We just had our two week appointment with our midwife and Sebastian has gained a pound and two ounces! Obviously nursing is working. Sometimes Julien finds it frustrating that Sebastian nurses so much, which is understandable. Sleep hasn't been too bad so far. Sebastian can sleep for three hours at a time, which is great! It was months and months before Julien slept three hours straight. I am hoping this will continue.
Almost every morning during the last two weeks I have been painting Juliens face before school. He has been Power Rangers, Batman, Robin, Spiderman, a Giraffe, a pirate etc...
We are now sincerely in babyland; nursing constantly and frequently seeming as if in a daze.
My actual labor for Sebastian's birth was short and intense. On July 15 I woke up at 2:10 a.m. with painful contractions about ten minutes apart. I lay in bed for about half an hour and then started to move around the house. I sat next to our kitty Zeus for a while and used his purrs to help me breathe through the pain. At 4:00 I woke Richard up, or rather my vocalizations woke him up. We called our midwife and Doula at about 5:00, and my water broke soon after. By the time everyone arrived, around 6:00, I was laboring in the pool. At 6:30 I said I felt "pushy," so Richard ran to wake up Julien. 20 minutes later we had a new baby boy!
Sebastian Elliot Sewell Higgins. Born 6:48 a.m. on July 15 at home, 9 lbs, 15 oz., 20 3/4 inches long.
Kathy visited us for a couple days. We had hoped we would have the baby by then, but no luck. Still, it was wonderful to see her and her visit thrilled Julien.
On Monday, my official due date, we had a false alarm. I had contractions two minutes apart that lasted about a minute long. I could hardly walk, was shaking etc. Tanya told Richard to call the midwife over right away. When she arrived she took one look at me and set up all the equipment. In between contractions she said "It looks like we will have a baby this afternoon!" And then it just slowed down until it practically stopped. She checked me and I was only three and a half centimeters dilated so everyone went home. Since then my contractions have been very slow and minor (in other words not painful).
Well, Tanya came and left and still no baby. But we had a wonderful visit. Julien adored her. During her visit Julien became obsessed with national flags, so she and Julien made lots of flags of different countries on colored felt. This obsession was brought on by the World Cup. Now Julien wants to go to Italy. Not only did they win the world cup, they also have roman ruins.
Julien desided he wanted to make a nest and hang it in the crab apple tree. I am not sure the birds know what to think of it. I keep thinking of our little nest waiting for our baby...
Julien is currently obsessed with the World Cup. We have been making shirts for the different teams- Ghana, Italy, Ukraine, Portugal, USA, Argentina, England, Germany, and last but not least France, which is what he is wearing in this photo. We have been rooting for France but Julien was rooting for Portugal in the last game (I think because they wear red) and is now rooting for Italy.
