Hello all!

Jenna M. Gagnon was born, 6 lbs, 5.5 oz, 19" long, brown eyes, and allot of hair

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Hi. Well Last night or this morning, how ever you want to look at it, was the first time I had the pleasure of feeding Jenna in the middle of the night. I was up till 1:30 and got up again at 5. I actually started writing this at 5:30 am but it took a while for me to get back here. I got to get up at 12:30 with Jenna, I fed her and burped her and thought she was asleep after about an hour when I put her back to bed. Go figure, I didn't realize she had a gas bubble. Long story short, Beth got to get up and change her a little later and get her back to sleep. Since I got to sleep I am now up at 5:30, probably for the day. If I did have to work today I am not sure what I would be doing. Well, I have todays entry here set up since Jenna was kind enough to fall back asleep for a little while. I just wanted you to know that I was not passing all the night shift's off onto Beth. Now, come and take me to Foxwoods!

Well, I have been up and have had time to do this page and some other updates so far this morning and I guess 5 hours sleep is almost normal for me any way so last night wasn't too bad. I will tell you what I have learned lol.... OK, Babies don't break, just don't throw them or drop them. If they are crying you don't have to run right over, they are still going to be there when you are done. (that doesn't mean ignore them completely.) Ever throw up on yourself? Did it kill you? Alright then, nuff said. lol.... All these things you guys are suppose to be telling me, you know that right? Just cause I have a baby doesn't mean that I don't have any time at all. Remember that. C-ya.

BACK! Hi..... 9/29/2004 4:54:36 PM, Work was good and I guess Jenna was too. Beth and her had a good day I understand. I just want to tell you a couple of things....... First, to let you know, I am not going to be babbling in here every day this much, only when something worth while happens or I have updates. Secondly, the main reason why I am here, is to tell you about what we hope to be a breakthrough in Jenna's sleeping preference. This morning when I was up, she was fussy, I put her in the car seat because I thought she looked comfy in it the other day. I guess she was because that is when she fell asleep for 5 more hours. So Beth is thinking that maybe while she is still in the 'let's curl up in a ball phase' we may let her sleep in that if that is what she likes. She doesn't like to lay down. I will keep you posted. I have to work tomorrow at 6 so I am up at 4:30 and out of here at 5:30. That is my usual routine, we'll see if Jenna let's me. c-ya scooby!

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(Collapse) - Gooooooooood Morning! I can't believe I got to sleep till 8:30! Wow. Ok, let me get this in... I know she isn't sick and that it's normal to sneeze, and the 11pm shift is the hardest one, so according to everything I hear, she is still text book. Beth told me that she is really bad at 10-12 and that is why she bolted to bed at 9:30. I never had the 11 o'clock shift before and now I at least know what to expect. It's hard for me cause I have a difficult time sitting doing nothing and that is when I need to sit the longest. K, that's all for now, I gotta go.

Good Baby jokes added today. Other than that Jenna has been an angel all morning. I do have a question, how do you get rid of the hiccups? 10/1/2004 11:30:55 PM - tonight I got the answer

I can't believe how much this house smell like babies!

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(Collapse) - Well, Beth is a sweetheart although I am onto her tactics. She has let me sleep through the night saying it's because I have to work... pft. I know that it's al because she wants to be able to go out and go for her walks and go to the gym. That's not a problem, it's just funny when I call her on it she knows I am right. So I can only tell you what she tells me as far as the early mornings go. I guess Jenna has been really good. Although she woke up a few times last night she didn't really fuss and went back to sleep relatively quickly. I got up at 7 and let Beth sleep till 8:30 and now she is out with Cody. I fed Jenna this am and now she is lying down again. So all is well.

10/3/2004 9:27:40 PM Home from work and I guess Jenna hasn't been doing as well as before. Screaming crying crazy and very unhappy tonight I hear. I hope things are ok, she seams fine now though.

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(Collapse) - Nothing to tell ya, waking up every two hours last night. Ugh

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(Collapse) - How is a baby suppose to gain weight if all they do is poop? Little miss-poops-a-lot

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(Collapse) - Nothin for ya really. I have been playing with a video I made of Jenna and me and I am having problems. When I get it fixed I will let you know. Other than that, she is being very very fussy tonight.

