[blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] New mom's

Fri Apr 3 03:57:56 UTC 2009

I remember standing next to the baby at night listening to her breathing.  I
thought I was just a paranoid mom, but before I could go to sleep I needed
to hear her.  Sometimes if I couldn't hear the breath, I would actually put
my hand on her chest and wait to feel it move.  Ok, I'm still guilty of
listening. V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:51 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] New mom's

Hi,

Colyn is doing well with Remus, and he tells everybody how cute he is and
how much he loves his baby brother.  He helps us change and burp Remus and
he watches him in the playpen when he is sleeping there which often means he
wakes Remus up which  sometimes causes problems.  He's not too hapy that
Remus can't do anything yet and that he just has to eat sleep and poop as he

puts it.    He asked me if Remus could ride in the dumper of his dump truck 
the other day and was upset when I told him no, and explained to him that
Remus is too little to do much right now.  He can't wait until he can teach
Remus to play with toys and all, and he often tells us that he'll teach
Remus to laugh or sing or to play with blocks or trains or whatever he's
doing.  I've heard him in his room talking to his trains about Remus and
he's really cute telling them about how Remus cries and poops and eats from
mama.
As for where Remus is sleeping, right now he sleeps with us in a basinette
by our bed.  He does have his own room and it's all set up for him, but I
find he's too far away from me at night and it's easier for now just to have
him next to the bed.  I still find myself checking to see if he's still
breathing, and I can't do that from the other room.  Unless we have another
baby the boys will not have to share a room.  I think they'll cause enough
trouble together without having nights to plan their attacks.  grin

Tammy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: [Bulk] Re: [blparent] [Bulk] New mom's

> Wow, 6 weeks.  I miss those days!  So how is Collin doing with him?  Does
> Remus have his own room, sleeping in yours, or with his big brother? V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:20 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] [Bulk] New mom's
>
> Hi,
>
> I just had my six week check up yesterday and everything is going well.  I
> have lost all the weight I gained with Remus, 22 pounds, and a little more
> besides, and despite breast feeding difficulties in the beginning that
> caused Remus to lose a bit of weight, he's gained it all back and now 
> weighs
> 9 pounds 8 ounces.  We've even got him skipping a feed at night and 
> sleeping
> for 5 to 6 hours which is nice because we can get some extra sleep too. 
> As
> for me, I feel pretty good aside from still being a little sore where I 
> tore
> and my stitches haven't totally desolved yet.  Remus is starting to spend
> more time awake looking around and smiling although I'm not sure whether
> it's just gass still or if he's really happy about something.  He is
> starting to put his hands up when he wants you to pick him up, and he 
> makes
> little noises that I wish I could get recorded, but every time I try he
> doesn't make them.  He's really such a good baby, he only cries when he's
> hungry or he has gas, and he only has one fussy period during the day and
> usually a bath settles him again.  It's funny how I spent most of my
> pregnancy wishing time would hurry up and now I wish it would slow down. 
> I
> can't believe it's been 6 weeks already.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 5:14 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] [blparent] New mom's
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>
>> So how are you new mom's doing?   V
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