1 Certainly eventually it gets easier, right?

2

yes, it's different.  Yes, it's taking some adjustment......but don't you just LOVE IT!!!!

Eventually you'll get into a new rythm.  Then she'll become mobile and it will change again.  You'll learn to roll with the punches and adapt quickly.  And smell her fuzzy, sweet little head!  Isn't she heavenly?

3 This is why I am such a fan of interweb phones.  I don't hardly ever comment on blogs but I can at least read some stuff while feeding and holding in the dark.  At anytime really. 

And I hadn't read The Corner at all today and I guess there is some ta-ta brouhaha.  Jeez. 

I hope you get in a groove that works (or at least feel acceptance for the non-groove if that is the case).  And most especially I hope her tummy settles down and that stops.  It is no fun getting yakked on and it is even worse getting used to smelling like eau de spit up. 

4 As my wife Tracey will post as soon as she reads this, Acid Reflux.  It is a common cause of projectile vomiting in babies.  Diagnosing it can be tricky as babies are noticeably reticent to open up around doctors.

5 I changed the info to me, but I guess that preview blanked it out so now it looks like I'm married to myself. 

6 Agree on the reflux, zantac worked with the girl-child.
As for learning to use a laptop one-handed, congrats, you've mastered the same skill as every pubescent teen boy since al gore invented the internets.
Finally, if you only have time in your day to read one blog, I fully expect you will make it mine.  I will forgive this transgression, this time, as I attribute it to being baby crazy until your hormones can re-stabilize; pray you do not make this mistake again.
But trust me on the zantac.

7 I also had projectile-vomiting issues as a baby.  Mine stemmed from using hand-me-down bottles; Mom didn't know my aunt had used them for cereal and therefore cut larger holes in the nipples.  I would suck down the bottle in no time flat and then promptly spew it at the nearest wall.  I don't suppose Baby Grok could have the same problem?

8 Lissa -- She's not using bottles, but let's just say that she's treating breastfeeding like a college beer chugging contest.  I know that's part of the problem...  We are working on fixing it together.

9 Do you have a baby carrier? Those would help hold her upright without requiring both hands all the time. I couldn't do anything without them! My favorites: http://www.babyhawk.com/ http://www.ergobabycarrier.com/ http://www.mobywrap.com/ http://www.mayawrap.com/ These are all safe and awesome for newborns on up.

10 Tara -- I do have a Moby and a ring sling, but she wants to be over my shoulder to relieve gas pressure.  She's not as comfy on my chest/belly right now.

11 When beer foams at the tap, there's usually too much pressure in the line, or the tap/line is dirty.

Since I assume you wash your boobs, try to turn down the pressure in the system.  It may help to bleed off tap pressure prior to pouring.

Just a thought.  And no, It doesn't make sense.

12 I think what Chuck is trying to say is to pump a little of the foremilk out (by hand or with a pump) and achieve letdown (if you can) before she latches on.  Forceful letdown and sugary foremilk can cause all sorts of digestive issues.  Ian used to choke, even with nursing shields, because my letdown was so strong.  Then he would arch and scream because of the bubbles it caused immediately in his little tummy . . .  It was pretty horrid.

That's just one factor, though.  Reflux from some digestive disagreement and/or being overfull can cause the same issues.  There are numerous other reasons.

Invest in burp cloths and bibs.  Receiving blankets make really great large burp cloths for spit-uppy babies.   Good luck!  You'll see this through!

1 (patting you on the shoulder)  I think we've all done that...

2 Exhaustion will do that to you.  Maybe you should just take a nap when she does.  We all value you posts but you need to take care of yourself.  We can wait. (easy to say as I check your site every single time I sit down at the computer.)
Have fun with the baby, relax when she does and get back to us when your can.

3

I agree with Ruth. I did not listen when people told me to nap when baby napped. I wound up literally sick from exhaustion. The computer will still be there, none of us is going anywhere, laundry will wait, the vacuum won't run away.

Enjoy this time with baby. 

4

I wind up doing some of my longer posts in Word and then paste them over because of just that...  Then I get lazy and forget and the blog eats one and then I start the cautious plan all over again.

You do realize that you could put up a close up picture of BabyGrok's toes and everyone here would love you all that much more for it.  Baby toes are 11 on the cute meter.

If we could incorporate smell-o-vision and get the new baby smell on the blog, you'd have more hits than Glenn Reynolds.

I'm going to go see if there's a smell-o-vision plug in out there.  I'll make Chuck's blog smell like bacon while I'm at it.  

5

*giggles @ codemonkey*

BabyGrock better have a bazzilion toes 'cuz everyone here is going into hormornal overdrive to nibble baby toes!

And, jealous, oh hell yes, so YOU have to nibble toes for us!

Bacon smell?  Cover his ass (Chucks) in bacon!  Will smell much better, I'm sure, and preserve his ass .  Why didn't he think of that a-for he got blowed up?  ;-)