Thu 20 Apr 2006
Crib Cast Episode 1
Posted by bon under crib cast
This is dave jumping in, bon is getting ready to go to the hospital and we decided we’d put up the first crib cast… who knows when we’ll have time. Wish us luck
Here is the audio from cribcast 1
April 22nd, 2006 at 5:10 pm
1st things 1st…Congrats. on the birth of your little boy. Thrilled to hear everyone is a-okay.
I just had a chance to listen to cribcast 1….very interesting…I just wanted to add a few things on the different things that where mentioned, from what I experience.
One of the scariest moments after Ava was born was probably when she was 11 days old, it was the 1st time I was ALL ALONE w/ Ava….I got so scared bc it was then I realized I am responible for this little person for many years to come and to make the situation worst, she was crying @ the time and I could not comfort her, I got so overwhelmed and started to cry myself. Once I got Ava settled I spoke to Jerry (my husband, whom was away on business) on the phone, I broke down again…it was such a scary thought about all the life decisions you will be making for your baby & if they will be the right ones and so on….I felt like that for about 2 days and then I was much better. Don’t get me wrong I still have a fear of my choices of parenting skills & what kind of person Ava will turn out to as a results of our choices but I’ve learned to just take one day @ a time and enjoy the present.
Now to add to the emotional stress of those days, actually the 1st month of trying to get the breast feeding down, I almost quit 5 or 6 times bc it hurt so much, plus having the fear that I was starving my child bc you just never know how much your baby is getting, but w/ the help of a great lactation specialist @ the moncton hospital (Lynda Laclaire) and the support of family & friends & this wonderful cream for your nipples called Lansinoh I hung in there and everything finally worked out. Heck Ava is almost 9 months & breast feeding is going so well that she does not want to stop, which leads me to my next point….I would say 4 weeks into breast feeding, start giving a bottle @least one feeding a day (breast milk or formula)just to get them use to having both the breast & a bottle, bc Ava will NOT take a bottle now, so it is making the weaning process abit difficult. If I had only known!!!
There was something mention about the babys neck…one thing I found is when giving a bath…it is very hard & the baby will not like it but you have to get under the baby’s chin/neck to wash & dry, it is very important to do so, other wise the skin gets raw and smelly.
A little tip on the car seat….I heard on the news one day that approx. 95% of car seats are installed improperly. They suggest to go to either your local police dept. or Fire dept to have them check it….so I went to the fire dept. & guess what, ours was not installed properly…it is now though!!!!
Well that is my 2 cents….I am loving the crib chronicles….keep it up.
Good luck and enjoy the days to come w/ your precious little baby…each day is even more amazing then the day before!!!!