Sunday, July 26, 2009

Adjusting to life with a new baby

Olivia will be two weeks old tomorrow and Michael and I are adjusting to limited sleep and life with a newborn. We tried something new last night (music on the CD player in Olivia's room, lights off all night- which makes feeding a little challenging, and the dreaded paci) and it seemed to work. We'll see.

A couple of days ago Olivia found her thumb. That would be nice if she could soothe herself without having to reach for the pacifier, but as you know, newborns cannot control their limbs! As soon as she was content with that thumb, whoosh, the arm flailed away! We'll work on that.

On a side and extremely exciting note, I can wear shoes again!! I haven't been able to get shoes on since the first of June because of swelling.

Mommy can wear shoes again!