8 weeks old and our first day out

Kaitlyn’s 8 weeks old today :D She’s discovered her hands and grabs everything that comes close… especially my hair! ouchies. She was even “holding” the bottle at the last feeding. It was very cute.

Quite a bit happened last week. We went to the 6 week check up, the follow up visit to the paediatrician for her fall, had a blood test, and I took her out on my own, on public transport, for the first time!

Everything went well at the 6 week check up. The Paediatrician told us to get her a blood test (for her jaundice) and a head ultrasound (to make sure she’s not injured from the fall). So, we had the blood test yesterday… It was painful to watch. The nurse did a heel prick and had to collect THREE TUBES of blood! My poor tiny little baby. THREE TUBES of blood… Well, it took more than 40 minutes and Kaitlyn cried for most of that time. I think it’s more from her foot being held so tight than having blood drawn… But either way, I think I was hurting quite a bit just watching her being “tortured”. A couple of times, I almost said to the nurse, stuff this, we are going home. But we stayed. I want to make sure her jaundice is not serious and maybe find out WHY she’s still jaundiced.

After the blood test, we went shopping at Parramatta. She was a good baby, only cried twice because she was hungery. I didn’t know it was school holidays already yesterday. It took more than an hour to check out at Target! There I was, standing in the queue, carrying the crying baby with one hand, and trying to push a pram full of shopping with another, and trying to move along the queue. It wasn’t all that fun. It was nice that Westfield has parents rooms that has breastfeeding booths!

By the time we got home yesterday, it was almost 6 hours since we left the house in the morning. I couldn’t believe we were out that long, and couldn’t believe I survived on my own, with baby, going around town, by public transport, for that long. I feel quite proud that’s done. I feel more confident now with baby. I hope soon, we can take an excursion into the city. Maybe when the weather clears up a bit…

Oh, by the way, whatever the council is doing with Church Street, in Parramatta, I hope they finish soon. Walking Church Street with a pram is like running an obstical course… Arrgh.