Motherhood Week 3

Monday was the scheduled weight check for Kiernan. To my delight, we are back up to birth weight of 8 lbs. 2 ozs! As a result we were told we did not need to continue coming in for weight checks. The next one will be at his one-month checkup.

Mom and Dad left on Friday, and none too soon. Mom and I have always butted heads from time to time. That has gotten MUCH better since I became pregnant and the arrival of Kiernan, but it does still happen.

The rest of the week was fairly uneventful except for finishing up the Christmas letters. Not bad considering how busy Kiernan is keeping me and the little bit of extra time that I have. Now to get all the thank yous cranked out too. It never seems to end.

Before Kiernan was born our neighbors and some friends of ours offered to make us some casseroles to eat after coming home so I wouldn’t have to worry about cooking. Our neighbors brought us a full meal – chicken, wild rice, apple salad, chocolate muffins for dessert, very yummy. Our other neighbor across the street brought us some turkey soup, and our friends brought us a couple of casseroles. It goes without saying that we were well cared for.

Mothers of colicky babies who are breastfed have to make a conscious effort to avoid eating foods that will upset baby’s stomach. Well, everything was going well until we dug into one of the casseroles from our friends, a chicken divan dish containing a small amount of broccoli. Boy was that a mistake. Kiernan suffered from that for about 48 hours before it passed through his system. Oh well, live and learn I suppose, right? It sure made for a long couple of days though!