Tuesday, March 06, 2007

A day in the life of Cora

Wondering what life is like for an almost-one-month old? Or for her parents? Here are the goings-on of March 6:
After going to sleep about 10 p.m. on March 5, I awaken with a hungry shriek at 5:30. Eat hungrily for about a half hour, and then get a diaper change by Dad.
6:30 - Dad swaddles me and puts me back to bed, so Mom and me can sleep a bit more. Dad kisses us good-bye and heads to work.
9:30 - Mom gets me up for Second Breakfast. Eat from 9:40 to about 10:15, with breaks to burp.
10:15 - Sit on Mom's lap while she surfs the Internet and talks to her friend JT in England via Internet video
10:45 - Diaper change
10:50 - A bit of time on my activity mat and on the Boppy pillow while Mom puts away laundry and makes a snack for herself
11:15 - I fall asleep on Boppy
11:30 - Mom swaddles me and puts me in my bassinet - then she can handle some medical phone calls, the plants on the balcony and tackle a few thank you cards
Noon - I wake up, loudly. Mom puts my pacifier in and turns on vibration and sound of water on my bassinet. This works: I go back to sleep
12:45 - Mom gets me up for a diaper change and lunch. I eat until about 1:25.
1:30 - I'm happy in my crib, watching my Pooh mobile, while mom washes a load of diapers. I've been in cloth diapers since my umbilical cord stump fell off.
2 - Diaper change, and hang out in mom's arms
2:15 - Mom puts me in sling so she can do a few more chores. I fall asleep about 10 minutes later, with my pacifier.
2:55 - Wake up, Mom helps me with pacifier. I like my pacifier, but sometimes while I'm happily sucking it, I knock it out of my mouth. I'm still not sure of how to use my arms and hands. I'm asleep again about 15 minutes later.
3:40 - Mom wakes me up, changes my diaper and feeds me.
4:45 - Mom and I meet Grandma for a walk. We also stop at Starbucks and the grocery store, but I don't notice because I'm asleep again.
6:45 - Back home, Mom changes my diaper and feeds me.
7:40 - Dad comes home from a special dinner with his workmates. He is glad to see me and takes me off Mom's lap.
8 - Dad changes my diaper.
8:10 - For no particular reason, I fuss in dad's arms for more than a half hour.
8:45 - I'm asleep. Dad puts me down.
9:45 - I wake up, yelling because I'm very hungry. Dad gives me a bottle of Mom's milk.
10:30 - Dad puts me to bed. He and Mom hope I go to sleep, so they can go to sleep. We'll see!
WEDNESDAY MORNING UPDATE: I decided I wasn't tired when Dad put me to bed. For the next hour, I went back and forth between lying quietly, crying, sucking pacifier, and generally fussing. Mom kept jiggling my bassinet and putting my pacifier in before giving up and taking me into my bedroom and rocking me to sleep. We came back to bed around 11:45. But, I was a nice baby and stayed asleep until 6:45.

1 comment:

SomersetJen said...

Wow, Cora, you take a long time to eat! Hope mommy doesn't mind!