Great Starts
03/30/08 23:38 Filed in: Baby
We went to the Great Starts Class reunion, we met all
the new babies from all the parents that were there.
Most babies were born within 1 month and a few within
a week of each other.
Proud parents were talking about their babies and their delivery stories.
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Proud parents were talking about their babies and their delivery stories.
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The most important guideline is your baby's behavior. Babies will eat when they're hungry and stop when they're full. Don't expect a newborn — or any baby, for that matter — to follow a schedule or mathematical rule." Read more
Big Day...Umbilical Cord OFF!
Today at 4 o'clock Noah finally lost his umbilical
cord! Daddy had just returned from getting his
haircut and I was picking the baby up for daddy to
take when I saw the umbilical piece laying on the
bed. It was really exciting. His belly button looks
good...no weird stuff left behind, a clean belly
button. So Noah was two weeks and five days today
with a big event. He had another big event last
night...he did his first giggle...it was super cute.
We are looking forward to so many more firsts.
March 1st
This is our last Saturday before daddy goes back to
work - it's going to be hard on Monday morning.
We had a good family day today.
Noah fell back asleep after a late morning
feeding and we fell asleep right with him. He
was up in the afternoon listening to his music
with daddy while mommy had a chance to shower.
Then his abuelitos came by with auntie Fatima.
Last night abuelita Lopez came by with lots of
food and Noah was really good with her and her
abuelitos tonight as well. It's almost ten and
he is still asleep but almost ready to eat...so
I must go!
We had a good family day today.
Noah fell back asleep after a late morning
feeding and we fell asleep right with him. He
was up in the afternoon listening to his music
with daddy while mommy had a chance to shower.
Then his abuelitos came by with auntie Fatima.
Last night abuelita Lopez came by with lots of
food and Noah was really good with her and her
abuelitos tonight as well. It's almost ten and
he is still asleep but almost ready to eat...so
I must go!
Our first family outing....
It's mid-afternoon now and just finished eating some
delicious chicken with salsa and a great salad. Due
to my (momma's) healing process, I have a limited
diet right now which is keeping me from eating
seafood, pork, and a lot of green veggies.....for now
anyway. My incision is healing nicely and I continue
to rest with Noah whenever possible so that I will be
as strong as possible for when daddy goes back to
work. Me and baby are very sad at the thought of
this...but know it has to happen - either way...we'd
rather have daddy here with us.
Noah has been napping for over two or three hours now! Mommy took advantage of that and rested also, and is now writing this entry. Earlier however, around eleven in the morning we ventured outside for the first time as a family going some place other than the clinic! There is a big sale going on at Babies R Us that ends this weekend and we were interested in picking up a bouncer or swing and a few other things we still needed. Luckily for us grandpa and grandma Lopez' gave us a gift card to this store which will help with so much stuff we still need for our little one. Noah was really good the whole time, and even left a little souvenir in the store....like a dirty diaper! Daddy was the best and changed him...as I was still afraid to do this in public....something I'll have to get over REAL soon! We purchased a fancy bouncer and a simpler one to see which one Noah will like (if any). We picked up a few accessories...oh and a nice Chicco baby carrier....can't wait to use that for our walks. Oh ....and because baby Noah was craving some chocolate from See's Candies - daddy was our hero and bought us some! Here are some pics from today...enjoy! Keep visiting and leaving comments!
Noah has been napping for over two or three hours now! Mommy took advantage of that and rested also, and is now writing this entry. Earlier however, around eleven in the morning we ventured outside for the first time as a family going some place other than the clinic! There is a big sale going on at Babies R Us that ends this weekend and we were interested in picking up a bouncer or swing and a few other things we still needed. Luckily for us grandpa and grandma Lopez' gave us a gift card to this store which will help with so much stuff we still need for our little one. Noah was really good the whole time, and even left a little souvenir in the store....like a dirty diaper! Daddy was the best and changed him...as I was still afraid to do this in public....something I'll have to get over REAL soon! We purchased a fancy bouncer and a simpler one to see which one Noah will like (if any). We picked up a few accessories...oh and a nice Chicco baby carrier....can't wait to use that for our walks. Oh ....and because baby Noah was craving some chocolate from See's Candies - daddy was our hero and bought us some! Here are some pics from today...enjoy! Keep visiting and leaving comments!
