Comments on: Settling In

By: lynnelac

lynnelac — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:50:24 +0000

You know I’m no expert, but word on the streets around here is that reading is tough, but telly is easy. A friend of mine caught up on years of television delinquency by the end of her maternity leave. Apparently her baby takes exactly one episode of Gilmore Girls to eat.

Bless you all in your new lives. xL.

By: Nicholas Ellis

Nicholas Ellis — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:59:49 +0000

First up, congratulations.

Second, I’ll second the calls that the driving thing is probably because of the c-section. I had my appendix explode inside me earlier in the year and subsequently (apparently) had a similar sort of operation to a c-section.

They don’t want you driving because all the muscles you’d use for the pedals are connected to the ones they just cut in half. Same reasoning for the lifting. It’s weird to find what is connected actually (not as weird as being given vagina exercises by your physio when you don’t have a vagina, but still).

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:36:40 +0000

Boppy to hold up the kid and a free-standing music stand of the sort that’s used in elementary school bands.

By: Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:23:43 +0000

The sling is thirded.

By: bakagaijiin

bakagaijiin — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:06:57 +0000

Franci,

That’s funny about your dad. I called my paternal grandfather Grumpy because I couldn’t manage “Grampa” or “Grampy” as a child. My mother said it suited him well, too.

By: Franci

Franci — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:41:51 +0000

my father insists on being called Grumpy by my two children….frankly, it fits him to a “T”

By: Rachel Stuart-Haas

Rachel Stuart-Haas — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:39:47 +0000

Oh, you did have a c-section?

I’m allergic to codeine, so I had to take “strong” antihistamines. Basically benadryl. Yeah, it SUCKED. All the Motrin you can fit in your mouth worked just fine for me!

By: Lolo

Lolo — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:26:47 +0000

I heartily second the sling, it became the replacement for the much wished for third arm for me. I had this style with the padded part for the shoulder and the ring for adjustment and had the kids in it from birth onto around two years old. http://www.4malmal.com/ It was great for “hiding” them from those strangers who seem unable to keep their germy mitts off your baby and also for giving some privacy when having to nurse in public.

By: Ducky

Ducky — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:16:20 +0000

Congratulations on the sweet boy!

I had a c-sec. last year and they said the 2 weeks were because of the incision. Don’t cheat, mine didn’t heal properly and still bothers me. I also stopped taking the narqs right away. The hospital advil seems to work fine for the pain.

Look stuff up in your baby books when you need to but don’t sit there reading “What To Expect…” etc… You will go crazy with worry and never sleep.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:35:44 +0000

How to read while nursing? Put ‘im in a sling or a wrap, and your hands will be free.

This also works for checking e-mail, surfing the internet, going to the bathroom, puttering around the kitchen (away from the stove, please), and knitting.

Yes, knitting.