6/17/05 - Adjusting To A New Life

Everything is new and different, and it's an adjustment for the whole family. Dave has gone back to work, and I'm still recovering at home. I'm starting to heal and now have less difficulty sitting on different chairs around the house, though I still need my donut pillow for the car and can't drive yet. When I've overdone it, like walking too far running an errand, my hips and tailbone get very sore. My tummy is squishy like a deflated balloon with ugly stretch marks. I hear the weight rule is nine months up, nine months down (though I lost 15lbs giving birth), so Dave took me to the mall to buy larger jeans.

I'm learning to use the new nursing tops I bought, and I'm trying to figure out the best ways to wear Eva in a baby sling so I can carry her around the house. It's more of a challenge than I thought. We took Eva on her first major outing to take Grandma (my mom) back to the airport. She slept most of the drive, but she definitely prefers being held to riding in the stroller. One more reason to get that sling figured out. Eva decided she was hungry right after we arrived, so I had my first challenge of nursing in public. Then she filled her diaper to overflowing, and I had to strip her down to her socks in the public bathroom and dress her in a new clean outfit. There's another reminder to self: always have a change of clothes on hand.