September 1st 2010 · Read More · Comments(9)
Yes, everything is well with monkey. It sure is. She’s very healthy, and has been expressing her good health for the last 40 minutes.
There’s a fairly large school of thought that reckons I should pick her up and comfort her when she’s unsettled like this. Any number of websites containing the phrase “baby won’t stop crying”, to pick a random search topic.
But there is an equally large school of thought that picking her up and comforting her will simply mean that every time she wakes up we will need to repeat the process, and that she will wake up every 90 minutes for the next… OK, let’s not think about that bit. There’s a bit that talks about baby sleep cycles, and that they start their sleep patterns in light sleep (rather than deep sleep, as adults do). Also, the crying will do her no harm whatsoever, and if you pick her up after half an hour of crying, you have just trained her to cry for half an hour or more if she wants to be picked up.
So, we’ve been trying to be firm, but, y’know, it’s hard. I’m downstairs. Von just joined me, and Jade is totally awake and alert and happily sucking on her dummy. The moment she spits the dummy, she’ll be back to crying. Hard. Did I mention that bit? It’s hard.
And now she’s asleep. Time for round… three. Could it be the diet? Von’s been eating the special ginger egg thingy, and other special Chinese dishes for pregnant women. Surely that’s not it. We’re seeing the lactation specialist tomorrow afternoon. Maybe… maybe it’s time for bed.
August 22nd 2010 · Read More · Comments(13)
Please welcome to the world, my daughter: Jade Shellshear.
Born 22/8/10, 11:40am. 3.4kg. Everyone is well after a somewhat protracted but eventually straightforward labour.
August 17th 2010 · Read More · Comments(3)
Von’s visit to the Obstetrician yesterday was all fine, but Monkey has made no further moves, and remains 3/5 engaged. We’ve made a booking for induction on the 31st. My guess for the actual date, based on no data, is next Tuesday, the 24th. It’d be good to see age-based first child statistics about this kind of thing, though. Presumably 40 weeks is an average for all mothers, and depending on age, and whether it’s the first child, and possibly body shape the statistical distribution of delivery date (and complication likelihood) differs.
Wikipedia does indeed mention such statistics (Naegele’s Rule, etc), but it’s a bit of a mess.
August 16th 2010 · Read More · Comment(1)
Yup, monkey is still chillin’, though s/he is rapidly running out of space and is making serious dents on Von’s belleh whenever s/he moves.
Me so hip~
Anyway, full term was either yesterday or the coming Friday, depending on which estimate you believe. It would be nice if Monkey arrives on on time, but I deeply suspect s/he’ll be late as canbe.
Meanwhile, another weekend of massive nesting. Study tidied. Books unpacked. Furniture moved. Paperwork workpapered. House now nifty.
August 9th 2010 · Read More · Comments(2)
Crikey. Actually, it could even be 39 weeks at this point; the estimate was between 15th and 20th of August. Von’s back continues to mend, slowly, thanks to our lying around all weekend.
Last week was the Sydney Uni (SUMS) puzzle hunt. Our team did pretty well, and I was delighted to have a significant part in solving several of the puzzles (acting as a stand-in for Steven, who was unable to participate due to moving house). Once again, a magnificent set of puzzles. Thoroughly enjoyable.
I started creating a new puzzle after a sudden flash of inspiration in the middle of the night on Saturday.
August 2nd 2010 · Read More · Comment(1)
OK, I’m better now. That was just a lot of work potentially wasted. Months and months.
Good news everyone! Von’s still doing well, though monkey has not descended any further than 3/5. But everything is healthy and good, and Von’s back is feeling quite a bit better for three days of rest.