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(Collapse) - Hi everyone. Good news about Jenna yesterday. Here is the forward..... When she was born she weighed 6.5, she left the hospital at 6, 2 weeks later she was 6.2 when she had her first doctors appt. Now a week later she gained 8 oz!!! Holy smokes my little fatty! I was playing with a picture and it's kinda cruel but funny. My fatty. I thought that was hysterical! Beth thought it was mean.... "Don't do that to her face!" LMAO!!! Heheheheheh.. Ok ok .... my point is that her doctors appt turned out well. She is very strong, is gaining the weight that she should be but she is only in the 5% of babies for her age for size. Her head isn't even big enough to make it on the chart yet. If Beth went full term she would be expecting to have the baby this weekend. 3 weeks early she was. Even though she is tiny now, and will probably be smallest in her class, I know that by the time she is in high school she will be 6 feet tall! Yikes. We'll see. Still, I love my peanut.

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(Collapse) - Morning. I have to go to work but I wanted to jump in and award Beth this morning for her patience. We all went to ed at 10:30 but I guess Jenna decided to get up at 1:00 am and cry all night. I had to get up at 3:30 and I can still hear her now. Beth has been up with her since 1 and brought her down here so I could sleep. Funny thing is she came up at 3:25 so she would let Jenna be my alarm clock and to let me know what she has been dealing with all night. Ugh. Tough night.

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(Collapse) - Morning. Yup, you guessed it, I am up with Jenna this morning. Beth looked so- tired and was so punchy last night that I told her I would get up in the night with Jenna. Considering I don't have to work until 3, (or maybe 1 depending...) I figured that she really need to get a little rest. I am talking about PUNCHY GIDEE! IT was nice because it actually made me feel like I was funny. We both went to bed at 8 last night and I got up with Jenna at 3.

There is something I forgot to tell you, you really care, but... The other day, I think it was 3 days ago, her amby cord finally came off. That is why she was able to get a real bath. Now she can start wearing Onesies too. Onesies!?!?! Is that a real word? OneZies. Say that a couple of times and tell me if it sounds right. HA! Made you say it! I hope that no one is around or that you didn't say it out loud, people will think you are crazy. OneZie, OneZie, OneZie.... 1-Z. Anyway, just thought that I should have mentioned it is all.

She has been awesome this morning. Quiet, I fed her, and she is still awake but lying quietly. I am not that tired right now so it all worked out good last night. I will be back if anything exciting happens. HAve a nice day.

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(Collapse) - Hi, been a while huh? There isn't a whole lot to tell ya when it comes to infants. They eat, sleep, poop and cry. Not necessarily in that order and sometimes all at the same time too. Jenna is actually smiling on her own sometimes, meaning not because of gas. Tough one this morning, she was having a tough time breathing throw her nose, you could tell she has a booga. (lol) The baby turkey baster thingy (you know what I am talking about, looks like a water dropper used for suction) Well, the baby baster dropper thingy ended up being damaged from our little chewing machine Cody. Our own fault for letting him get to it but he ended up putting a hole in it so it is no good any more. So Beth picked Jenna's nose this morning. She pulled out this thing that was bigger than her nostril!!! I should have taken a picture! Just kidding, I am gross but not that gross. So amazingly Jenna stopped fussing and is quite content all of the sudden. lmao..... That was worth writing about I think. Have a good one and keep coming back.

Baby sitter's wanted, please inquire at E-mail bgjmg@comcast.net

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(Collapse) - Hi, Sorry I haven't been keeping up. LINK

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(Collapse) - Jenna came home today, Aaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggghhhhhhh! Let the games begin!

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Wow! Ya know I couldn't imagine being a single parent. THAT!..... must be tough. Fortunately I'm not. And another fortunate thing is so far, everything with Beth and Jenna has been text book stuff. (I'm gonna babble here for a minute and I am half asleep so bear with me, I will fix the typos later) Beth belonged to an e-mail baby club thingy, where they would send you updates once a week. When they said that the baby was about "6 and a half pounds and 19" long they were right on the money. People also say to feed her about 'every 4 hours'. BAM! On the money. Nothing new I guess, after all they are statistics for a reason. I just think that it's cool. Also, when they said that Saturday she reached full term, boom! She wen into labor. Nice huh? So send whatever info you have for me, I will be sure to take notice.

