Archive for the ‘Baby’ Category

Ashton has an awful cold. I never knew so much mucous could come out of something so small. He seems to be dealing with the issue by not sleeping. We’re running a humidifier and a Vick’s vaporizer to help him at night.
Despite being sick I took him outside when I got home today. [...]

Today is Ashton’s one month birthday. He’s changed so much in a month. He’s grown. He’s gained weight. He’s lost hair. And he is curious about the world. Looking back over the last month, it breaks down pretty much like this:

Way overdue but we just uploaded another 20 photos of Ashton to Flickr. The photos are all fullsize 2288 x 1712px. They make great 4×6 prints and should make decent 8×10s too (if anybody is interested). This kid’s gonna be famous…

I know it’s Sunday only because the clock on my computer is telling me it’s Sunday. Things have gone pretty much as we expected them to. We took “Child Preparedness” classes and spent the last month or so watching A Baby Story and Bringing Home Baby on TLC. And we weren’t completely clueless to begin with.

Full post after the jump. Quick stats: Born at 3:11 PM CST. Weight: 7lbs 11oz. Head: 14″ diameter. You can see pictures here.

We were admitted to Seton Hospital about 30 minutes ago. Karina has been having contractions non-stop for days now but they finally met the 5-1-1 rule: five minutes apart, one minute in duration, and consistent for at least an hour. Today, Baby Clussman will be parolled.

I’m going to start pointing everybody to this space for updates, especially the non-update updates, which is what this is: baby still isn’t here. Karina has continued to have contractions all day but they’re still not consistent. The birthing ball seems to be working wonders–she gets a contraction five seconds after she sits on it. We’re also going for walks and trying other ideas to help jumpstart active labor.

There is some irony that Karina is finally ready for Baby to come out and now he’s the one who isn’t cooperating. I’m convinced that, up until now, she’s kept her legs tightly crossed and was busy summoning all of her willpower to keep him locked away until she was ready for him. Baby was a prisoner in her womb. I’m sure of it!