It's been a while
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norsegirlIt's a sweet bit of irony that posts get less frequent when you get busy because you'd think that would be when you'd have more to write about. That really hasn't been the case here though. We've mostly settled into a routine here where Georgia keeps me busy all day accomplishing nothing, and Roller Derby is on break until the new year.
Georgia continues to sleep through the night. We have our good days and bad ones. Actually I think it would be more accurate to say that mornings are always good and the bad starts any time between 1 and 7 and sometimes it stops in the middle of the afternoon and sometimes it goes right to bed time. Mornings are good, nights are good, the rest of the day is a crap shoot. I continue to get little done. This morning I woke up with a sore throat. I think I'm coming down with something, and that something is a knitting addiction. Because night time is the only time I know is all mine it has become my time to get whatever project done I've been obsessing over rather than sleeping. I know that I need sleep, as evidenced by the sore throat, headaches and general run-down-ness, but if I don't get something done I'll just lie in bed thinking about it, so might as well stay up.
So far I have started roller skate booties, but they are not finished as I'm still trying to figure out another way to make the "wheels". When I followed the direction on the pattern I got something blocky and asymmetrical and not at all wheel like. I tried crochet, but I h8 crochet. Felt circles are unsuitable as they would not be washable. I'm going back to the drawing board... I've also completed a doll, but have not made clothes for her yet. And I've whipped out a few cute christmas ornaments for the tree. I'll be making a lot more of those I think. Will post pics when I have a set of them.
This weekend we were supposed to get the "box room" all cleaned out and ready to set up as a second guest room. We made a small dent in the mess, but it is still a long way from being cleared out. I might tackle more tonight. We also put up the Christmas tree, which was not part of the plan exactly, but my mother was doing it at her place so I felt all inspired and Jason was home to help, so we went for it. Still have a bit of ornaments to put up and need to tidy up all the ornament packaging, but it's looking festive. Not having quite enough purple for my taste is what inspired the ornament knitting.
This week in "products I love"
Used up the last of the gift certificate Jason's office gave us at Babies R Us. Among the spoils of my shopping adventure was a Mothers Minder wrist band for myself. Best product ever. I no longer have to remember when she was last fed or guess which side feels more full. Great product, and cheap enough to toss into a gift bag for pregnant friends. Wonderful thing, I will be sharing this at baby showers in the future.
I got a hand-me-down Boppy and a My Brest Friend from one of the other roller girls. I will admit that I didn't "get" this item in the store, seemed to me like any old throw cushion on the couch would do the job just as well. The Boppy in particular felt uncomfortable when I tried to fit it around my waist. But they really do the trick when you rest the baby on them. If you are the parent of an infant and you don't have one, you should get one. I prefer the Brest friend as far as a positionner for feeding, but the undoing the velcro can wake a sleeping baby and the Boppy makes a better "baby nest" (place to rest the baby on the couch next to you, under close supervision, yes I know about infants and pillows). I'll be keeping and using both I'm sure.
Last week I also finally managed to get a used Bumbo from a used baby stuff store. I paid less than retail but more than the average Craigslist price. Got it in Purple which was one of my 2 preferred colours though, so I'm okay with paying a bit extra. Georgia LOVES this. She watched us put up the Christmas tree in it, she watched me make dinner, she watches TV with me. It's allowing her to interact with the household in a whole new way. Wonderful item! I also got the play-tray with my purchase. I'm not as sold on that, but I guess we'll see if I ever find it useful in the future.
Also discovered this week that Gerber sizing is just plain wrong. Put on a 3-6 month long-sleeved onsie for the first time today (she's a few weeks over 3 months now) and it was already super-tight in body length and the sleeves are 3/4 length. 3-6 months my ass.
Anyway, need to go pick Jason up from the office. We were supposed to go out to eat tonight but Georgia didn't let me shower and my shirt is covered with baby barf and in trying desperately to calm her this afternoon I managed to sit in my lunch. Not feeling like going out in public with butter chicken butt.
