Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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bearshortyAs every week passes, this parenting thing is getting a little easier. Or at least, I'm much calmer about it and learning what to do. At two months, we have a routine, which helps a lot to regulate our day. And according to every single mother I've talked too, months three is where the magical time begins once their stomachs settle down.
Right now Tanya eats every three hours. After each feeding she then plays a bit and then tries to sleep. She sleeps best during the day when she is out for a walk in her pram. She refuses to sleep in a crib during the day, so other times she needs a nap, it usually is in someone arms. When I'm home, I settle down in a swirling chair in front of a TV. Right now I'm catching up on the last season of "True Blood" that my Dad copied for me from some Russian internet website. She sleeps well at night, just settling her down takes a while, but we have a routine for that too. And then she sleeps and only needs to eat one time during the night and goes back to sleep easily. (Of course, then I have a very hard time going back to sleep once I wake up at 2 or 3am. So usually, I go to sleep at 9:30 now, with her and hope for a deeper sleep.)
At two month, Tanya can hold her head up for a bit, when she is on her stomach and she started touching toys and put both her hands together. She smiles now. The best part is definitely watching her learn every day and try new things - to see a person emerging. Bear is much more likely to find adorable things about her expressions and sounds than he used to and he is not afraid of her crying anymore (early on, when she cried, he thought something was wrong. It took a bit to adjust to the fact that babies communicate through crying). She still has gas pains. I really can't wait for that to settle so she doesn't cry in pain, poor child.
My brain can't hold much right now nor do I have time, so I've been rereading Harry Potter - I've never done a reread of all books together. And Bear also got "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkings in his library and I wanted to read that, especially after watching a documentary on Netflix called "Unbelievers." So I got the book out of the library on my Kindle for myself.
The reason I'm really enjoying this book is that Dawkins perfectly encapsulates my feelings about God and puts many things into words. I have always been an atheist in terms of belief in God or the afterlife (I think we just die). I grew up in an atheist country which didn't emphasize religion, while learning about religious stories as literature and stories. Religion is interesting to me from literary, mythological and social standpoint. I've never been interested in thinking about whether there is a God or not, and to me the purpose of life is to live it and have a good, decent life full of experiences. I love learning about religion. But I'm also Jewish. To me Judaism is not about God but about culture and ancestors and tradition. So I celebrate the holidays and it is important to me to keep Passover and to fast on Yom Kippur (just not this year, since I'm breastfeeding). But Judaism to me is not really about God and I also like it since it is a religion that lets you ask questions and it is about following the life, being a good person rather than belief by itself. So I'm enjoying the book a lot.
Incidentally, I do find that is is hard for many people born here, in the US, like Bear's parents who are staunch Catholics, to understand what it is like to not believe in God, to be born without religious things. They accepted that I'm Jewish - I think his Mom took comfort when she looked at the Seder Haggadah that so many prayers were the same (duh), but I think they would not understand how I could be just socially Jewish.
Right now Tanya eats every three hours. After each feeding she then plays a bit and then tries to sleep. She sleeps best during the day when she is out for a walk in her pram. She refuses to sleep in a crib during the day, so other times she needs a nap, it usually is in someone arms. When I'm home, I settle down in a swirling chair in front of a TV. Right now I'm catching up on the last season of "True Blood" that my Dad copied for me from some Russian internet website. She sleeps well at night, just settling her down takes a while, but we have a routine for that too. And then she sleeps and only needs to eat one time during the night and goes back to sleep easily. (Of course, then I have a very hard time going back to sleep once I wake up at 2 or 3am. So usually, I go to sleep at 9:30 now, with her and hope for a deeper sleep.)
At two month, Tanya can hold her head up for a bit, when she is on her stomach and she started touching toys and put both her hands together. She smiles now. The best part is definitely watching her learn every day and try new things - to see a person emerging. Bear is much more likely to find adorable things about her expressions and sounds than he used to and he is not afraid of her crying anymore (early on, when she cried, he thought something was wrong. It took a bit to adjust to the fact that babies communicate through crying). She still has gas pains. I really can't wait for that to settle so she doesn't cry in pain, poor child.
My brain can't hold much right now nor do I have time, so I've been rereading Harry Potter - I've never done a reread of all books together. And Bear also got "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkings in his library and I wanted to read that, especially after watching a documentary on Netflix called "Unbelievers." So I got the book out of the library on my Kindle for myself.
The reason I'm really enjoying this book is that Dawkins perfectly encapsulates my feelings about God and puts many things into words. I have always been an atheist in terms of belief in God or the afterlife (I think we just die). I grew up in an atheist country which didn't emphasize religion, while learning about religious stories as literature and stories. Religion is interesting to me from literary, mythological and social standpoint. I've never been interested in thinking about whether there is a God or not, and to me the purpose of life is to live it and have a good, decent life full of experiences. I love learning about religion. But I'm also Jewish. To me Judaism is not about God but about culture and ancestors and tradition. So I celebrate the holidays and it is important to me to keep Passover and to fast on Yom Kippur (just not this year, since I'm breastfeeding). But Judaism to me is not really about God and I also like it since it is a religion that lets you ask questions and it is about following the life, being a good person rather than belief by itself. So I'm enjoying the book a lot.
Incidentally, I do find that is is hard for many people born here, in the US, like Bear's parents who are staunch Catholics, to understand what it is like to not believe in God, to be born without religious things. They accepted that I'm Jewish - I think his Mom took comfort when she looked at the Seder Haggadah that so many prayers were the same (duh), but I think they would not understand how I could be just socially Jewish.