01 FEB 2008 – FRIDAY
Amanda and I worked a lot. After I picked her up from the hospital in the evening, we decided to just eat Thai at Jamjuree in Capitol Hill. We ate a lot before returning home and passing out relatively quickly.
02 FEB 2008 – SATURDAY
We went up to Group Health for a couple of classes. The first was a lactation class. The instructor was half-an-hour late because she overslept, so it took a bit for her to get into the groove. I was feeling sluggish due to my irregular sleeping, but managed not to fall asleep. As for the class itself, it was informative, I guess. I did learn stuff after all.
We had a short break, so Amanda and I had a quick lunch at a nearby Subway. Amanda and I used to go to Subway in Ithaca quite a bit for their $2.99 Tuesdays, but, alas, there was none of that here, and lunch was much more expensive. Amanda berated me for getting some chips: “These are so bad for you!” but I ignored her.
The second class was on generic baby care. The instructor talked about such things as the first few days after birth, strategies for calming crying babies, etc.. She had a couple come in with their eight day old baby to give us some advice and to demonstrate baby bathing and whatnot. I noted the couple had the same baby seat that we just bought online. Good choice! The guy looked like he seriously just fell out of bed; he looked very rumpled and his hair was sticking out all over the place. His wife looked great considering she had just given birth recently. His name was one I am considering for the progeny: “Hiro”, but Amanda is not very enthusiastic about it.
The baby/instructor interaction was a little freaky. The kid would cry, the instructor would demonstrate some technique, and the baby would stop crying. Weird. I can only hope to be so skilled.
After the class we went to a baby store in Madison Valley to look at slings and stuff. We tried a bunch on and bought a Moby Wrap. I dunno how useful it will be, but I guess we will see.
After relaxing a home for a while, we headed off to Jeff and Kristine’s for their kid’s first birthday party. It was fun.
Mandy came over that evening after dinner for dessert. Amanda made a bundt cake of some type. Tasty.
03 FEB 2008 : SUNDAY
I slept in. It was great. Amanda went shopping with Mandy, and when she returned we (minus Mandy) went off to buy Stuff. We also went to the library. Amanda felt bad because of her $10.80 late fees, and she blamed me for them all. Unfortunately, while she did check out some books for me, only 15 cents of that fine was my doing.
It was superbowl sunday, but there was no TV for us. We worked and cleaned up the house and whatnot. James called Amanda for help because one of her patients was in labor and did not want a male provider, so she went in for a few hours to check her out.
04 FEB 2008 : MONDAY
Amanda was going to talk with someone about a job, but her patient was seriously going to deliver imminently so she went off. I worked at home until she came back about noon. I then took her to clinic and went off to Bothell. I eventually came back to pick her up. Amanda briefly wanted to go out for Mexican food because it was late and the day had been long, but we just went home. She had chickenless nuggets and I had cheese tortellini. Yum.
One of her coworkers had given us a kids bath and a car seat (for toddlers it looks like). He fully disclosed that it was old and probably on the edge of the manufacturer’s replacement recommendations I am not sure we need either, but I guess we will see.
We also got our baby car seat delivered. Like the above items, we don’t really have anyplace to store it, so I went ahead and installed it in the car. I was surprised with how easy it was. I wonder if I am among the 20% of people who install them correctly.
05 FEB 2008 : TUESDAY
Says Amanda when we leave for work:
“We have a baby seat in our car?!?!!?” Crazy, I know.