Thermalgal’s Temperate Mumblings

My bump relocated

January 11, 2008 on 3:35 pm | In Uncategorized | 3 Comments

I finally found a position that Henry likes in his Maya wrap.  I had tried the newborn carry, but he didn’t like that.  But he likes the vertical hold.  Of course he has slipped a bit and is now in a cross between the two but he seems to still be happy.  This is a good thing!  It means that I can get to my computer more often and I can type with two hands (wow…).  I  bet I can even knit while holding him now too.  I restarted the baby blanket.  While the fancy patterns were cool, they were hurting my hands.  That combined with gauge issues means I didn’t want to work on it.  So, I ditched the fancy patterns and I’m going with just garter stitch as written.  It is also good brainless knitting for the wee hours of morning which Henry decides is play time.  Can you believe that he is going to be a month old tomorrow and that I still (only?) have 6 weeks of maternity leave left.

And just a quick comment about the weight thing.  I can’t really start to exercise or diet until after my postpartum checkup which is in three weeks.  But I am happy to say that I’m only 6 pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight right now.  I’m very surprised by this.  I figured since I gained *cough* more than 35 pounds that it would take a while to come off.  I came home from the hospital only 10 pounds lighter than when I arrived (with 25+ still to go), but by Christmas I was down another fifteen.  Of course that is just pure weight and doesn’t even address the condition of my abs (very sad…).  I’ll start to work on that after my doctor’s appointment.  In college I did some Callanetics and it worked really well.  I might have to see what kind of condition that old tape is in or if I need to upgrade to a DVD.