2004-07-15-10:12 p.m.
So....
Simone Cloutier was born June 17th, just after 6 a.m.
She was a whopping 9 pounds and 23 inches long. She'll be a month old tomorrow and is already up to 11 pounds. She's off the chart for height and weight and the pediatrician projects her to be 6 feet tall if she maintains normal growth rates. Yow! I have big kids. Sort of unexpected.
Right now, she's a screamer. Just yells and yells. It does my head in. She smiles quite a bit though too -- and I've heard her laugh in her sleep twice.

birth
The birth was ok. Natural childbirth hurts A LOT. The stage called transition is a real bitch. It's like a solid hour long contraction of total agony. It makes you crazy and I felt like I was in a room surrounded by gibbering monkeys instead of doctors, nurses, and midwives. Only Aaron could communicate with me -- and only if he was about 3 inches from my face -- because I was somewhere else mentally. Fortunately, things moved quickly.

breastfeeding
I'm not really into breastfeeding but I'm doing it anyway. I don't know how long I'll do it though. I really want to exercise and get back in shape. I've lost almost all the extra weight already but I didn't have much. I only gained 25 pounds... but I hate the giant breasts you get afflicted with when you breastfeed. Ugh. Those last few pounds won't go away until I quit.

At least breastfeeding is working this time, so it's an option - unlike with Roen. However, it's a lot harder to make yourself do it once you know how much easier bottle feeding is. I have to remind myself of the benefits of breastfeeding a hundred times a day. I'm committed to doing it until mid-september but I don't know if I'll go beyond that.

big brother
Ro's adapting pretty well to his little sister. He's very sweet to her when he isn't totally ignoring her. He gives her kisses every day and does the "this little piggy went to market" rhyme on her toes.

Ro boy will be three next week. We've been puzzling over birthday presents like crazy. I've been considering battery powered john deere tractors and leap pads but finally opted for a nice tricycle and three books and two dvds and some other miscellaneous stuff. I just can't make myself like the leap pad. It would be a neat toy if someone made classic literature for it. You can't get good books for the thing. It's all drivel. Very sad really.

We may have a small party for him next week. We're still not sure.

I'm not on the computer much these days. I'm hoping to be better... But stuff is complicated right now. Good but complicated.

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