Georgia continues to sleep through the night. We have our good days and bad ones. Actually I think it would be more accurate to say that mornings are always good and the bad starts any time between 1 and 7 and sometimes it stops in the middle of the afternoon and sometimes it goes right to bed time. Mornings are good, nights are good, the rest of the day is a crap shoot. I continue to get little done. This morning I woke up with a sore throat. I think I'm coming down with something, and that something is a knitting addiction. Because night time is the only time I know is all mine it has become my time to get whatever project done I've been obsessing over rather than sleeping. I know that I need sleep, as evidenced by the sore throat, headaches and general run-down-ness, but if I don't get something done I'll just lie in bed thinking about it, so might as well stay up.
So far I have started roller skate booties, but they are not finished as I'm still trying to figure out another way to make the "wheels". When I followed the direction on the pattern I got something blocky and asymmetrical and not at all wheel like. I tried crochet, but I h8 crochet. Felt circles are unsuitable as they would not be washable. I'm going back to the drawing board... I've also completed a doll, but have not made clothes for her yet. And I've whipped out a few cute christmas ornaments for the tree. I'll be making a lot more of those I think. Will post pics when I have a set of them.
This weekend we were supposed to get the "box room" all cleaned out and ready to set up as a second guest room. We made a small dent in the mess, but it is still a long way from being cleared out. I might tackle more tonight. We also put up the Christmas tree, which was not part of the plan exactly, but my mother was doing it at her place so I felt all inspired and Jason was home to help, so we went for it. Still have a bit of ornaments to put up and need to tidy up all the ornament packaging, but it's looking festive. Not having quite enough purple for my taste is what inspired the ornament knitting.
This week in "products I love"
Used up the last of the gift certificate Jason's office gave us at Babies R Us. Among the spoils of my shopping adventure was a Mothers Minder wrist band for myself. Best product ever. I no longer have to remember when she was last fed or guess which side feels more full. Great product, and cheap enough to toss into a gift bag for pregnant friends. Wonderful thing, I will be sharing this at baby showers in the future.
I got a hand-me-down Boppy and a My Brest Friend from one of the other roller girls. I will admit that I didn't "get" this item in the store, seemed to me like any old throw cushion on the couch would do the job just as well. The Boppy in particular felt uncomfortable when I tried to fit it around my waist. But they really do the trick when you rest the baby on them. If you are the parent of an infant and you don't have one, you should get one. I prefer the Brest friend as far as a positionner for feeding, but the undoing the velcro can wake a sleeping baby and the Boppy makes a better "baby nest" (place to rest the baby on the couch next to you, under close supervision, yes I know about infants and pillows). I'll be keeping and using both I'm sure.
Last week I also finally managed to get a used Bumbo from a used baby stuff store. I paid less than retail but more than the average Craigslist price. Got it in Purple which was one of my 2 preferred colours though, so I'm okay with paying a bit extra. Georgia LOVES this. She watched us put up the Christmas tree in it, she watched me make dinner, she watches TV with me. It's allowing her to interact with the household in a whole new way. Wonderful item! I also got the play-tray with my purchase. I'm not as sold on that, but I guess we'll see if I ever find it useful in the future.
Also discovered this week that Gerber sizing is just plain wrong. Put on a 3-6 month long-sleeved onsie for the first time today (she's a few weeks over 3 months now) and it was already super-tight in body length and the sleeves are 3/4 length. 3-6 months my ass.
Anyway, need to go pick Jason up from the office. We were supposed to go out to eat tonight but Georgia didn't let me shower and my shirt is covered with baby barf and in trying desperately to calm her this afternoon I managed to sit in my lunch. Not feeling like going out in public with butter chicken butt.
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Date: 2009-12-01 12:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-02 12:42 pm (UTC)glad to hear that there isn't too much suckage atm though *hugs*