Piggysnoot

Dear Nora,

This week you started sleeping more like a human being and less like an evil non-sleeping monster. You have been sleeping in four or five hour stretches almost every night…and it’s been glorious. There have even been times where you’ve slept for six or seven hours…although that’s only when you’re in your carseat. Your Daddy said that the person who makes a crib that’s exactly like a carseat will be rich. We have had a few occasions where you were inconsolable that we resorted to taking you out on purpose…just so you’d sleep for a while when we got back home. Saturday night, for instance, we needed to get you some wipes. Did we go two blocks away to the grocery store? Oh no. We went to WalMart…not our WalMart…the one that’s a half hour away.

We went to see your doctor this week, too. He wanted us to come back in to go over a test result from one of your birth screenings. Of course I spent much of the time up to the appointment freaking out that something was terribly wrong…they don’t have you come in the office for good news, right? Well yes and no. There was a part of a blood test that you failed…but only barely…so they wanted to redo the test to make sure you don’t have this strange freakish hard to pronounce condition. We only have to wait two more weeks to get the results. The doctor is pretty sure you’re fine because you were only under the standard by two points…he said not to worry. The worst part of this whole thing is that we had to take you to the hospital to get your blood drawn so they could retest you. They didn’t just stick your heel this time. They had to hold you down…put on the arm strap thing…and draw it out of your little vein in your elbow. I think it was just as traumatic for you as it was for me…

I had to go back to work today. Surprisingly this wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be…until I got to work. Then I sat there thinking about you. Were you awake? Were you hungry? Were you wondering where I was? Were you being a big pain in your Daddy’s behind? Even though I left you in his completely capable hands I found myself worrying about how you were doing. I was at my desk for a half hour before I called to check in. Today’s four hour separation is the longest we’ve been apart since you were born…and I was pretty happy when you wanted to nurse when I came home…it was nice to reconnect with you after being away…

Love,
Mommy