The Subject of Night Sweats Revisited

It seems as though I have finally come to the point where night sweats are not an issue!  No more waking up in a puddle.  No more having to keep my hair in a pony tail so it doesn't end up a soggy snarled mess by morning.  No more extra loads of laundry just from all the towels I was having to sleep on.  No more wishing I could just crash into my bed at night when really I had to arrange all those towels "just so" before going to bed so that I could be comfortable.  No more wash cloth rolled up and stuffed between my boobs in my bra to soak up all the mommy boob sweat.  No more waking up with towel imprint on the side of my face.  No more waking up to take a shower at 3AM and no more wondering why I stink so much when I haven't even started my day yet.

A couple nights ago I left my hair down when I went to bed and I have just the slightest bit of sweat at the back of my neck when I woke up -- and that was all.

That gem of a side effect seems to be leaving almost as suddenly as it came on.  I won't miss that one!

The Easy Life

Hannah is still eating well and seems to be gaining weight at a good pace.  She's so much easier to feed than Abby was and I keep realizing different aspects of this as the days and weeks go by.  Of course it's nice that she eats at all.  Every meal with Abby was a struggle to get her to eat -- and sometimes still is.  We remembered Abby throwing up a large portion of whatever she ate much of the time, so there was that stress of knowing she wasn't getting food, as well as the added stress of knowing we'd have to start the battle of the meal with her all over again every time she puked up a meal - but not until we cleaned up the mess.  We get none of that with Hannah.

It took me a little while to remember another way that we have it easier this time.  Last time, we had to line the sofa, recliner, or rocking chair with towels so that the vomit wouldn't seep down into the cracks of the cushions where it would need to be cleaned up (with much time and effort) or else curdle even further if we missed any of it.  Blech!!!!!

Then today I remembered yet another way that this one is making things easier on us.  I was looking right into her face between tries at burping her and had a flashback to when Abby used to not only refuse to eat, not only throw up much of what we did get into her, not only get vomit on the furniture and carpets, but all over US!!!  I have not had to take ANY vomit-removal showers at all with this one so far.

Yup, life is good!!!!

Hannah's Hands

Today I noticed Hannah has discovered her hands.  I was changing her and she was stretching out her arms and staring at her right hand.  Apparently this made her happy because she kept looking at me and then back at her hand with a big smile on her face.

She's also on the verge of being able to use her hands for things.  She tries to get them into her mouth if she's hungry, but sometimes now she seems to be pushing my hands towards her mouth when I come at her with a bottle or a binkie.

She's still pretty mellow and easy to be around at home since she doesn't cry much even when she's hungry.  She does this little "Eh!  Eh!" thing which I call complaining, but there's not a lot of full on crying ever.  I guess that's a good thing.  Because of this, it's also easy to take her places because I know she's not going to put us in a situation where we're making a scene and nobody is enjoying themselves anymore.

The Problem With Non-Maternity Clothes Fitting During Pregnancy

I am looking in my closet for stuff to wear when I return to work, as it's been a while since I've had to do that and I want to make sure things still fit.

The problem is, my "go to" clothes that I would wear if I'm still sporting the baby belly a little are clothes that I was able to wear while pregnant - even though they were not maternity clothes.

So, when I show up to work in stuff that I wore while pregnant, will people think I'm still wearing maternity clothes, just because they saw me in them when pregnant?  I don't want to give up my blousy tops just because they kind of LOOK like maternity wear.

On the other hand, there are a couple of things that I would LOVE to have altered (or not) so that I can KEEP wearing them even though they ARE maternity clothes.

What should I do in both cases?  Do people really care what I wear and will I be the subject of office ridicule?  I don't want to be that mom that is done having kids and be accused of hanging on to this last pregnancy by wearing maternity clothes after the baby is out.  Ha ha!!!!

Quick update

Hannah is starting to make noises other than crying.  YEAH!  She will coo while in her cradle and try to talk to us in a little mimicking game she plays.  She also sticks her tongue out at us in response to us doing the same.  Then she smiles and we continue until I get torn away to do something more pressing than be amazed at my kid sticking her tongue out.  (It's the little things...)

First FULL Night of Sleep

This post is titled "First FULL Night of Sleep" not because it was MY first full night, but because it was Hannah's first full night of sleep.  Usually Marti wakes up and feeds her at night and again first thing in the early morning.  Today, we woke up and he said something about her sleeping 8 1/2 hours straight!!!  Luckily she made a noise RIGHT then, so I didn't have to JOLT out of bed to see if she was still breathing!  It was a potentially heart stopping moment for parents of a newborn!

What he also realized moments later was that her diaper was dry.

HUH?

OK, that was of even more concern to me than her sleeping through the night.  Now I was really starting to worry that something might be wrong after all.

Luckily, as he was feeding her she messed her diaper (which could have included pee or not -- we are not sure), but for sure peed her diaper shortly after that.

Phew!  Today could have been a scary day, but I guess it was all just a fluke.  I just hope she's not up all night tonight after that long snooze last night.

I keep wondering what is going to go WRONG after everything keeps working out so right with this little one!  Between even getting pregnant at all, having a WONDERFUL pregnancy, the whole weight thing, and now having a one month old that just may start sleeping through the night...  Well, it just all feels too good to be true.  I bet we end up paying for this in her teen years!