We had a very interesting weekend... it was kind of cool.
It was MM's last weekend off before having to go back to work (after being off for almost a month) so I let him have all the control over our outings...
Sadly, Saturday found us at a Memorial Service for a friend of MM's. Lots of people there we knew, it was a very informal gathering, and turned out to be a nice time telling stories and meeting/seeing people.
One person there that I knew also had her 95 year old mother there. She asked me to come sit down with them for a bit so her Mom could see the baby. So, I did, and, in the end, this 95 year old lady ended up with Mustang Boy in her lap. He was sound asleep. The change that came over her was beautiful. She so enjoyed holding him, and talking to him, and telling me about her own son, when he was that tiny, and she could not have him at home until he was over 5 pounds... watching her, I could envision the young mother that she was. It was kind of awesome. He stayed calm and sleeping in her lap, for a good 10 minutes. Her daughter was more nervous than the rest of us were. One thing I have learned is that when you go into the public with a baby, you are an elderly person magnet. I had more people coming up to us to see him and "bless him" this weekend. It was interesting.
Sunday, we took a short trip to the Donner State Park. Its on a lake, with lots of walking trails and chipmunks. It was a nice get away that wasn't too away from home. It felt good to be out walking in the sunshine. We want to go back with a big picnic, soon! Mustang Boy did pretty well, but at the end of the day he was fussy and ready to be at home where he could sprawl out and stretch. Not in the car seat, or Moby wrap...
Tomorrow it will be four weeks since his birth. I can't believe how fast time is going. He has gained some weight, we are up to a whopping 5 lbs 6 oz now! Our newest preemie battle is unfortunately with constipation issues... not fun. But we are working through it, one of the pediatricians gave me some great tips Sunday morning on how to help him. Yes, I absolutely paged the on call MD sunday am, he was miserable. I was miserable. She didn't mind me calling at all...
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and we got a package, from NYC! We LOVE the onsies, pictures will come soon, Daryl! Thank you so much!!!!!!!
3 comments:
I loooove watching old people with babies. There really is something so cool about it!
Awww - whoops- almost said his name here - the baby is sooo cute!!
I remember my friend telling us to give Gilda Karo syrup, so we did. Twice, because the first time didn't work. The faces she made later were HYSTERICAL. It was like, "WTF is going on, here in my pants?!" The relief was worth it, though! Constipated babies ARE grumpy - and who can blame them?
That is one of the tips the pediatrician gave us. Dark corn syrup in some water... so far I've only needed to use a little pedialyte, but we may get to that corn syrup yet...
So glad it got there .. one of those is actually made for preemies and the other was just cute .. I was looking at one with a whale and one with an anchor and this guy came up to me and said 'go with the anchor' .. I said how did you know his mom used to be in the Navy? We laughed .. he had no idea he said but he prefers anchors to whales .. and that's the story! love you all! xox
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