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Jeanette's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 10/27/02 -------------------- 9/22/02 9/13/02 8/25/02 8/17/02 8/14/02 8/12/02 8/11/02 7/27/02 7/20/02 7/14/02 7/10/02 6/22/02 6/10/02 5/25/02 5/23/02 5/21/02 5/8/02 5/2/02 5/1/02 4/9/02 4/6/02 4/4/02 4/3/02 3/31/02 3/28/02 3/26/02 3/25/02 3/23/02 3/22/02 3/19/02 3/17/02 3/15/02 3/14/02 3/13/02 3/12/02 3/9/02 3/8/02 3/6/02 3/3/02 3/1/02 2/27/02 2/26/02 2/24/02 2/22/02 2/18/02 2/17/02 2/11/02 2/8/02 2/6/02 2/5/02 2/4/02 2/3/02 2/2/02 1/30/02 1/29/02 1/28/02 1/25/02 1/22/02 1/21/02 1/18/02 1/17/02 1/16/02 1/15/02 1/14/02 1/12/02 1/9/02 1/8/02 1/7/02 1/4/02 1/3/02 1/1/02 12/31/01 12/26/01 12/25/01 12/19/01 12/16/01 12/15/01 12/12/01 12/9/01 12/6/01 12/5/01 12/4/01 11/27/01 11/26/01 11/25/01 11/22/01 11/20/01 11/17/01 11/16/01 11/13/01 11/12/01 11/11/01 11/10/01 11/8/01 10/31/01 10/30/01 10/27/01 10/26/01 10/22/01 10/21/01 10/19/01 10/18/01 10/16/01 10/15/01 10/13/01 10/10/01 10/9/01 10/8/01 10/6/01 10/4/01 10/1/01 9/28/01 9/25/01 9/23/01 9/19/01 6/1/01 5/10/01 4/21/01 -------------------- Jeanette's Introduction

January 1, 2002

January 1st 2002 – 14 weeks, 6 days old.

Happy New Year Everyone
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It seems hard to believe that just one year ago I did not even know for sure if I was pregnant. I suspected and hoped, but was unaware that inside my body, the cells that would become my beloved daughter had already begun their nine-month journey of division and growth. Just one year ago I was trying to contain my sense of anxious anticipation, and keep secret the delicious knowledge that I might already be carrying a new life inside me. Now I look at my daughter with a sense of wonderment and awe, thinking how impossible it seems that since last January she has grown into this astonishing, perfect being.

Home again, Home again:
It is good to be home! We had a wonderful trip, and it was hard to leave, but it feels great to be in my own house again, to sleep in my own bed and to finally have some peace and quiet after such a hectic month. I even appreciate little things, like having access to a changing table, and not having to get down on the floor every time Bella needs a new diaper. I really hope Bella can get back on track fairly easily; we had such a good pattern going in November, now she has no schedule whatsoever, and I find that very difficult to manage.

Everything continues to go well with breastfeeding. Before I left I got to attend a breastfeeding clinic at the local hospital for mothers of four-month-old babies. I got a lot of wonderful advice on starting solids and it was really great to see all the moms with their healthy, thriving breastfed babies. It made me feel even more committed to nursing her for the entire year. I still feel twinges of guilt when she has a bottle, but I do realize that there is only so much perfection I can expect of myself, and we are much more careful now about how often we supplement, so that we don’t have to go through a milk supply crisis again.

I can't wait for the middle of the month to find out what she weighs at her four-month appointment; she seems so much bigger to me now. She is still very petite, that is the first comment everyone makes when they see her, but her old outfits are only hitting mid-calf on her now. Unless I suddenly shrunk everything in the wash, she has gotten taller. It must be all that clean Canadian air!