Miriam is almost 5 months
ok. Miriam is down for a nap, so let's how much I'll get to write before she wakes up:
Almost five months. Still (if not more so) smiley, happy, content.
Recent developments: discovered her feet. She catches them when laying down, and leans over and tries to study them while sitting on a lap. She can't quite sit up straight by herself yet, but every day is better and better at it.
She likes laying on her back in her play pen now, and playing with toys. She studies them, eats them and swings at the ones that hang.
Yesterday she went swinging in a real swing on the play ground. She seems to have liked it.
Does not like the car seat or her stroller, prefers to get around in the Ergo or just to be carried. We're working on it, especially since we do a lot of driving. For now I try to coordinate drives with naps so that it's not terribly traumatic.
She talks a lot. Sometimes she has conversations with people, sometimes it's monologues. She likes to say a long speech when she wakes up in the morning. I'll have to record it sometime, it's quite fascinating to listen to it. Also very nice because she has a very pleasant voice. I am not sure which language she is speaking when she talks because she has regular exposure to three languages, but I am curious which language she'll decide to speak first.
She has grown out of her co-sleeper, I am going to try to get the crib from my cousin and we'll set it up this week. Otherwise she keeps bumping into to walls whenever she moves around in her sleep. We'll see how she likes a crib, but I need to make sure it's the kind where one of the sides comes off, I really don't need any bars between me and my bebe.
Nights are getting colder, and we are trying to figure out the perfect sleeping conditions with the help of space heaters, humidifiers, cracked open windows and warm blankets. She is now sleeping in the sleeping bag that Betya brought her from France, so in addition to looking cutting edge stylish, she also looks like a pita sandwich, which, I suppose is only appropriate for a half-Israeli baby.
Sleep is still sporadic, though she regularly goes to bed between 8 and 8:30. Sometimes she slssps right through until 5 or 6, though more often she'll wake up once or twice to eat a little snack, and then goes right back to sleep. I don't have any trouble getting up at night to be with her, because it us just simply pleasant to spend time with her, and for some reason it doesn't affect me during the day when I am at work. Though when Tal gets up with her and feeds her and puts her back to bed without me even waking up, I feel very relieved.
Food: she is still eating her regular combination on breast milk and formula, though I am doing a lot more pumping now that she has started biting. She also started eating bits of solid food, which is incredibly amusing because when she first tastes the food she makes a face like she is being fed moldy earth worms, but then gets into it, and eats quite a bit, "chewing" each bit if food with a lot of focus and concentration.
I've abandoned my hatred of things that are pink and girly and cute (not to be confused with my hatred of all things Disney, Barbie, or whatever other similar crap is out there) and get lots of enjoyment out of dressing my little girl up nice and pretty every once in a while. My favorite girl item right now are the little tights with little pretend shoes drawn on around the feet. As soon I see Miriam's chubby little legs in those, my brain goes mushy.
Speaking of my brain, I am feeling various changes that are happening in me as I return to being "myself" after pregnancy and birth. My brain actually is less mushy about organizational things, I also seem to remember the names of my students better than ever before, all the meetings and meeting times, class schedules, etc. Things just make perfect sense the first time around. I also feel more emotionally stable. I guess that makes sense when there's somebody to be responsible for and take care of (and not that I was too unstable before) but something feels different.
I still don't fit into any of my clothes, which keeps bumming me out. But I am feeling much more physically stronger, and we're now going on long walks, which is great. I could probably organize some time to start running, but I am also relying so much on my wonderful family to watch her while I am at work, that I don't want to add extra burdens on them. Also, I would rather spend more time with her and stay fat a bit longer than not see her at all.
I think a lot about the birth of Miriam. I remember how it was hard and long and painful, but those things don't flow up to the surface when I think about her birth. I just remember it being beautiful and glorious and incredibly pleasurable. My brain keeps returning to the moment when she came out, and the few hours after that, and I feel the pleasure of that memory in my whole body.
Well, that's all believe it or not, and she is still alseep. Go Rainy Morning! I might have time to put away the laundry! So long, friends.
