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I've been nailed with an infection in my womb that has knocked me off of my feet. Please pray for me because I'm struggling* hard to handle the basics of just feeding and changing diapers after crawling out of the sofa bed like death warmed over. The pain is pretty feirce too. Sorry if I sound like a wimp but I'm suffering and I deffinately need some graces! It's tough on the mind when you, a mom, can't really do much for your own baby except feed and change diapers. I can only hold her for a brief time due to the pain and I can't walk around rocking her... anyhoo, no one said life would be easy so any prayers/good thoughts will be appreciated and I'll carry on with the determination of a determined mum!

Worse still... wayyyyy beyond my own problems... is Aunt Diane. She is my mother's sister and Elspeth's great-aunt who was due to arrive here in a week for a visit. My dear Aunt had to cancel her trip due to needing emergency heart surgery! HOLY SMOKES!! Something about a blockage of the heart... dude... so, any prayers/good thoughts for Aunt Diane will be even more appreciated! At least I'm only dealing with an infection. I can't imagine having a blockage of the heart and facing heart surgery!! Please pray that Aunt Diane LIVES.

On a lighter note, I've become convinced that newborns could crack walnuts with their butt cheeks. Seriously! Just try and get a wet cotton ball between those tiny little things when the struggling wean has decided she is NOT in the mood. Ain't happening! I've never seen anything suck its butt-cheeks up into its own body like a newborn bairn! Needless to say, diaper changing is never dull.

Hmmm. Babe is still fussing. I tried to trick her into taking sterilized water instead of milk. She sooked but now Elspeth is like, "Thanks but honestly, do you think I'm stupid or something? Gimme MILK lady!!"

To any parents-to-be out there: Don't ever fall for the silly idea that you can out-fox a newborn. They are as fly as a pack of monkeys! You'll never pull one over on these little people... so take my advice and don't even try because you'll only humiliate yourself! There's nothing more humbling then making a fool of yourself in front of an 11 day old mini-human...

* By the way, I'm not struggling mentally. Only physically. I'm totally loving being a mum!! This little babgy is so incredibly fascinating. I expected a newborn to pop out kinda blank and dull. I'd feed her every this and that hours, put her down at this or that time... but instead of a blank little robot they plopped a little unique person into my arms!! She was her own little self from day one!! And uh... Elspeth was not in the least impressed with exchanging the nirvana of the womb for this odd world. She digs Creed though so that's good! I have their "Greatest hits of Creed" cd blasting away and my little chicky is enjoying it fine.

P.S. Newborns force you to aquire amazing new skills! I never knew that I could eat a banana without hands while changing a diaper... (Desparation ~ it was 3am and I was starving!!)