Two Months Old

Just came back from Jennie's 2-month check up. She now weighs 9 lbs. 7 oz., which is in the 25-percentile for weight. She's a skinny girl but still gaining weight slowly. Now if I could only get her to bed by 7pm...

Samantha is still adjusting to Jennie getting so much attention. I try to play with her as much as possible.. it actually feels like I'm playing with her MORE than when Jennie was born.

She has arrived

Jennie Elizabeth
January 3, 2008 at 4:30pm
7 lbs. 3 oz
19"

So excited to finally have her here!

Samantha's Pre-K Holiday Party 2007

Here's Samantha hamming it up at her Holiday Party at school. My first attempt at taking and editing video.

Aren't you ready to come out yet?

sonogram1
Originally uploaded by stacym29

Every time I pick up a pregnancy or baby magazine, I wonder how many times an editor or whomever the powers-that-be are, have read a million articles on the same topics: "The Things Pregnant Women Never Told You" or "How to Eat Right During Pregnancy" or "Sleeping Solutions for Newborns" and the list goes on. Don't they get tired of working there?

Anyway, since this is a new blog for me and I am of course, due in like 5 minutes, I feel compelled to ask the same question every pregnant women wants to know.... When are you coming, Miss Newborn Baby? I'm ready! Here's why:

1. My body is ready. Being this heavy takes a toll on this body. Everything aches, especially my back and my pelvis muscle, and I'm tired of waddling. I want to be skinny again, and have the ability to breathe normally after going up a flight of stairs.

2. My skin can't stretch anymore. I'm getting older, and the fact that the elasticity is not what it used to be is just not fair. Maybe having babies when you're 19 has some benefits...

3. The room is ready. Every stitch of clothing is in the drawers. The crib is ready with bedding and a mobile. Diapers are out of their package and ready for use. Wipes, washcloths, lotions -- check, check and check.

4. Car seat is in... and it's really cute!

5. Big Sister has been prepped as much as possible. Everything from why Mommy Has to Hold Baby Jennie All the Time to Why Babies Poop So Much has been covered. She's in her new Big Girl Bedroom and has moved over to her Big Girl spot in the car (thanks to Step #4).

6. Hector is about to have a nervous breakdown. "If you call me on my cell while I'm at work, I will have to kill you." is one example. I don't know how much his nerves can take.

7. The holidays are over! New Year's is pretty uneventful for us, so it doesn't really count.

8. Bags are packed. If I add anymore clothes into my bag, I should just book a flight and deliver somewhere tropical. Maybe I should throw in a bathing suit just in case.

9. I'm so nervous about nursing, I just want to get it started already!

10. Jennie already has Baby's First Christmas ornaments on the tree. That reminds me, I must put a sonogram pic on there, since she already missed this Christmas!

11. My due date is ALMOST here. Can't you just come a little early to hook a sista up?

Growing Pains

Last night, Ladybug woke me up crying because her leg was hurting. And I felt I knew exactly what it was because I had them throughout my entire childhood (and even now sometimes): Growing Pains.

I used to wake my grandmother in the middle of the night, and she would give me a hot water bottle, a little massage and some Tylenol, and it would go away. So, as I'm massaging Sam's leg last night, I'm telling her what Growing Pains are, and that she's a growing girl now, and if she drinks lots of water and eats her veggies, she'll feel so much better.

In some crazy way, I felt like this was a rite of passage. She's no longer a baby or toddler, she's now a growing little girl. And as I was telling her how big she was getting, I thought about how this is what it will be like to talk to her when she gets her period -- a rite of passage into womanhood.

So, in this day and age with the World Wide Web at our fingertips, I searched for leg pains and growing pains in a 5-year old. I was AMAZED to discover that growing pains is a sort of "phenomenon" and that most pediatricians say "there is no such thing," and the pain could be because of a child's shoes, flat-footedness, or some other ailment. This was SHOCKING to me. First of all, I truly believed that EVERY CHILD had them (but I now discovered that even my husband says he never did). Second, do you mean that there isn't some "positive" reason for this pain? How disheartening! (But sadly, it does explain why they sometimes happen to me now, and on occasion throughout my adult life.)

Well, I won't be telling Ladybug about this fiasco, as I'm sure that this will not be the last of these leg aches. Of course, I will mention them to her pediatrician on our wellness visit next month, but I will always believe in Growing Pains.

Here's one of the articles I read about this:

http://www.rps.psu.edu/probing/growing.html

Here we go...

... into the world of mommy blogs. As a regular blog reader myself, and with good friends like Carrie and Sarah blogging about their kids, I thought I'd give it a shot. With one in Pre-K and one on the way, what better time to start?

Hi from Queens!

I'm just a regular stay-at-home mom living in Northeastern Queens. Let's see what adventure each day has in store!