Update on baby and mom...after 8 days
An update from momma...finally! Noah is just over a
week now and doing well...after our diarrhea scare.
He is overall a calm baby boy who likes to sleep,
eat, and leave us gifts in his diaper! We went for
another checkup today and he is healthy...having
gained 12oz. since our visit on Friday. Baby Noah
loves being talked to...and he will just gaze into
your eyes with his big dark eyes that makes me melt
everytime! He has the darkest, silkiest hair - we are
curious to see if it will get curly eventually or
stay straight like mine.
Mom has been recovering...it has been slow - I had a good day yesterday but I think I over-exherted myself sometime this morning because I am very sore and achy today, daddy picked up a little more with Noah because I was in a lot of pain. Daddy has been great...we don't know what we would do without him! He takes care of both of us with so much love and care...he amazes me everyday, and I couldn't ask for anything more. I am very grateful for my family.
Mom has been recovering...it has been slow - I had a good day yesterday but I think I over-exherted myself sometime this morning because I am very sore and achy today, daddy picked up a little more with Noah because I was in a lot of pain. Daddy has been great...we don't know what we would do without him! He takes care of both of us with so much love and care...he amazes me everyday, and I couldn't ask for anything more. I am very grateful for my family.
Not diarrhea!
We went to the doctor this morning and found out he
doesn't have diarrhea, we were just worried. Dr. said
it is normal, nothing to worry about. They did draw
blood from him again, PKU test. This is required by
the state of Washington, Phenylketonuria, or PKU for
short, is an inherited, genetic condition in which
the body can’t process phenylalanine (Phe), an amino
acid found in many foods. This excerpt comes from the
PKU website
According to the nurse in 30 years she's done that test she has known about only one case that tested positive. This is completely treatable thus the need for the test.
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According to the nurse in 30 years she's done that test she has known about only one case that tested positive. This is completely treatable thus the need for the test.
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Noah has arrived!
Dear friends and family,
Cindy and I would like to introduce you to our new baby boy, Noah Zeferino Alvarado. We are very excited to have him here as he has filled our lives with even more joy and smiles already. The whole family is doing well, if you want to keep up to date with our lives check our blog for new updates and pictures. You are welcome to post your comments on the blog or email us.
Thank you all for your well wishes.
The Alvarado's.
Omar, Cindy and Noah Alvarado
www.cindyandomar.com
Cindy and I would like to introduce you to our new baby boy, Noah Zeferino Alvarado. We are very excited to have him here as he has filled our lives with even more joy and smiles already. The whole family is doing well, if you want to keep up to date with our lives check our blog for new updates and pictures. You are welcome to post your comments on the blog or email us.
Thank you all for your well wishes.
The Alvarado's.
Omar, Cindy and Noah Alvarado
www.cindyandomar.com
Sleep, eat, sleep eat... (poop too)
Baby Noah is a great baby, he has been eating and
sleeping, eating and sleeping, ohh! yeah and pooping
too. He has such a mild temper, he wakes up licking
his lips letting us know he's hungry, if we miss the
cue then he starts crying but we hardly even let him
get upset (this far). We came home and had a mess of
stuff we started sorting his clothes from smallest to
biggest and saved the smaller ones. Despite his
weight he fits new born to 3 months. He is more long
than he is chubby. Grandmas brought Caldo de pollo
yesterday, both of them. They both came yesterday. My
sister is coming to see him today and will also bring
him some food (for us of course).
Welcome home Noah!
02/14/08 15:49 Filed in: Family
We finally made it back home today, after 5 days in
the hospital. I'm happy to report that the baby Noah
and Momma are doing great. We are going to rest for
the next two days at home. We are going to sleep as
much as we can while he's napping.
The ride home was not bad, he cried from the hospital bed to the car and then he fell asleep. He's still sleeping now and Cindy is taking a well deserved nap. Me on the other hand, will be running some errands, getting groceries, and doing some cleaning that we didn't do before we left to the hospital. Thank you every one for being so attentive to find out how we were doing. I am also sorry I didn't return every one's call. I will be calling back as soon as we get settled back in.
