A Great Day March 29, 2007

Today was a great day!

Ellie told me about this free class that is held near the U called “First Weeks”. They get together three days a week and there are different classes for different age groups…so first weeks is only for babies and their parents under 3 months of age. It’s free (they ask for a donation ) and it’s taught by a lactacian nurse who also helped author a book on pregnancy and babies. It was WONDERFUL!!! The class was an open forum….babies are there…and we are all free to cry, change diapers, breast feed….whatever you need to do….there are lot’s of “magic bouncy balls” otherwise known as the exercise ball that magically stops crying in its tracks….and people can ask absolutely any questions that they want to do and the nurse will tell you what she knows plus call on the experience of the other people in the class. There was a lot of disucssion about what babies are doing at what ages and it was so great to see other babies the same age as Fiona and to hear that she was doing the same things as them. (of course…none of them were rolling over =)

We learned a lot…and got some interesting tips and thoughts on things like getting her take the bottle….but more then anything it was just great to see all these babies and hear the noises they were making and see how much they cried….WE are not alone!!! Fiona is a lot like them. Those noises she makes aren’t weird….maybe she doesn’t cry more then other babies her age….oh my goodness maybe she is just a baby!!!

I think i am going to start going once a week. It was just such a lift for me to be with these other mothers and this wonderful lady who was telling us that we were all right! I’m also going to try and get my mom to go once (and maybe greg…don’t tell him yet). Mom has been staying with us a lot…and she has a ton of experience with babies….i mean she had three kids plus she has taken care of several children in her life….but I’m realizing that maybe she has forgotten what an infant is like. I think a lot of people remember babies after the 3 month stage…but they forget what they’re like the first couple of months…the noises they make…the crying they do…. Mom says things like, “i don’t remember you kids making those noises” or “i don’t think i’ve ever seen a baby cry that much” she means well…but now I think she’s just forgotten what an infant is like after seeing all these babies this morning. It might set her mind at ease as well!