She is 1 month old today and weighed 8lbs 12oz at her well baby visit - that is 2.75 lbs over what she weighed at her 5 day visit. I don't like doctor visits in general, but I especially don't like newborn visits because I don't pay any attention whatsoever to how many wet and dirty diapers my babies have had, I don't watch the clock when they nurse, and...I let them sleep on their tummies. To me, the child was visibly larger and had too many poopy diapers to count so I was totally unconcerned that she was not getting enough milk. The nurse was pressing me for a number of dirty diapers, so I guessed 6 or more and that contented her. She also asked if she slept on her back or her side...and the most complete answer would be neither, but I said, "I put her down however she seems comfortable." and she didn't press me for what that meant!
I have never blogged about it, but I started using cloth diapers at home when Annalise was 8 months old. I do care about the environment, but my main motivation was that a 2 week diaper supply suddenly became a month's diaper supply...and that motivation has helped me persevere! I use plain, old-fashioned, buy-em-at-Target cotton pre-folds with a Snappi...and I was happy with them until...my friend Stephanie gave me 2 BumGenius diapers and I tried them on Natalie. I wish I had not known such absorbency existed, but since the are $18 EACH, I will content myself with my pre-folds and be thankful that I have been given so many size 1 diapers that Natalie will probably be in size 2 before we run out.
Both Caleb and Annalise were born with a different color hair than they ended up having, but I think Natalie will buck this trend. Her fuzzy baby hair is red and I think she will keep it because she also has a paler skin tone and her eye lashes are also red. I was surprised at first, but we keep thinking of more and more relatives we have that are redheads and lots of people have pointed out that my hair has natural red highlights. Her hair has made me notice something I didn't realize concerned me - I don't know what color Annalise's hair is.
Here is looks brown.
Here it looks blond.When she was born, it was black.
In real life my mom described it as "Dish-water Blond", and to me, dish-water is not the most lovely way to describe a color and I like her hair, but I guess it is what it is (whatever that is). What I think is funny about her hair is that it's never been cut (except a few locks removed with safety scissors) and the child has bangs. In the back she has a couple of banana curls that can be stretched midway down her back.
Ah, the babe sleeps! And so must I! Good night!
I think Annalise's brown hair picture is helped by the brown chair backdrop but i know what you mean. that's funny that's it's never been cut :) It' a pretty color. Can you imagine a woman going into a salon and asking for a "dish water" hair coloring lol BR
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