Three weeks seemed to be a turning point for Valor in terms of getting used to his schedule. Since my last post, he has cut the crying before naps down to an average of about 20 minutes. Sometimes it’s still much longer, but often it’s very short. Today he had his best day yet for [...]
Earlier this week I dreamed we were living in a post-apocalyptic future where electricity was either scarce or non-existent, and we lived in a shanty sort of dwelling but were able to watch “movies” on a View-Master. It was kind of weird, but in a realistic sort of way. Unlike the dream I had a [...]
Last night in bed I was telling Abby how I thought having a “normal” kid was going to mean every day new abilities demonstrated which would differentiate Valor from James, but that so far reality felt slower than expectation. To which Abby replied, “he’s three weeks old.” However, today Valor added shot-blocking skills to his [...]
Lack of sleep makes it hard to think deep thoughts, or even write long sentences. Here is a sample from my brain at week 2.5, in no particular order. 1. Valor is starting to recognize patterns, which in turn bring comfort, like the onesie being first pulled over his head, then an arm pulled through, [...]
No, no… I don’t mean as in “non dormis”… what I mean is, when Valor left the hospital, the nurses told us that because of the night where he had a couple “dusky” episodes where he wasn’t taking in sufficient oxygen, that we should incline his crib, which somehow helps with his respiration, and monitor [...]
