Virtual Baby Book

[ste_noni]

A few things to write in the babybook when I get home:

Sep 1, 05 - Ellie laughs for the first time. Extremely cute!

Sep 3, 05 - Ellie starts grabbing for stuff, like my plate while I am eating dinner. She is also making lots of oo and ahh sounds and will change her sound to mimic yours.

eta: I just finished going back and tagging all my Ellie entries. I just roll my eyes at myself those first few weeks of her life. I was trying so hard to sound organized, in control, on top of things. Reading my entries, it sounds like there was this grand plan to cope with a tiny baby. What a crock! I was hanging on by the skin of my teeth and felt like I was just seconds from drowning almost every night. Nights were the worst - it was *so* depressing to see everyone else head off to bed and know that I had a sleep-deprived night ahead of me. Those first 3-4 weeks were *so hard*. I think the turning point was when I finally started sleeping with her in the recliner and then letting her sleep with me in my bed.

Comments

[amy37.livejournal.com]

The first weeks are *so* hard. I am not a nice or happy person when I'm sleep-deprived, and those middle-of-the-night feedings were just awful. I sympathize. And it does get better, as you've learned!

Write everything down. I didn't, or I only did haphazardly, and there are so many things you forget, later.

[ste-noni.livejournal.com]

One of the cool things my mom did was bring my baby book out to NC with her. So, while we were out there, we spent a lot of time comparing when Ellie did stuff to when I did it. It definitely reinforced the sense of "write it down".

It has gotten so much better. I didn't realize it until I went back and re-read those entries.