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01/06/2005
TGIF
Friday Charlie will be discharged from the hospital and we will undertake the long trip home.
The car seat has been purchased and secured, and Charlie has been tested in it and found fit for travel. The gas tank has been filled. The tires have been checked. The diaper bag has been packed. The weather has been deemed favorable. The cell phones have been charged. The car is in the process of being loaded. The father is in the process of getting loaded.
As I contemplate what lies ahead, only one question remains:
Is it too late to opt for a homebirth?
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So glad I checked this before calling it a night. I will now sleep with a huge smile on my face.
Charlie, YOU ROCK!
TGIF indeed!!
Congratulations!
Drive safe funny girl.
Drive safe.
So very happy for you all!
Yay,just yay.
I guess that depends on what you're birthing...
:) Very excited that C is coming home.
Yay!
visions of you on your doorstep "birthing" Charlie into his new home.....
TGIF indeed.
You're so funny. Have a safe and uneventful trip home.
HAVE A GREAT TRIP HOME!!!!
Safe driving! I'd love love love to see some more pictures of teeny Charlie.
Yipee! That's great news. Have a safe trip home.
Wishing you a safe & uneventful ride home.
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Tho I won't dance until I know you're safely at home and Charlie is snuggled in his bed.
Here's to a peaceful homecoming.
YAY!!! it goes without saying that you'll drive safe, and I'll assume that he'll avoid being a backseat driver, so instead let me say CONGRATS!!! and may your furry friend enjoy meeting the newest member of your family...
When Claire was very small, yet very loud, I would sometimes say to Jeremy "I've changed my mind! Take her back!" to which he would reply "Back the way she came."
Which is sort of the same joke, in reverse.
Congratulations! I've been reading your blog for awhile now and I'm happy you get to take your baby home. My sister & her hubby just took their baby boy home on Jan 1st and it was a grand day for them! Enjoy!
May the next 18 years be uneventful, full of love, laughter, and many huge family bear hugs.
Yea! Yippee! Wheeeeee.
Oh, also, just a little FYI, but some La Leche leaders (who are almost always smarter about breastfeeding than your average LC, unless she's an IBCLC), when dealing with a bottle-preference baby or an indifferent nurser, will have you get into a warm bath, naked, with your naked baby, and simulate a home birth (although not to the extent of shoving the baby back in there and/or drowning it, obviously). Remember that post you wrote about letting the baby crawl up your stomach after birth? They aim for something like that: restore the bond, do a little kangaroo care, worry endlessly about the slippery bundle of baby in your arms. So no, it's not too late for the home birth.
And people wonder why La Leche gets such a wild reputation. Really, I can't imagine. The cookies and juice were always so normal at MY meetings. (And you live in Vermont, too, don't you. Oooo, granola all the way, baby.)
When it comes to all that stuff, I prefer napping topless with the baby and nursing while the baby is half-asleep to overcome the preemie nursing issues, but that's just me. I was never much of a homebirth girl.
Bravo Bravo Bravo!
You Go Charlie!
Post when you get home. Doesn't have to be interesting, funny, or informational. Just... please. Let us know you all got home safely.
Thank you in advance,
A Concerned Citizen
Post when you get home. Doesn't have to be interesting, funny, or informational. Just... please. Let us know you all got home safely.
Thank you in advance,
A Concerned Citizen
yyyiiiippppiiieeee TGIF! Way to go Charlie. And yeah, what Mollie said...let us know you all got home safe and sound.
Drive thru burgers and fries!
Save cruise new little family.
Congrats!!! Wishing all of you a safe trip home. So excited for you all.
Yay for the big strong little man.
And yay for his wonderful parents.
May this be the last time you have to load the car up in CT, at least for a while.
Yay!!!!! That's wonderful news.
Have a safe trip home.
xxoo,
Mollie- You are appointed as our spokesperson!
Julie, listen to Mollie. We don't need any frills, just the facts. We want to hear that he is tucked in his bed after a nice safe, drive.(and you are having a nice drink)
Thank you.
Longtime reader - first time posting (I think...)
Congrats! I got a huge smile on my face when I read the good news! I'll be thinking of ya'll tomorrow and I'll say a prayer to make sure your trip is safe!!
Yay!!!
you have the electric diaper wiper warmer w/ the car adapter, right?
it's impossible to travel without one when you have a newborn
bj
:-)
Yay! Charlie's comin' home!
Looks like you and Tertia both will be having VERY big days tomorrow. How cool is that?!
Congrats, and ENJOY having your sweet boy HOME.
I dunno, I think we will all need a pic of CHARLIE HOME to believe it ;) All the best! Enjoy your first road trip with the son!
That's the best news I've heard all week. Congratulations, all of you. This is so fabulous!
At long last! I'm so happy for the three of you!
:-))
Be well. I'll be thinking of you on the road tomorrow.
congratulations! now the real fun begins!
also, CALL US THE MINUTE YOU GET HOME. we worry.
Ah, finally! Have a safe drive home today - this is wonderful news. Between you and Tertia, the blogosphere is filled with good cheer today!
Home to the Batcave!!
My congratulations added to the rest! I'll be thinking of you today!
Best wishes for an uneventful ride home!
Coming out of lurk-mode again to say:
Congratulations! You must be feeling happy, nervous, excited, joyous... all at once!
Enjoy snuggling that sweet baby AT HOME!
Safe travels.
Wishing you the safest of travels as the three of you head home...HOME, the three of you. Sigh, how wonderful that sounds and I'm so very happy for you.
Have a boring, uneventful trip!
(And the homebirth? After my son's birth and the NICU stay, and we were finally home and safe, I kept feeling like I was still waiting to go into labor. It took months to realize that wasn't happening.)
TGIF! Almost home Charlie, almost home.
Yippee! Safe driving! You guys deserve an honor guard escort home, at the least (though maybe not,if the spousal unit's getting loaded).
I'm in the Northeast. Glad it's a clear day.
Welcome H-O-M-E, CHARLIE!
Good luck and welcome home little man!
Welcome home little one!! The first thing you should do when you get home is-consult a lactation consultant LOL!!!!