Just Food Is Not Enough!

[ 0 ] May 28, AD 2014 | Julie Machado

Before my baby was born in April, I had carefully been reading and rereading Gina Ford’s The Contented Little Baby Book. It consists of several routines for feeding and sleeping from newborn to one year. I made little “cheat sheets” of printed out routines, ready to go and ready to follow. However, I started becoming so obsessed when I couldn’t get my baby anywhere close to following the routines in the first month that I had to stop reading the book.

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Saturday, May 03, 2014

A break from the world

Hmm... where to begin? This is a picture of my swollen feet as I journaled while waiting to be able to leave the hospital. I didn't know what to write. These days have been surreal. I took a picture looking out the hospital window because I had forgotten there was a world outside. I still feel that way, a month later. And it's nice because the world understands... and gives you a break while you're a little knocked out of your senses.

Then there is a picture of the sleeping baby with a name tag saying she's my daughter in case anyone gets confused (including myself). And flowers from our neighbors when we got home. Really nice of them.