What a busy few days! First, a pod mini-vacation over the weekend. We took a deep breath, strapped Frances into her mobile command unit and set the compass for Halifax. We were off to surprise Frankie's Grandma at the airport and what a surprise it was - complete with Grandma squeals and baby giggles.
Frances decided to doubly reward us for our travel courage - she was a peach in the car (thanks in part to the playing of our Cape Breton Lullabies CD one hundred times) and slept like a champ. On our night over in Halifax she dozed for six and a half hours straight (woo! woo!) and on our first night back for seven. If she had a fondness for anything (like animal crackers or dora stickers) she'd be getting a cart full.
Last night, most unfortunately, was back to normal - four hours and then two hours and then an hour. Here's hoping that this regression and not our i-can-hardly-believe-it-thank-you-thank-you-thank-you progress was the fluke.
This (four hours and two hours and one hour) wouldn't have been so bad had I not waited up until midnight to see if the free glasses deal at Clearly Contacts was for real. It was and my new (free) glasses are set to arrive at the end of October! I'm still sort of skeptical about just having tried these glasses on virtually so we'll see in a few weeks how they look on the not-blurry-web-cam version of myself.
On Monday we returned to the doctor for her weight check-up. Eight ounces in fourteen days! The doctor was happy to see that when put to the test this little girl could actually gain weight. I recounted our misadventures with formula (and Frank's victory ten days in) and our doctor agreed that since she knows what she wants (stubborn as a baby mule) we can forgo the nightly three hours needed to get her to take three ounces. I've found a great natural supplement (fenugreek - as awesome as everything online says it is) to help make sure that I am making all the milk the bug needs and pocketed a back-up prescription from the doctor just in case.
Anyways we're pretty excited to have scored a Grandma for two weeks and the bug is already loving not having to hang out on the bathroom floor while I have a shower (she's on her play mat but still its the bathroom floor - a big old zero on the baby-fun-o-meter). We're also excited to be staring down a week of perfect fall weather (perfect for sweaters and afternoon walks and turkey soup) reinforcing why we all love this season so damn much.
Mobile Command Unit
Morning Fog
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