March 15, 2005
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That's the nicest place, and I do believe it will have my shipping custom from here on out.
Since Alex and Beth preferred to not know the sex of the baby until she was born, they probably haven't had "girl" stuff.
Well, Gran took care of that. Went to Target today and found lots of cute things.
Except gowns. Everything is either a "onesie" (a truly dumb name
for something if e'er there was one) or a sleeper or the like. No
gowns with the drawstring bottom. No little kimonos with the 3/4
sleeves and two snaps on the front. How on earth are you supposed
to have a fighting chance of changing baby's diaper without waking her
up? With a gown, this can be done.I know, for I've done it . . .
many times, in fact. But you have to pull little legs out and
cram little legs back in, and the kid's gonna be wide awake in short
order. Strange! I'd have crawled over gravel to have
disposable diapers with refastenable tapes (when my older kids were
babies, once the adhesive touched the diaper, that was IT . . . many a
diaper was fastened with masking tape because of this), but now they're
here, the wonderful gowns have disappeared.
However, I digress. So here I was with my sack o' goodies for
Hannah Alyse and needing to get 'em sent off. Instead of going to
the post office as is my wont, I remembered the Box & Ship place to
the east of Minyard's. Mercy Maud, but that was terrific!
The man who owns it had cut a box down for me last fall, and remembered
me. I handed over the bag, he took down the relevant addresses, I
paid $14, and he took it from there. He'll pack it, address it,
and send it off, hopefully to arrive by Friday, though it might be
Monday.That was marvelously easy, and we had a nice discussion about baby girls (his daughter is a year old).
Comments (14)
I never, ever managed to change a diaper without waking a baby, not even Ian Who Could Sleep Through The Big Bang. Sheesh, probably because they were more awake than I was most of the time. I didn't like those drawstring things. You can't put a baby into a car seat with them.
At Walmart a few days ago I saw a lady carrying the cutest blouse for a toddler I think I've ever seen-- it was all ruffly and decorated with bright yellow flowers, and button down front. Adorable! What fun you're going to have! Now, don't forget to share with Beth's parents!
Tell you what I wish I could find, and that's the nightgown we had for Jessica. Nylon, with rosebuds on it...deliciously feminine, and I can clearly recall her wearing it.
Rotsa ruck finding something like that for a reasonable price these days.
I love those drawstring nightgowns. A friend gave me several when Katherine was born and I bought more when Stephen and Mary Rose came along, enough that I didn't need to buy any for the next three babies, but by the time we were expecting Lilian, they were wearing out so I went looking for them. It was very disappointing. If I ever have another baby, I'll have to make baby gowns, since these are so threadbare.
If memory serves, there are plenty of gowns to be had at Babies R Us. Granted, it's a HIKE, but I think you'll find some that are at least somewhat satisfactory.
So when do we get details of labor and delivery? Not that I want gory details, mind you, but she had been hoping for a natural (drug-free) delivery and I'm dying to know whether she pushed a 9-1/2 lb baby out sans an epidural.
And there is one other little detail missing....PICTURES!!!! Did only Beth know how to upload and email pictures? And is Alyse her middle name? Quite pretty if it is.
So get on the ball Grandma!!
Hey, hey, hey! I've been nagging for pictures this age, I assure you.
Apparently Alex has never learned how to upload and email photos, but Beth is hopefully going to do so this evening. I'm watching the email anxiously.
She tried really, really hard to go natural, but after two nights sans sleep due to contractions (Sat & Sun), and being in labor for so long, it was determined yesterday morning she was too exhausted to push, even if they could get her past 8 cm, so the midwife went ahead and gave her an epidural. Alex says she was disappointed but very reasonable about it, and afterwards they both were able to sleep for a couple of hours before Hannah graciously decided to make her appearance.
There had been some fear one of her clavicles was broken, but an x-ray showed it wasn't. According to Alex, though, that shoulder is a bit "limp", as he put it, though Hannah can move it some. Poor Hannah was put through the wringer, trying to wriggle her way out!
And that's her middle name, which I thought was Elise, but apparently it's more like Ah-leese. Though it looks like a fancy version of "Alice" to me. ;^)
I love those gowns too! So sweet - like Sweet Pea!
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The gowns are still around, I had some for my last son. A lot of them are just elastic on the bottom now instead of the drawstrings though I think. They are awesome though we used them for night!! Another thing I LOVED that I got at resale stores or the Carters outlet (grapevine mills mall) was a Baby Bag type thing that Carters makes.I would put the boys in a tshirt or onsie, then Zip them into this "baby bag" it isn't car friendly but it was good for cold nights (I had 2 december babies). There is a babies r us near Bryant Irvin & 20, so far I've managed to stay away but I work right near there so sooner or later I'll be popping in looking at EVERYTHING.
Congratulations on the new grandbaby, I don't think I've said that yet
I'm glad she ended up getting the epidural. When things go on that long, it just wears you out (with or w/o the pain meds, but definitely worse without). Way to go Beth!! I'm so proud of her.
Don just arrived home from Killeen, and it turns out the reason we've not received pictures yet is becuz they're still at the hospital. DePaul keeps them two nights, not just one.
Hoped I could see Hannah on the WebNursery site, but Alex said they declined that.
DECLINED IT!!! >:^<
Has he run mad? Stark, staring mad?
Hey, Justagirl, we need to meet for lunch or something. I was shopping at the SuperTarget near there this afternoon, in fact. The Foley's at Hulen is the one I work at intermittently (will be in Housewares this Friday night, AAMOF).
Okay, presumably after five kids, I've been doing it wrong all along.
Why would you change a baby's diaper if it's asleep, anyway? It's not like they sleep for eight hours at a time.
When they wake up, you change them.
Have I been practicing Inferior Standards of Baby Hygiene all these years?
Baby'd be asleep but obviously Soaking Wet. So I'd carefully turn him or her over (this is before the days of Babies On Their Backs), pause, gently change the diaper, pausing as needful to let 'em settle back into deep slumber, then roll 'em back over on their tummy, all nice and dry.
But this works best with kimonos. It can be done with a gown, though.
Not a chance with anything with legs. Impossible.
'Splain to me, please, why women want to go through childbirth cold turkey? What's the advantage of suffering like that when safe alternatives that don't harm the baby are available? I've never understood it.
Lois, having done both, with meds only for one, I can tell you -- meds have side effects, and depending on your tolerance level, the feeling of knowing what is happening in your body isn't such a bad tradeoff for throwing up for several hours and having a baby that won't fully wake up for two days.
I wouldn't blame anyone who chose the meds, but for me, I was actually more "comfortable" being able to feel what was going on. Of course, I hasten to add I have always had labors in the medium to short realm (mostly 6-10 hours from first twinge to baby), but after having one without meds, and one with, I was happy to go back to natural for the last three. I also suspect, based on these and other experiences, that I have a high threshold of pain.
I guess my babies just woke up when they were soaked, then! Or it took them until they were hungry to get soaked, or something.
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