Dobrestii

Yesterday just ended another super great weekend spent together with my dear husband and our precious little girl. Where? In Vama Veche, the place where Nadia became reality

Friday afternoon we were just enjoying the view from the pension’s terrace

Nadia met Vladutz, a very charming Prince born in the same day, May 15th They were totally cute while sleeping near one each other under the tree’s shadow with the sea’s waves as a background music.

Saturday morning Nadia took good care of her health with a cure of aerosols near her mum

And when she woke up, she put her sun glasses and had stare at the waves for some time on her daddy’s arm.

This was the first weekend outside Bucharest and the feeling I had all the time was that I could not wish more than spending my time with my family.
Today we started another short vacation, at the mountains. Stay tuned, we’ll post more

From now on, I hope no one will ask mummy if I am a boy Unless he is stupid enough and won’t notice my new earrings.

They are just temporary and the ones I really like will come pretty soon from far far away

I will ask my dear parents to put more pictures with me on our blog for your delight!

I smile to you all,

Nadia

Acest post este un raspuns la un comentariu venit din partea Dianei_aka_Mihi in care spunea ca ea are poze in lighean si galeata. Totodata prin acest post imi satisfac nevoia de a povesti despre gadget-urile folosite cu Nadia.
Acest post NU este o justificare a folosirii lor!

Avand in vedere ca sunt mai multe, am sa le iau pe rand:

1. SCUTECE REFOLOSIBILE
Principalul motiv sunt beneficiile de care se poate bucura copilul meu daca este infasat cu materiale precum finet, bumbac, canepa sau bambus. Daca pe mine ma fac sa ma simt bine hainele din astfel de materiale, cu siguranta acelasi lucru este valabil si pentru un copil, cu atat mai mult cu cat zona vizata este una foarte delicata.

2. INSTRUMENTE DE PURTAT COPILUL
Pentru ca am ales sa imi tin copilul aproape de mine, la piept sau pe burtica. Asta o face fericita pe pustoaica mea si implicit si pe mine.
Eu sunt convinsa ca de asta Nadia nu stie ce sunt alea colici si nu plange fara motiv ore in sir pana la epuizare.
Am mai fost intrebata de ce wrap sau sling si nu marsupiu. Pentru ca wrap-ul si sling-ul sunt niste marsupii upgradate, mult mai prietenoase. Si pentru ca sunt captivata de tot ce este nou si nu ma tem de schimbare. (Photo by HipHip.ro)

3. TUMMY TUB
Pentru ca imita burtica unde Nadia a stat noua luni, loc care i-a oferit siguranta si libertate de miscare. Lucrurile astea nu le are intr-o cadita normala conceputa cu o parte inclinata la 45 de grade unde nu are niciun control. Da, cred cu tarie ca un copil de 1 luna are aceasta nevoie si se bucura daca ii este indeplinita.

Folosirea acestor gadget-uri ii fac Nadiei acomodarea in aceasta lume mai usoara, iar pe noi ne fac fericiti si relaxati.
Pana la urma este vorba de decizii pe care orice parinte le ia pentru a-si face copilul sa se simta bine, sa capete incredere in el si sa devina un om FERICIT in viata!

When Nadia is feeling good and we are not that tired, we just grab the photo camera and we “use” the kid for our entertainment
Here are some pictures of her in some very funny postures:

Lately she is smiling to us every morning when she wakes up. Next days we will show also to you her gorgeous smile that is totally making our day.

With some weeks before Z day, we started to look for a tub. I remember it was the only thing left to buy, in order to be TOTALLY prepared for Nadia
Our main problem was the tinny bathroom and we were looking for something useful and small in the same time.

We ended up in buying a normal tub. Of course it was too big for our bathroom with the two of us inside

Thanks to our friends, Marin family, that they asked us if aren’t we interested in their Tummy Tub. And the answer was prompt: “Yes, why not?”

The days passed, Nadia arrived and the moment of the first bath arrived too. We were so afraid and we tried the normal tub. Guess what? Nadia cried all the time. We don’t know exactly if it was the tub’s guilt or ours, but the same thing happened every evening of the first week.

Then we decided to try the Tummy Tub hopping that Nadia will stop crying during bath time.

And yes, she did stop crying and start enjoying it.

It may seem that the Tummy Tub is too small and the kid is not safe inside it, but trust me that she is. And mainly because she is under water, just like the time spent in the tummy. The only moments she cries now is because of the water temperature and this is our fault, of course

And guess what happened with the normal tub? It rests over the shower cabin annoying daddy every time he wants to take a shower, no more than twice/day

That’s Nadia’s face while she is in the Tummy Tub:

Two months ago I didn’t even imagine that I will write this post from a tiny (not to say nasty) hotel from Paris. Two or three months ago me and my wife were only thinking about the D-Day and what would happen in the day Nadia was born. But at some point we realized that this date would only be the beginning of a new era (if I may say so). If not an era, for sure I can describe the past month as a completely new phase of our life.
If it’s not clear yet, Nadia is one month old today. On one side it feels that we’ve been at the hospital months ago, on the other side it seems that everything happened so fast that we didn’t even realized what happened.

