Mom On The Run

My second annual 29th birthday is just over a week away – and to be honest, you know what I want? I want someone to do 3 loads of laundry, the dishes, replace 2 light bulbs, hang up my hanging plants in front of the house, clean out Sierra’s closet, install a dimmer switch and install some shelves in Sierra’s room. I’m a simple gal, with simple tastes – all I want is a weekend of help, so that I can get the greatest gift of all – SLEEP!

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Or does Sierra look ALOT like Denise Richards’ second daughter Lola?

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I always thought stay at home moms had it made in the shade. What could be better than being home with your child all day? But wow! I was in for a surprise! It’s hard work! This is my first week home alone with Sierra – and this is how I typically spend my day:

7 hrs Feeding – 40 min bottle feeding + 20 min “expressing” – 7 times a day!
3 hrs Changing – 20 min each change (hopefully I’ll get faster soon) – 9 times a day
2 hrs Playing – the fun part of parenthood (unless it’s at 3 am) – Sierra wakes up and wants to be played with 2 times a day for appx. 1 hr
30 min Bathing – one 30 min bath a day.
1 hr Laundry – sorting, washing, drying, folding……

The rest of my day is spent preparing meals, going for walks with Sierra and Cosmo Dawg, tidying my house, sleeping and of course, blogging.

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When you’re small nothing fits. No – not me – I’m doing quite well in the weight department thank you very much, but Sierra, on the other hand is tiny. Have you ever seen a 4-5lb baby? They are incredibly small. (I keep meaning to take a picture of her next to a Teddy Bear so we can monitor her growth – btw – great idea Kimmie!). In the hospital, we had to do a special car seat test that’s only done on pre-term babies. They asked me to dress her and buckle her in her car seat for 90 min while a Respiratory Therapist (RT) monitored her breathing. They were shocked when all of the outfits I had packed in my hospital bag were all too big for her. Like hello – I wasn’t exactly planning on having a preemie – I don’t think that anyone really does. The criticism by the RT brought me to tears.

Once we brought her home, we had to dress her – we could no longer get away with double swaddling her with only a diaper on underneath. Her 0-3 mos sleepers were (and still are) way too big. Her feet slip out of the bottem of her sleepers, and then her legs get stuck in the crotch. That’s when the fun begins. She wails and wails and wails. She’s not hungry. She’s not dirty. She’s not cold. She’s not hot. WTF? So I bought some pink yarn that first week, and tied her feet into the bottem of her sleepers. Oh and how I would cry and cry and cry as I tied her feet in. My poor baby – too small for clothes! I felt so guilty for bringing her into this cruel world that discriminates against small people even before they’re a week old.

But alas! The world isn’t so cruel afterall! First, my cousin Kim came to the rescue! She gave Sierra a bag FULL of preemie sleepers! And they were pink too! Then, my friend Barb gave her another bag FULL of newborn sleepers! So now, all is good in this world – Sierra’s clothes fit, and I no longer cry every time I dress her.

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BTW – that’s poker that he’s playing…

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