S. Typos courtesy of iPhone.
I am a beeeaauutiful butterfly!
I texted this photo to Mike one day, he suggested she looked like a caterpillar. I see the resemblance, do you?
Gaucho pants
Dressing a fussy baby can be both distressing and distracting. Auntie Jenn delivered Indy to me with both legs shoved into one opening rendering her a pretty lame mermaid. Indy did not approve.
Jenn swore it was because the pants were like Gaucho pants and too wide.
Bed Number 4: the 33% angle chair
Prone to spitting up, vomiting and general fussiness, our pediatrician suggested she might have acid reflux and to keep her upright at all times. During the night, and after feeds, I would hold her for hours and hours, my arms and back aching, my mind and body exhausted from lack of sleep and sitting still for so many hours.
We set out on an expedition to Babies R Us to find a bed that would do the job of my aching arms. We settled on this chair that was angled specifically for babies that have reflux issues. It worked well for a month, but she thrashed her little arms and legs back and forth kicking off her blankets and snorted like a little truffle pig at night in this position. It was also a pain in the rump to lull her to sleep only to then manipulate her into a (particularly loud) velcro harness. After a month, we went back to swaddling.
Bed Number 3: Cradle
Sheila was able to bring her cradle and get it cleaned up. She spend a day refurbishing it; fixing broken pieces, sanding out scratches and staining in dings. It was a beautiful little bed for her. Although, in these photos it looks a bit like a prison.
First bath (at home)
OK, technically her second bath. We had the nurse in the hospital give us a working tutorial on how best to bathe a newborn. And, yes, I’m not ashamed to say we waited quite a few days before she got her second bath. There was far too much learning and crying and eating to be done before we could even think about a bath. And then there was Indy to contend with.
[Many thanks to Armie for this ingenious little tub device that is soft, flexible and best of all, folds flat for easy storage! Puj tub is definitely one of those nice modern improvements in the world of baby stuff.]
Bed Number 2: Moses bed
After the second week, we needed a new bed for Indy to sleep in. Called a “Moses bed” because it was a basket made from thick twined reeds, it was portable and lightweight; Those also turned out to be its downfalls – not being transparent and ill-fitting on my dresser also made it an unlikely candidate for safe nighttime sleeping. It was handy to take her from room to room when she napped, but we needed a more permanent solution.
