Monthly Archive for June, 2006

eating and sleeping, and not being up the ENTIRE night are all things Jaiden does now.
I’d be sleeping peacefully too if I’d had the same day Jaiden had
the lil tiger started his day with a wet crib (diapers kinda big, newborns aren’t all skinny like he is )
after that he wet his crib a few more times, whacked himself in the head (he thinks that since he can move his head/neck around, he can do everything)
he spit up a few times. that was uneventful though.
every time his diaper leaked onto his crib, we had to go through a half-hour or so of crying, since changing isn’t one of his favorite tasks.
the final touch for the poor tyke though was the latest bout of peeing. we were changing his diaper (we’d switched to a slightly smaller one from huggies) and the diaper stuck to him -down there- (ouch ouch ouch!!) and he cried sooo hard, then peed and got his arm/head/hair, and parts of his torso. quite a reach he has. he also got his daddy’s shirt. I’m assuming it was so vigorous because of the diaper thing, which is why I mentioned it. Anyway! we got out the baby soap stuff and soaped up his hair, cleaning down all the body parts while we were at it (baby soap is awesome! it does hair -and- body ). Now he smells all clean and soapy
he’s sleeping now (though it’s his waking-time, so he may wake soon and need more milk, so I’d better sleep ) and all cute and peaceful.
hope tomorrow isn’t as hectic for him!
=^.^=

Thursday June 22nd, 2006 at 11:39pm, Jaiden A. Figueroa decided he was big enough to squirm out of me and into the doctor’s arms. She barely caught him since he was -still- wiggling. I felt him as he came out, all wet and weird and WIGGLY gah! a real handful
he weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long, with a 33.5cm chest
turns out his head was 35cm, and women only get up to 10cms, so I tore a bit. stitches didn’t hurt going in, don’t hurt now, but they’re fairly annoying. sposed to disappear in two weeks, so woohoo!
he has a full head of hair already, a mixture of colors. his ears are elf-ears and leaf-shaped which I think is AWESOME!!
he’s got my arms/skin (not color, just texture) and Jason’s legs (to an extent — he has my muscles). He’s also got my hands, but with longer fingers, and his pointy-fingers don’t turn in like mine do. he gets his ears from his great-grampa roy, and his monkey-feet (which are pretty long, along with his legs) from my dad. Peter has the same feet, so that’s interesting — I have mom’s feet! (better give ‘em back…)
there’s the cutest dimple in his chin which comes from Jason, though nobody would know -that- because Jason’s chin is covered by hair
his eyes are certainly his most prominent feature, when they’re open. they’re an odd mix of his great-gramma’s eyes, mine and Jason’s. not quite asian, really big, and he has my eyelashes (which is good, Jason’s point down more ) still not as long as Peter’s and Grampa Roy’s, but long enough to be long. his eyebrows are pretty light, but I’m sure they’re the same shape as mine. Jason’s are really thick and arch up in the middle like a point, and Jaiden’s are thinner and longer, and also light like mine
his chin, I donno. we speculate that he gets it from grampa rene he’s got cute chubby cheeks, but you can see they won’t stay that way. no extra fat on him anywhere, same as peter was/is.
he’s already moving his head around and using his neck, so he’s definetly got good muscles from the onset. we already know he likes to kick things, since he never stopped moving while inside me
he’s 4 days old and keeps trying to turn over onto his belly. maybe he thinks he’s a turtle.
aaanyway, the lil tiger’s gonna wake up and want food soon, so I’d better warn my tired nipples

*hughughughughug*

soo!
this morning I went to the bathroom and discovered there was weird wet stuff, so I thought maybe my water’d broken. after much deliberation and sleuthing about amniotic fluids, Jason convinced me that I shouldn’t hate labor/delivery and we should get going. I called in ahead and we went in. My water is fine, it has not broken.
It was while I was laying on the bed thingie, monitor dealies stuck all over my gigantic belly, that I heard a nurse comment, “oh, there’s another contraction!”
I stared at her, and said “That was a contraction?”
she nodded, and said “they’re about 5 minutes apart.”
I was surprised, because I’d been feeling a slight pressure in my lower-belly area, kinda painful but not really. I’d figured it was just the baby moving While they occur fairly often, I’m used to Jaiden moving most of the time, so I didn’t think anything of it.
I was about 1.25cm dilated when they checked, so that’s something I guess.
I was instructed to return when the contractions are 2-5 minutes apart and a -lot- more painful than they currently are, to the point where I can’t breathe easily. So I sit here, waiting for these contractions to get worse
She said to wait about 2 hours after they start happening like that. Since it’s a first pregnancy (they didn’t count the other one) they seem to think it’ll take longer than a second/etc…so I’m spending most of the actual labor time at home. I’ll probably be in the hospital actually giving birth for a few hours, and then they’re keeping me there for a few days (graaah!) so if you don’t see me for a few days, THAT’S WHY!!
as far as contacting me, cellphones aren’t allowed (they apparently mess with the machinery) so I won’t get any txts or calls. If you want to relay anything to me call the hubby’s cell and leave a message, he’ll check them every few hours or so. Anyway! just letting everybody know what’s happening –
wheeeee!!
(how many contractions occured while I typed that up? )