:: Brinna's ::

:: Saturday, August 06, 2005 ::
:: i have returned my flowers, a changed bee.... ::

lol, for some reason I've always found that commercial's line funny. Let's see, what's going on... today I gave Alice her first bath. Terrible, I know...almost a month old and a first-time mom is practical about the fact that babies don't need daily scrubbing. I've given her a shampoo or two and of course wipe her well during a diaper change, but that was it so far. Not even a sponge bath!

I'm having no problems at all with depression...I didn't think I would but you never know sometimes. It helps that she's taking after her dad somewhat, she almost enjoys laying down during her quiet, alert times better than being held. Also, she sleeps through the night already, by the medical definition. (5-6 hours without needing feeding) I have to wake her up to feed! Even if she doesn't feel like she needs to eat, I do! (I'm breastfeeding) Anyway, I was feeling so well overall that I was overdoing it, my bleeding still wasn't really slowing down much after the initial decline. I put myself on bedrest somewhat, I laid down basically all day for a couple days. It helped immensely, now I'm hardly bleeding at all.

I've got some more pics of Alice, I'll post them tomorrow. We ordered DSL (high-speed internet) and it will supposedly be activated by tomorrow noon. We have all the equipment but someone somewhere down the line missed our order and didn't type a couple things into their computer and so our service wasn't activated. Sigh...

More on the crib mess: I bought a crib from Walgreens.com right after receiving my refund. The next morning, lo and behold, Fedex delivers a crib to my front doorstep. No, I didn't get it overnighted; the company I originally bought a crib from appear to have gifted me with a free crib. I checked the invoice and it said that it was paid in full, by credit card...not my credit card though, I checked my accounts and there's no record of it. Just the original debit and following refund. I checked my account on the company site and there's no record of it either. Different order # than the one I paid for. It's a couple weeks later and no news from them, so I guess I got a free crib! Weird, huh?

Even more: I called Walgreens after receipt of the crib, and they said the order would be cancelled and I wouldn't be billed. They sent an email to the crib supplier and that was the end of it. Right? Well, I got an email saying my crib was shipped, and a tracking #. I called Walgreens and apparently the crib supplier ignored the email. They said I should just refuse shipment, and I did. Hopefully I'll get yet another refund soon. What a mess! Andrew says he's never going to let me buy furniture again, it's always a fiasco. (Remember the couch and chaise in Monterey?) Although it always comes out well in the end...it's just the middle that's interesting. But there is an exception! The changing table I bought from JcPenney.com, that went ok. Speaking of, I never posted the pic!



Did I ever mention, Alice gained back her birth weight in 4 days. Very fast, especially for a breastfed baby. No doubts about my milk supply. At her 2 week visit she weighed 8 lb, 2 oz. She's bound to be more by now. They're not worried about inadequate weight gain. :) But she's definitely a long and lean type, so far: she still barely fills out her newborn size clothes, and is still a bit too small for the 0-3 mo. size. She is getting too big for newborn diapers, though. On to size 1!

:: Brinna 6:07 PM [+] ::
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