sad about nanny

Anne Rogers wrote:

Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 11 weeks old weighing 15
pounds 10 ozs.

Andrea, your sig always makes me smile because my seven & a half month
daughter weighs 15 lb 10 also and I always think what good milk you must
have to got where mine is in eleven weeks :-)

it makes me jealous, my son is 13 weeks old today, the doc saw us this
morning and should know roughly how old he is but thought he was only 9
weeks, and last week my husband took him on to the postnatal ward to pick
up some formula when I was in hospital, as he was leaving he was told he
couldn't take the baby of the ward, at 12 weeks he had been mistaken for a
newborn who was on the ward, they do say smaller one are cuter, but
sometimes (and I know this is really silly) I feel a failure as a woman,
bad at growing babies inside and not much good at getting them to put on
weight outside.

No, no don't feel like a failure. Look at it like you have a
lightweight baby!

DD was the median baby - she was always at the 50th percentile, except
when she was at the 25th percentile. It was wonderful - I could figure
out what size she would be the next season and prepare. She was very
portable and easy to hold.

DS, on the other hand, is a huge baby. At 8 weeks, he was 16 1/2 lbs.
I don't know how much he weighs at 12-13 weeks, but he's heavier. And
it's killing my back. I can't carry him in the infant carrier anymore -
it's too heavy.

So while I'm happy that DS is obviously thriving on breastmilk, I can't
help but wish he were at the 50th percentile like his older sister.

Jeanne

Andrea wrote:

--
Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 11 weeks old weighing 15
pounds 10 ozs.

We had Pillbug's wbv today and he's 11 weeks
and 15 pounds 7 ozs! He's almost exactly the
same size as Kamron!

-- Anita --
--
SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST
TWENTY ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE
POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH AIR THIRTY ONE
MILES LONGEST 57 SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME CHRISTMAS.

i'm so sorry. i had to go back to work when my first was 9 weeks old
and mydh took care of the baby. i hated it too.

kc

Irrational Number wrote in message ...
So, we hired a nanny and today is her first day.
Since I don't know for sure how much milk Pillbug
is taking in a day, I'm pumping all day and she's
feeding Pillbug with the bottle. By the end of
this week, I should know how much I need to pump
at work.

All this is fine and good... BUT, I'm feeling
very sad. The nanny is very good... she's the
one picking up Pillbug when he cries; she's the
one feeding him when he's hungry; she's the one
changing him when he poops... I'm here in my
room feeling sad. She's taking over my job...
Which is what I intended in the first place,
since I'm going back to work in 3 weeks... (Finally,
after 6 months bed rest plus 3 months leave!)
I'm looking forward to going back to work, but
I'm sad that I'm no longer going to do my
_primary_ job in the daytime... I'm kind of
hoping Pillbug doesn't sleep through the night
for awhile just so I get that time with him...
(I may regret saying this. )

-- Anita --
Mommy to Pillbug, 10 weeks

Mogget wrote in message ...
I believe there's nothing wrong with small babies.

yeah maybe we should start making them pocket size only then it will
be really easy to heft

I think it might be
an advantage in some ways - eg easier for the mum to heft, and when the
baby begins to toddle, a small light baby won't hurt himself so much
when he falls over.

don't know much physics do you

mk5000


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