagang sobrang tulog na sha.
ReplyDeletewill try to post again other stories. salamat sa pagbasa mo =)
my comment didn't show up... here it is anyway, i hope this time, it will.
ReplyDeletewelcome back! We seem to have done a similar path with blogging - we quit when we leave to deliver the baby and then come back to story-tell about our overwhelming story. :D
what do i have to say? i could relate to everything u say - my milk didn't suffice (though while bfeeding, it increased) too. as with the crying, i remember, we ran out of songs to sing to baby kate, she just kept on crying. my mom told us not to keep singing everytime she cries because she might get used to it but, well, we just wanted to stop her from crying.
i have the same list (hungry, wet, cold, hot, etc) in mind. :D
and yes, it's really very tiring when the baby cries and we ran out of guesses... and yes, it's all okay just seeing them smile....i literally cries at the sight of her smile and feel so guilty at feeling tired/sleepy.
keep blogging.
thanks for the special mention (p.s.)
hehe