The ride home was not bad, he cried from the hospital bed to the car and then he fell asleep. He's still sleeping now and Cindy is taking a well deserved nap. Me on the other hand, will be running some errands, getting groceries, and doing some cleaning that we didn't do before we left to the hospital. Thank you every one for being so attentive to find out how we were doing. I am also sorry I didn't return every one's call. I will be calling back as soon as we get settled back in.
Back to the hospital.
We are going to head out to the hospital in about 15
minutes. We are to be there at 10:00. We are having a
quick breakfast and get there. We had a good night
sleep, no need for Cindy to take the sedative in case
she couldn't We will be back with a baby. To enter
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We are back home, no baby yet.
We are back at home. After monitoring for about 4
hours the midwife sent us home. There are no
contractions so she gave us an appointment for 10:00
AM tomorrow unless anything happens. It is about 15%
of women whose water break before the contractions
start and about 75% of those women have their baby
within 24 hours.
Baby looks healthy, momma looks healthy but tired. We are going to try to sleep tonight and get ready for tomorrow. It may be a long day. I will not be updating this site because I will not have access to it but follow my Twitter here I will be sending updates constantly.
Baby looks healthy, momma looks healthy but tired. We are going to try to sleep tonight and get ready for tomorrow. It may be a long day. I will not be updating this site because I will not have access to it but follow my Twitter here I will be sending updates constantly.
Creeping up on 40th week...
It's Thursday night...family just got done watching a
new episode of Lost....and we just have more
questions. We are enjoying the show while we can
because we will be on baby's schedule soon - or so I
hope! I am nearing the 40th week....and I haven't had
any strong contractions in about a week - nothing
that has caught my attention anyway. I am just so
anxious to see our little guy...he's just not coming
fast enough. His auntie is scheduled to come into
this world tomorrow by c-section, and if there is no
activity tonight then we hope to go visit her in
Seattle. That's if I'm very motivated to ride the bus
to meet daddy! I am at the point where I cannot sit
for very long...and an hour bus ride isn't the
greatest right now. We'll try our best though. Mom
and baby will continue to keep you posted of how we
are doing. Keep checking back!
39th and a half Week visit to midwife
Today we had our visit to the midwife, she told us
everything is great. Baby is in position and with the
head down (where it should be).
Momma's progress:
She's very tired, and still taking baths to soothe the pain on her hips and pelvis. She's hungry as a hippo, and eats all my strawberries. She gained 3 pounds since the last visit. Although she lost 2 last week to stomach problems. She's dialated about 1 cm. but there aren't any signs of baby coming.
Baby's progress:
He keeps moving and kicking momma, he's very active all day and night. He likes for Daddy to read to him every night He's getting big by the minute.
Daddy's progress: He's growing more and more anxious to see his mini me. He keeps dreaming of him and day dreaming even at work. Getting ready for the sleepless nights to come.
After our appointment we went to REI to pick up an order from back in December but found that it had been returned to the distribution center. We got refunded anyway. Cindy got hungry and wanted to go to Cheese Cake Factory. We shared a plate and came home. It's only Wednesday....
Momma's progress:
She's very tired, and still taking baths to soothe the pain on her hips and pelvis. She's hungry as a hippo, and eats all my strawberries. She gained 3 pounds since the last visit. Although she lost 2 last week to stomach problems. She's dialated about 1 cm. but there aren't any signs of baby coming.
Baby's progress:
He keeps moving and kicking momma, he's very active all day and night. He likes for Daddy to read to him every night He's getting big by the minute.
Daddy's progress: He's growing more and more anxious to see his mini me. He keeps dreaming of him and day dreaming even at work. Getting ready for the sleepless nights to come.
After our appointment we went to REI to pick up an order from back in December but found that it had been returned to the distribution center. We got refunded anyway. Cindy got hungry and wanted to go to Cheese Cake Factory. We shared a plate and came home. It's only Wednesday....
Surprise Baby Shower
A little update from momma-to-be....it's been too
long! I am almost full term and the little guy
doesn't want to come out yet because maybe he knows
it's too cold outside. Baby and I are doing okay, as
best we can with him sitting low in position and mom
having to visit her best friend (bathroom) every
night...every hour! Yesterday baby and I were
completely surprised by a baby shower thrown by
Omar's sister and family. I really was surprised and
Omar will be the first to tell anyone that it is a
HUGE task in itself to try and surprise me...haha. My
family attended and my close friend Lupe and her baby
girl were there among other family friends. It was
such a nice surprise and it was fun with a lot of
good food. Yuri (Omar's sister) and Omar's mom made
enchiladas and rice and their very special
jello....that takes hours just to create. Baby got so
many more pieces of clothes that I am excited to put
on him and of course take lots of pictures! We also
got very nice Babies R' Us gift cards so that we can
go get some other items for the baby. I think the
item that made everyone laugh was Uncle Meno's
dinosaur
outfit....the
outfit came with
claws on the
socks!
