Maddie in the Morning 2/26/2010

Good Morning

Today Maddie and I went to our mommy group.  For me, it was nice seeing all the moms.  I can't say Maddie enjoyed seeing all the other babies because she slept through the entire session.  It was great because today was the first day I put her in the stroller without the car seat.  She seemed to really like it!  Anyway below is a video of Maddie in the morning before we left for the mommy group.

If at first you don't succeed, try try again . . . .

I guess there is no good place to start this blog, so I will start with today.  Today was momentous.  Why?  Because I was emotionally ready to revisit the breast feeding issue with Maddie.  I had heard through various sources that the Breast Feeding Center of Greater Washington D.C. was wonderful.  As a result, I made an appointment for a consultation.  I am unsure whether this consultation was heartbreaking or hilarious.  The consultant immediately recognized that Maddie was "thriving," "friendly," and "alert."  Further on in the consultation, the consultant learned that one "can't make her do anything."  In the hour appointment, we tried many different methods and strategies.  To be honest, none of them worked and Maddie just became upset and exhausted.  She immediately fell asleep in the baby carrier as I was leaving the center.

There was a glimmer of hope so I am thinking over what I want to do.  My most important priority is to keep Maddie a happy, healthy, sleeping through the night baby.  My second priority is to make sure she gets breast milk and to make sure I am functioning, healthy, and not stressed out mommy.

On the nanny front, I talked to a lady today that sounds promising.  I am waiting to hear from the other family in the share to see if they are willing to interview her.

Tomorrow we have our mommy group lunch and meeting.  Maddie is not impressed with these meetings because they occur during her lunchtime, but it gets us out of the house (and walking) and keeps mommy sane.  Hopefully I will be able to take some pictures tomorrow to post.

And it begins . . . .

So our plan was to have this blog ready as soon as Maddie was born. Maddie had other plans. She came into this world in such a fashion that it has taken Mommy and Daddy three months to recover. We have finally adjusted to being parents and unfortunately because the task of trying to recount the last three months will be impossible as so much has happened already, we hope that we can from this point onwards give you a good idea of what goes on in her day-to-day life!