6 Week Update

So yesterday was the 6 week benchmark. It doesn’t seem possible that that much time has passed. I’m certainly experiencing time flying by. So this week has brought about a couple of new things.

Tuesday, Joel and I decided we were going to try to go to dinner with the Sunday School class at a local restaurant. Knowing that from 4 – 6 pm was what is seeming to be the “witching hours” where she cries a lot. So Tuesday, at 5pm, the crying began. I tried everything to calm her including giving her the gas drops. By the time Joel got home, I thought for sure we would be at home instead of going to dinner. He wanted us to go and give it a shot seeing that Ruthie typically calms down in the car anyways. I fed her right before we left and hoped that I wouldn’t have to find someplace to feed her again while we were there.

All seemed to be going well for about the first hour and then it started to take a turn. Our food finally was delivered to the table and she started crying. I went ahead and had the waiter bring a togo box and the check. Seeing that she refuses to take a pacifier, we continued to rock her seat and hoped that she would stop. As we waited for the waiter to pick up our debit card and as I scarfed my meal down, a guy at the neighboring table turned around. “She’s not happy is she. She wanted white wine instead of red wine tonight.” He was trying to be funny and yet get a point across. No one at our table even had wine but I knew what he was saying. I politely told him that we were waiting on our check and proceeded to ask Joel for the keys to the car. About 5 minutes later, we were headed home. (We were out in the open in the restaurant and there wasn’t a good spot for me to breastfeed discreetly.)

I was a nervous wreck. She sensed it and only wanted her daddy to calm her down so she could go to sleep. It was very frustrating for me as this is the first time that I’ve had someone address me as a new mom. I know it won’t be the last time someone makes some wise comment but it was still difficult to deal with. I was very ready to go to bed.

Fast forward to today. This morning I had my 6 week check up. I hadn’t reminded Joel to leave me the car with the carseat base and so I called him when I woke up to find out. Sure enough, he hadn’t even thought about it. So yet another thing to do on my list to get myself ready, Ruthie ready, and a car seat to learn how to install alone, all on a time frame. I did better today and the car seat wasn’t as much of an issue as I thought it would be. So off to the doctor we went.

It turns out that I have lost all but 4 pounds of the weight that I gained. I was ecstatic! I’ve healed perfectly and Ruthie did great. He mentioned that I was probably one of a great many who have had such a wonderful birth experience and healing time. We met Joel for lunch and I fed Ruthie in the car before hand. Everything went well and I felt so much better knowing that I had lost so much weight already.

She’s growing like a weed. I put a new outfit on her that said it was a 3 months size but it just barely fits her. She may wear it one more time in the next couple of days and thats it. I believe it is just that brand though as the newborn outfit that I had of the same name, has already been put in a new pile not to be worn again. Shortly after we got home, we had a “poop fountain” that got all over me, the changing table pad, clothes, feet, EVERYWHERE! So I put her in an outfit that all of Tia’s kids have worn and it’s just a little big. Tia asked that I get a picture of her in it, so here it is.

Her hair is falling out in the front. It is as if she has male pattern baldness. The front has fallen out for the most part and the back is just as long as ever. You probably can’t tell from this picture though. Hopefully it will grow back quickly. Joel says that she may look like him but that she has my eyes. I still am not sure. I need to look at my baby pictures more closely but I can’t seem to locate all of the ones that I know will show it. I’ve thought about looking at the slides when we’re home in a few weeks but that will probably be out of the question seeing that they are in storage. Joel hasn’t had the priviledge of family slide night yet so it would be a lot of fun. Anyways. Maybe those that remember me as a babe will be able to determine if she has my eyes or not.

So I think that pretty much brings everyone up to date.