Getting the hang of things

Slowly getting the hang of being a mom to a newborn. Lots of sleeping during the day, yet, but I have hope that he will have fewer night-time fussy episodes as time goes on. Hard part now that I'm learning how to get enough sleep is finding time to eat properly. :p My mom made a lot of good food to eat, just gotta actually eat it!

Went to the pediatrician on Friday. While the Werecub was being weighed, I heard somebody say, "They're weighing that baby." A man with what looked like a 3-4 year old girl on his hip was pointing out our werecub on the scale. He said, "It's been a while since you were that small." Then, after a pause, "Actually, I don't think you were ever that small."

It made me smile.

I was getting stressed with all the time spent nursing at night and not sleeping, but then I read online someone discussing how much time is spent on sterilizing bottles and heating formula for bottle-fed babies, which makes nursing more convenient most of time. There's a tradeoff no matter what you choose. Perspective makes it easier to deal with the ones I've chosen.

Messages to the wind..

I remember, in school, when the entire school went out with large, helium-filled balloons. Each one had a little card on its string, asking that whoever found the balloon fill out the card with the location and send it back to the school. We let them go in one big batch one morning, then had a bulletin board in the hallway that tracked the responses. Most were close by, but some went an astonishing distance, carried by the wind.

I wonder if schools still do that, sometimes. Could they, with today's environmental worries?