Dad, baby and I had a really nice time and thank
everyone that came and especially those that
helped bring it together. Gracias!
39 weeks
Baby Bear is almost here, we are all dreaming about
him. My dad had a dream he got in a fight with his
cousin because he dropped baby bear in the water. Mom
(Alvarado) dreamed that she had a nursery ready for
the baby. Fatima also dreamed him. My sister Yuri
also dreamed a light dimpled baby.
Momma (Cindy) has been feeling contractions and her feet are getting swollen. She has been feeling lots of pressure on her pelvis area, she takes baths every night to lower the pressure. Cindy keeps waking up during the night because of discomfort sleeping. She can hardly move around.
We had an appointment last Thursday, baby is ready and on the right position. He's been very active when I read him stories every night. We got him a few books and we read to him in Spanish and English.
Momma (Cindy) has been feeling contractions and her feet are getting swollen. She has been feeling lots of pressure on her pelvis area, she takes baths every night to lower the pressure. Cindy keeps waking up during the night because of discomfort sleeping. She can hardly move around.
We had an appointment last Thursday, baby is ready and on the right position. He's been very active when I read him stories every night. We got him a few books and we read to him in Spanish and English.
Everything is back to normal... for now.
So since yesterday's scare we did a lot of work we
finally packed for momma. A little suitcase with the
essentials for the delivery. Toiletries, robe, and a
change of clothes for the way back home. We also
purchased some more clothes and hats for the baby. We
will have a live birthday broadcasted the day of the
birth. (I hope I remember the camera).
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Happy New Year!
Hey everyone!
We hope that you all have a great end of year and that the new one begins just as good. We are just getting ready for our baby to arrive. We have had many blessings this year and 2008 looks just as promising.
Baby Alvarado gave us a bit of a scare this week, we had to spend about 8 hours in the hospital. Cindy got contractions and the midwife asked us to bring her into the maternity hospital. They were monitoring baby and mom and they are both now good. She got medicine and baby Bear still kicking just as strong and stronger every day. He loves oranges, we have had more oranges in the past months than I have had in years.
We hope that you all have a great end of year and that the new one begins just as good. We are just getting ready for our baby to arrive. We have had many blessings this year and 2008 looks just as promising.
Baby Alvarado gave us a bit of a scare this week, we had to spend about 8 hours in the hospital. Cindy got contractions and the midwife asked us to bring her into the maternity hospital. They were monitoring baby and mom and they are both now good. She got medicine and baby Bear still kicking just as strong and stronger every day. He loves oranges, we have had more oranges in the past months than I have had in years.
Week 24
This week, was a better week for Momma, she has been getting better from her cold but still coughing, she's starting to be unconfortable when sleeping because there are only so many ways she can sleep. This week was check up week, the doctor says baby Alvarado is doing really good, they listened to his heart and the Midwife says he's got a healthy one.
This week has been full of parties. First on Thursday Dayton turned 2, he had a cake with the Lopez' side. Baby Alvarado was really happy during the party. He was kicking with the noise of all the kids running around.
Momma's belly keeps groing, she's eating well and also resting alot. We spend time trying to feel little Bear kicking, this is so exciting when he responds to our voices.
We are pregnant
10/15/07 18:48 Filed in: News
Well it was about time we set up a page for our
little one.
At this point we are on our 22nd week. It has been pretty special, coming back from California we have had more time to rest and make sure little is received with the most love possible.
We will try to keep the rest of the pregnancy updates, pictures and news. here at least once a week trough the pregnancy and beyond.
At this point we are on our 22nd week. It has been pretty special, coming back from California we have had more time to rest and make sure little is received with the most love possible.
We will try to keep the rest of the pregnancy updates, pictures and news. here at least once a week trough the pregnancy and beyond.