Mommy and Me
This is my little tribute to my mom. I’ve been a fussy little stinker and I don’t intend on changing. But that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate her. Even before I was born, I started causing trouble. I gave everyone a scare with preterm labor on Labor Day. I was breach at 34 weeks. I was OP at 37. I made Mommy’s tummy almost burst, waiting past 40 weeks to come out. And even then I didn’t make it easy. Her water broke at 7am and I wasn’t born until 17 hours later. After over 3 hours of hard core pushing, I was finally born a few minutes after midnight. Me and my big head. I even made Mommy and Daddy move to make room for me and all their stuff — it was mostly Daddy’s stuff, so I accept none of the blame for that. So here’s to you Mommy!!!
Widget punches back
I’m almost 4 weeks old in this video. It’s long ’cause Grandma doesn’t mind watching the whole thing over and over. But if you’re the short-attention-span-internet-generation kind of person, you can just watch a few seconds to get the whole plot down. I’m new to this, and I’m pretty repetitive.
I don’t sleep in the big crib yet. I sleep in the bassinet in Mommy and Daddy’s room. I love to rant and scream over nothing, so they kept me close to sooth me at night. They turned the big crib into a play gym.
Anyways, after being a dull lump of skin that eats, poops, sleeps and screams for 3 weeks, I discovered my hands can actually do things! Here I am giving these critters a workover. This is only the second time I’ve been on my play mat, and the first day ever! Mommy and Daddy didn’t know I had any coordination yet. I showed them.
And just to keep them on their toes, for the rest of the day I got mad in my other resting places cause I couldn’t reach the toys dangling overhead in the bassinet and play pen. Daddy had to lower the animals so I could hit them, too. But even so, after a good workout I get fussy and start screaming and make Daddy wonder why he lets me play if I’m only going to be super fussy and screamy afterwards. But I did start sleeping through the night mostly after these sessions. Co-inky dink?? I think not.
Daddy lets me work out everyday now. I’m temporamental and I don’t play for so long now that its not new. Instead, just when Mommy and Daddy think they can eat or relax, I scream and tell them I’m already tired of playing and demand some personal attention.
BTW, the crib was given to me by California Grandma. The rainforest crib set that can be seen in the background of the video was given to me by my friend Elsa in Germany. I haven’t met her yet, but I’m sure I will like her.
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I am 2 weeks old today!
I am 2-weeks-old today, that seems both a short time and a very long time to Mommy and Daddy. Perhaps that’s because they’ve had one week’s worth of sleep for the entire two weeks. Here I am in a brief moment of serenity (after a change and a feeding). Last week I was 8lbs 10oz at the doctor’s check up, up from 7lbs 13oz at one-week-old. So yes, I love to eat.
Yellow fever
I almost didn’t get to go home from the hospital with my parents on day two because my Billy Rubin count was too high! I don’t know who this Billy kid is, but he’s not invited to any of my parties from now on! The doctors say I had jaundice! Since the Newport harbor was overcast, I had to rely on the UV phototherapy lights for sun. My yellowness went away after a week but only because I was sent home with two light pads that I had to sleep with 24/7.
What are Billy Pads? Watch my video:
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Hello everybody!
My name is Widget and this is my blog.
I was born on Nov. 6, 2007, just two minutes after midnight. I was a big baby — 8 pounds, 8 ounces. My head was 37 cm and I was 20 inches long. And overdue! I put my poor mama through a lot coming out after 40 weeks and five days.
It was exhausting — and my parents are still exhausted. Hence, I must update friends and family myself starting with this photo of me just hours after my arrival:
