24-Hour Real Time Blog of the Life of BugBat's Mom

For kicks, memories, and for something "productive" to do:

4:20 - Laundry
4:22 - Diaper
4:26 - Nursed
4:34 - Burped
4:49 - Put down for nap
4:55 - Laundry.
4:58 - Googled and researched "infant development" as in, "what in the world should we be doing while she's awake?"  Good resources:

• http://www.americanpregnancy.org/firstyearoflife/firstyeardevelopment.html
• http://www.parenting.com/article/parenting-guide-baby-milestones
• http://www.nncc.org/child.dev/infant.dev.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_development_stages

5:06 - Determined that simply talking to BugBat is the best thing to do at this point in her life.
5:20 - Grandpa Bill stopped by for a visit.
5:55 - Grandpa Bill left.
5:58 - Diaper.
6:09 - Began making dinner - pasta with meat sauce and cheese.  Boring but easy.
6:33 - Ordered Birth Announcements.
6:45 - Diaper x 2
6:45 - Mom and Ron stopped by for a visit.
6:50 - Ate dinner while mom held BugBat.
7:03 - Nursed BugBat; mom and Ron left.
7:09 - Burped.
7:23 - Diaper.
7:26 - Nursed.
7:36 - Burped.
7:40 - Nap.
7:41 - Awoke from nap and wanted comforted/held.
7:55 - Laundry with one arm.
8:00 - Attended to dog/cat with one arm.
8:15 - Nursed.
8:20 - Burped
8:25 - Nap.
8:26 - Snacked on applesauce while BugBat in swing.
8:45 - Watched this video and cried:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vkVHijdQk
8:57 - Laundry.
9:18 - Diaper x 3
9:26 - Nursed.
9:42 - Burped.
9:48 - Nap.
10:00 - Read book "Red Fish Blue Fish"
10:08 - Diaper
10:10 - Nursed.
10:26 - Burped.
10:35 - Nursed
11:05 - Diaper
11:07 - Nursed
11:20 - Diaper
11:24 - Burped
11:50 - Nursed
12:02 - Burped
3:38 - Diaper
3:40 - Nursed
3:50 - Burped
3:55 - Sleep
3:59 - Needs comforted/held
4:03 - Nursed
4:13 - Diaper
4:23 - Nursed
4:25 - Spit up all over mommy and bed
4:30 - Laundry
4:45 - Nursed
5:50 - Burped
5:55 - Sleep?
5:35 - Diaper
5:40 - Nursed
5:55 - Burped
6:05 - Nursed
6:10 - Burped
6:15 - Diaper
6:20 - Nursed
6:25 - Burped
6:36 - SLEEP?!?!
*For the record, this may be one of the worst nights so far....up for more than 3 hours....not sure what is going on; none of us are happy campers right now.
9:26 - Diaper
9:30 - Nursed
11:50 - Diaper x 3
11:55 - Laundry
11:59 - Nursed
12:06 - Burped
1:16 - Nursed
1:32 - Diaper
1:35 - Burped
2:15 - Nursed
2:21 - Diaper
2:25 - Burped
2:30 - Took cute videos of her awake time:

3:01 - Nursed
3:14 - Diaper
3:21 - Nursed
3:33 - Burped