happy 1 month birthday, z!

it's tough now, finding time to post.  adding pictures is now going to be mostly j's domain.  i just don't have the time or energy.  it's 5am right now, which is pretty much the only time i have two hands free to type.  i imagine my one handed typing skills will eventually get better, but for now, i'm too impatient.  z is one month old now.  he's still not sleeping great, but i think it might be getting better.  all i know is that i can certainly still use more sleep.  and i recovered from the cold z gave me, but now i feel like i'm coming down with another one.  hard to tell if it's a cold, or just a reaction from eating too much dairy products.  

i had my first outing with z yesterday, the first time all by myself.  i'm still a little slow with the car seat & stroller, but it'll get better with more practice.  i had a dentist's appointment (yay -no cavities), and then i went to a new mom's group at st. vincent (hospital).  the mom's group meets weekly- everyone sits in a circle with her baby & takes a turn talking about what went well/bad in the past week, getting/giving advice from/to others.  a nurse runs the group.  i learned that i need to swaddle z more when putting him down to sleep, and that i need to see a lactation consultant, as the breast feeding is still hurting, and it shouldn't.  half the moms said they had seen "doris," a consultant at st. vincent, who supposedly can work magic, so i'll be seeing her on thursday.  

today we have painters coming to paint some areas in the basement.  i hope they get the work done quickly, and hope it's not too smelly.  

off to nap before z wakes up again...