So I’ll try to make a summary of what happened during this time:
- we spent ~30 hours staring at Nadia and telling each other what a nice miracle happened to us
- we spent ~100 hours sleeping with Nadia in the same bed with us. The feeling is absolutely great as she is like an oasis in the middle of a desert As well she is totally sweet in the morning when she’s awake, but not yet crying, but just letting us know she’s awake
- we changed about 160 normal (disposable) diapers and we washed about 250 times the different models of reusable diapers This means we are changing Nadia’s diapers more than 10 times a day (in average)
- her mom fed her for about 300 times, while her father barely reaches 10 times (I’m still having doubts I reached 10 :-/ )
- she slept for about 550 hours, spending some other 30 hours crying (being hungry, wet, sleepy, thirsty, angry, upset, hot, cold, etc.)
- she peed 3 times on her father and twice on her mother. Of course she also poo-ed two times on her father and once in the water during the bath, which was the one of the best laughs me and her mom had in this past month
- we started to differentiate the types of crying: the “give me food” crying, the “don’t leave me alone” crying, the “I woke up alone” crying, the “you left me alone … again” crying, the “I am totally wet” crying, the “I am totally wet and brown” crying, the “I will soon be hungry” crying, the “can you please turn on the AC” crying, the “where is the damn radiator?” crying and of course the “would you sleep in this bed?!” crying. And these are only the ones which were clearly differentiated between each-other. I am trying to identify even more, but it becomes as difficult as differentiating the dialects of a foreign language
- she smiled for about 2 minutes and we managed to steal a few of her smiles in some pictures during her sleep. Those few seconds are really enough to completely change your day no matter what happened before. Totally recommended!
- she already became a super-model as she probably has around 200 photos taken (that’s an average of 7 pictures/day )

There are so many other things to say, but I’ll leave the pleasure of future parents to discover themselves these moments. I am aware now that for a long while she will offer us and teach us new things everyday. And these are the moments that are more valuable than anything else. I let you know enjoy some pictures from her one month anniversary with a simple conclusion: she just makes us happy! Totally recommended

Starting from the moment we found out that we are expecting, being the responsible parents that we are, we started to discuss very seriously about our daughter’s future
And one point of this serious discussion was “New things for us and Nadia”. So, quite easily we accepted the idea of using other carrying baby instruments instead of the usual ones.
Yesterday we tryed the Wrap and both me and Nadia adore it. It is very easy to use, altghout at first sight seems quite complicated.
The Balinese pants are another new thing I tried yesterday. They are very cozy and useful during the summer time.

Both of these new things I tried yesterday can be seen in the pictures below.

Later edit: Here are some pictures with Pedro and Nadia:

Indeed, this is the most frequent question people ask or have on their faces when they see us wearing the sling.

Since we decided to take Nadia outside the house, we used only the sling as a baby-carrying instrument. And it’s very funny to see people passing near to me or Pedro and take a look at what we are carrying inside. The reactions are different: either they smile to us, even small children, either they spell it out laud “it’s a child…” or “they are really crazy!” or “was it a dog?”.

These days I realized that if you are a little bit different from the majority and you live in Bucharest/Romania, people actually stare at you, so you really feel different. And I have in mind persons with special needs, black people or even Chinese that live here.

This is sad in my opinion. These people don’t need to see all these reactions, they are perfectly conscious about the differences. I think this is a thing we need to educate in time and probably when Nadia will grow, she will not stare at mums who are carrying their kids in a Sling or a Wrap or a Mei tai.

PS: Some new pictures with Nadia, outside and inside the house

Dear all, Max from Visualis helped us to update our page’s look, therefore we added Nadia everywhere

Besides that, we also have a Facebook page now. Stay tooned, become a fan and we’ll be easier in touch

Later edit: we’ve got a nice link for our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Dobrestii

Hello everybody,

Mummy is back online and ready to write about the new life of Dobrestii, which got a new shape starting from Saturday, May 15th 2010, 4:45  pm when Nadia was born.

Indeed, Nadia has already a week and we are very proud of her.

She is very well, gaining weight fast and very very pretty. Besides the 3 usual things new born baby do (sleep, eat and poo) Nadia has done other interesting things like going outside with us, like sleeping in a sling

and in a hammock , smiling with all her face after a healthy meal with mummy’s milk
, using reusable diapers and wearing some special merino wool short pants

So, we are very very happy about our new life and our gorgeous litlle girl.

Stay tooned cause we will write again pretty soon.

PS: Other pictures with Nadia:

Kisses and hugs,

Nadia, Eugenia and Pedro