Pru has been quite a handful over the last week. Literally. She’s going through a phase where during the day and during much of the night she won’t sleep unless she’s being held. Needless to say, this complicates things like blogging, emailing, cooking, cleaning, and shopping for and wrapping Christmas presents significantly. We’ve more or less taken to eating in shifts, for example.
I’m not sure what the cause of this change is (when she was newly home, she slept all day long, and was relatively content to just lay in her crib even when she was awake so long as she wasn’t hungry or needing a change). I suspect it’s partially developmental – she’s presumably been going through her three-week growth spurt, which apparently increases discomfort and fussiness in infants. It’s also probably partially environmental – the heater in the bedroom stopped producing hot air about two and a half weeks ago, which made it very hard to keep her adequately warm. The heater is heating again now, sort of, but only after a still-unfinished series of tragicomic misadventures, which I may describe in a subsequent post, tentatively titled “Why I Am Withholding Next Month’s Rent On The Basis of a Breach of The Implied Warranty of Habitability”; nevertheless, I think she’s come to associate being in her crib with being cold and uncomfortable.
Anyway, she’s asleep now, as is Sarah; I’m up early to run some “have to be done before 8:30 am” errands. (Perhaps a nap this afternoon.) Speaking of errands, I should be off, but so as to leave this post not a total bummer, I’ll pass on some cute pictures of the Pru-bear:
Also, my ultra-cool birthday gift from Sarah: an Alton Brown-branded salt cellar
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Was just looking at the pictures of Pru- so cute, especially the elmo diaper- although it seemed to be about 12 sizes too big- or was that just the direction the photographer was trying to go in and it was actually the right size?
It’s mostly a trick of the camera, although the diapers are a little large for her. She’s probably technically “Newborn” size still, but we’ve got her in Size Ones. She’s within the weight minimum for Ones, and they’re much easier to find.
Just wanted to say congratulations, Angus! I am so happy for you and Sarah. It seems as though you are learning the steps that are crucial to living with a baby (which I thankfully have learned over the past two years with my half-sister, who is now at the tail end of her terrible twos). I love the pictures of Pru! She looks like a beautiful little , and I would love to meet her at the next family gathering. Aside from that, Merry Christmas, and hooray for Pru (and you two) for officially making it through the first month!
hi there, my mum and i enjoyed your ltltie place very much! liked the stamps i picked up today too.. thanks for letting me know about the band 🙂 which album were the songs from?hope to come back again soon when i return from studies!xx nat
I agree with you that the demand of the 7 billion people really does drive the actions of the 1%. They keep mining and polluting and damaging the world simply because there is a huge profit in it for them. The 7 billion people are indirectly causing issues, too, and that can’t be ignored in the grand scheme of things. It’s hard to ask that many people to consume less, especially in developed nations that are based on unnecessary consumption, but that is the direction we need to go. I think in order for change to actually happen, though, the big companies need to find more efficient and sustainable methods, while trying to phase out certain practices that are harming the environment (coal mining!).