one hand

these posts may end up being more sporadic than i thought because i'm now typing with one hand! at two weeks old, a certain baby entered a stage in which she does not like to be put down at all during the day. either she is nursing, sleeping in my lap or arms, or being carried around. i have yet to take a nap since the onset of this new development. the moby wrap is a godsend, but i still end up with one hand supporting her neck because she doesn't like having the comfy cloth behind her slumpy head and much prefers the bony and sweaty crook of my arm, the little flintstone. i have to admit, i love watching her sleep (as she is now) and truly stare at her for hours. she vogues with one hand on her cheek in the cutest way. i would take a photo but you probably don't need a close-up of my boob.

i'm curious how this swaddling thing will pan out. violet now hates the swaddle and houdinis her way out of it once she realizes she's wrapped up, yet she can't sleep in her co-sleeper or pack n play without it because within sixty seconds she smacks herself in the face and wakes up. she has to be pretty sauced on the breast milk at night before she's unconscious enough for us to wrap her. yet miraculously she can sleep in any position at all when lying on a stomach.

she's also awake much more during the day so i try to take advantage of the "quiet alert" periods. she actually enjoys tummy time on her play mat (she already wants to crawl soooo bad) and usually falls asleep in the stroller during our afternoon walk. our pediatrician is conservative and wants us to wait until two months until we start taking her out publicly beyond "walks and grandma's house." although i don't really think this level of caution is necessary, we'll follow the rules because we're not rebels at heart.





in other news, violet's umbilical stumpy thing fell off awhile ago, so she's been enjoying an expanded wardrobe beyond her signature shirtless-with-diaper look of the first two weeks.

next week daddy is on hiatus, and we have a lot of walks and naps on the agenda.