Robert Fromont

Stranger in an Even Stranger Land

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Fausta - Week II

Friday, 1 Apr 2011 - 23:32PM

  Highlights of week two:

  • yucky umbilical thingy dropped of (the nurse called it "la tripa")
  • first checkup - we are told that every weird thing that Fausta does, including that scary Gollum noise, "is totally normal"
  • parents learn to take extra 'onesy' on outings in case of overflow
  • Fausta learns that screaming really loud gets immediate results
  • parents learn that what they previously thought was Loud Screaming was Mild Wimpering compared to this
  • Felicia gets fed earlier and earlier, as resistence to incessant meowing wears down (current first feed: 5:45am, almost four hours earlier than BF feeding time)
  • father learns not to take dirty nappy away too soon - there might be last-minute additions...
  • mother hits on Perfect Bath Temperature for Septic Fit Avoidance 
  • first café visit

Stroll to the café for lunch

Things that can be done with one hand:

  • feed meowing cat
  • prepare vietnamese coffee
  • surf internet (including slow one-hand typing if necessary)
  • operate smartphone and iPod
  • eat a calzone if it's already been cut up

Things that can not be done with one hand:

  • prepare breakfast
  • roll new cotton balls for botty-wiping
  • wind up the  change-table music box (which plays what we call the "poo music")
  • dress oneself
  • plug in mp3-to-stereo cable
  • various carry/car seat operations