Almost five months. Still (if not more so) smiley, happy, content.
Recent developments: discovered her feet. She catches them when laying down, and leans over and tries to study them while sitting on a lap. She can't quite sit up straight by herself yet, but every day is better and better at it.
She likes laying on her back in her play pen now, and playing with toys. She studies them, eats them and swings at the ones that hang.
Yesterday she went swinging in a real swing on the play ground. She seems to have liked it.
Does not like the car seat or her stroller, prefers to get around in the Ergo or just to be carried. We're working on it, especially since we do a lot of driving. For now I try to coordinate drives with naps so that it's not terribly traumatic.
She talks a lot. Sometimes she has conversations with people, sometimes it's monologues. She likes to say a long speech when she wakes up in the morning. I'll have to record it sometime, it's quite fascinating to listen to it. Also very nice because she has a very pleasant voice. I am not sure which language she is speaking when she talks because she has regular exposure to three languages, but I am curious which language she'll decide to speak first.
She has grown out of her co-sleeper, I am going to try to get the crib from my cousin and we'll set it up this week. Otherwise she keeps bumping into to walls whenever she moves around in her sleep. We'll see how she likes a crib, but I need to make sure it's the kind where one of the sides comes off, I really don't need any bars between me and my bebe.
Nights are getting colder, and we are trying to figure out the perfect sleeping conditions with the help of space heaters, humidifiers, cracked open windows and warm blankets. She is now sleeping in the sleeping bag that Betya brought her from France, so in addition to looking cutting edge stylish, she also looks like a pita sandwich, which, I suppose is only appropriate for a half-Israeli baby.
Sleep is still sporadic, though she regularly goes to bed between 8 and 8:30. Sometimes she slssps right through until 5 or 6, though more often she'll wake up once or twice to eat a little snack, and then goes right back to sleep. I don't have any trouble getting up at night to be with her, because it us just simply pleasant to spend time with her, and for some reason it doesn't affect me during the day when I am at work. Though when Tal gets up with her and feeds her and puts her back to bed without me even waking up, I feel very relieved.
Food: she is still eating her regular combination on breast milk and formula, though I am doing a lot more pumping now that she has started biting. She also started eating bits of solid food, which is incredibly amusing because when she first tastes the food she makes a face like she is being fed moldy earth worms, but then gets into it, and eats quite a bit, "chewing" each bit if food with a lot of focus and concentration.
I've abandoned my hatred of things that are pink and girly and cute (not to be confused with my hatred of all things Disney, Barbie, or whatever other similar crap is out there) and get lots of enjoyment out of dressing my little girl up nice and pretty every once in a while. My favorite girl item right now are the little tights with little pretend shoes drawn on around the feet. As soon I see Miriam's chubby little legs in those, my brain goes mushy.
Speaking of my brain, I am feeling various changes that are happening in me as I return to being "myself" after pregnancy and birth. My brain actually is less mushy about organizational things, I also seem to remember the names of my students better than ever before, all the meetings and meeting times, class schedules, etc. Things just make perfect sense the first time around. I also feel more emotionally stable. I guess that makes sense when there's somebody to be responsible for and take care of (and not that I was too unstable before) but something feels different.
I still don't fit into any of my clothes, which keeps bumming me out. But I am feeling much more physically stronger, and we're now going on long walks, which is great. I could probably organize some time to start running, but I am also relying so much on my wonderful family to watch her while I am at work, that I don't want to add extra burdens on them. Also, I would rather spend more time with her and stay fat a bit longer than not see her at all.
I think a lot about the birth of Miriam. I remember how it was hard and long and painful, but those things don't flow up to the surface when I think about her birth. I just remember it being beautiful and glorious and incredibly pleasurable. My brain keeps returning to the moment when she came out, and the few hours after that, and I feel the pleasure of that memory in my whole body.
Well, that's all believe it or not, and she is still alseep. Go Rainy Morning! I might have time to put away the laundry! So long, friends.