Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat!
To   : alt.tv.er
From : npardue
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 12:49:00

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er



I remember in my baby blues first week, first morning home in fact, I
whined
to my husband that the baby wasn't getting any milk. He got this
puzzled
look on his face and said, "Then what is it he's peeing out every
couple
hours? And what the heck is that he's spitting up?"!

"What goes in must come out!"


>

It was such an inconvenience to the, I think! With all three of my boys
I
did 'rooming-in' which was wonderful. I had the option to take the baby
back
to the nursery when I showered or wanted some sleep, but as long as I
was
there, they let baby stay.

I had sort-of rooming in.  Shaina had a fever when she was born so she
had to spend a couple of days in the NICU. *Technically* she was in the
NICU but since she was really just a very healthy baby who happened to
be hooked up to an IV, (the fever resolved within a few hours)  they
would let me have her in my room during the day. She had to go back at
night and (along with all the babies) during open visiting hours.
(Thankfully that archaic rule was discarded a couple of years after she
was born.) But the nurses weren't the least bit shy about bringing her
to me when she cried at night, or coming to bring me to her when she
cried (as she almost always did) during those open visiting hours. So
I'd hike down to the nursery and feed her there.




> As you said, completely convenient, easy, and
> didn't tie me down at all. Usually I just took her with me.  When I
> couldn't, I initially left a bottle of pumped milk, but she wouldn't
> take it, so at that point I just made sure that I nursed before leaving
> and was never gone for more than a couple of hours.


Cash and carry stage. No baby bag, just a spare diaper and wipes in my
purse. If I nursed I could get a couple hours which was great.

I used cloth diapers, so I couldn't travel QUITE that light, but yeah.
When she was a month old we went to Nashville for a long weekend.  Her
'suitcase' consisted of the diaper bag. A few dozen diapers (I did use
disposables for travel), a box of wipes and a few changes of very tiny
clothes. (She was a little bitty thing -- 6  1/2 pounds at birth,
probably around 8 pounds at one month ... 17 1/2 pounds at one year.)
No need for formula or bottles. SOOO handy.  Six months later we went
to Boston. A slightly longer trip and she was on solids by then, so we
needed to toss some babyfood in the bag, but still pretty light going.
(That was also the only time I can remember ever NOT being able to
nurse her when she was hungry and we were out in public.  A crowded
subway train in the middle of rush-hour is just not condicive to that
sort of thing. Fortunately the guy in the next seat was very
understanding about my screaming baby and did his best to help me
soothe her until we got back to the hotel and I could feed her. (In the
lobby.  We had already checked out.)

Naomi

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