I think I am going to start calling Jenna 'Little mis talks-allot', she is one chatty patty and still a little night owl. So- cute! Last night, she was up for ar while around 10:30-12:30, I got to sleep around 12. She talks and talks and talks. It's kinda tough adjusting since It's hard for me to fall asleep, I wake up at every noise un til I am out so I hear it all. Plus I am the typical new dad where I wonder what every noise means and if she is ok and if it's al normal. I am wondering if her chatty-ness is a sign of creativity? That would be good, as long as she doesn't grow up to want to be a graphic designer, well, unless it's computer design for Disney or something. lol....

The car seat thing actually worked well too I hear. Only under desperate measures in the middle of the night when she is fussy. We are both still wondering if it's a good idea or not. Maybe she will be trained to sleep every time she gets in the car! lmao... That'll work right? So Beth slept good and was still thanking me last night for letting her sleep yesterday, I slept good cause, well, cause I did. 4 hours anyway. Now I am off to work and it's 4:40. Have a good day.

9/30/2004 4:29:16 PM Ok, come and babysit. I am only kidding, there really isn't much work in watching someone sleep. I wish I could. I went to lay down on the couch, 1st the phone rings, then I fall asleep and Jenna belts out a whine. Ugh. lol.... I got up and moved her into her "Car Seat (bed) and she hasn't said a word since. Although I haven't went back to sleep. This is the first time that I have been alone in the house with her. Yikes! So far so good. Beth went our to do a few things, it's been a week since she has gone anywhere or done anything so good for her. Now I want her to come back here so I can nap or cook then nap. I am only kidding, I am fine. It has been a long day though.

Ok, it's now 9/30/2004 11:02:16 PM And I was at wits end a little while ago. I let Beth go to bed cause I don't have to work until 2 tomorrow and as soon as she did Jenna wakes up. She cried and fussed for an hour and a half, off and on but pretty much solid. I fed her and I think she has a stomach ache cause she didn't poop. She may have a cold too cause she has been sneezing allot. She is waking up again as I speak, DAMN!

ok, back, 20 minutes of screaming, she had the hiccups, still hasn't pop[ed and I have a head ache. I think Beth has been lying saying how good she has been at night. So as I was saying, maybe a cold, maybe gas, who knows. We did have fun for the very first half hour she was awake after I fed her. We took some pics together. If you haven't seen them they are here. She likes being walked around the house, it was kinda fun, but the rest of this night just straight out sucked. Now, somehow I have to figure out how to get her upstairs to bed. I think she may be waking up again too.

Ok ok ok....... after fixing all my errors on this site, and looking through the pictures, maybe it wasn't so bad, all that screaming. (yes it was) What a cutie! lmao... links to the pics again (open in a new window)

Talk to you tomorrow.

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(Collapse) - Nothing to tell ya.

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(Collapse) - Well, we seem to be done with the car seat thing, she isn't sleeping through the night but she is sleeping in the cradle at night. I thought about telling you this because she is in th car seat now. lol.... I am letting Beth sleep in since she got up twice last night, she must be tired. I fed JEnna and she doesn't want to lay down, or stay being held but I put her in the seat and BAM! Happy little girl. She can look around and is pretty comfortable,, I know this cause she told me.

Jenna went out yesterday over to Grammy and Grampa's for a while, I guess things went well, no pics for you though. I know, I know, I even gave Beth the camera but still no pics.

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(Collapse) - Ugh again, every 2 and a half hours. Boy is she eating allot too. Chow hound she is. I was saying this the other night, if you say it a couple times in a row it starts to sound funny.... burporfartorpooporsomethin. I found myself saying that after she ate and had the hiccups; "Cummon Jenna, just burporfartorpooporsomethin."
I kill me! do you think that I may be over tired? HA!

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(Collapse) - Hi. Nothing really to tell ya besides Jenna is getting a lot of walks in these days. Good old stroller! Sorry I don't have anything exciting to tell ya. OH!! Wait, yesterday, it was so funny, She was sleeping and must have been dreaming because she was laughing and smiling!! So funny and oh so cute!.

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(Collapse) - This girl is going to need a haircut soon. Me too for that matter, I wonder if I can take her with me and get us both done at the same time? Maybe I will never cut it, just clean it up a little and let it grow until she is old enough to decide for herself? What do you think?? E-mail me your opinion/

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(Collapse) - Well, Jenna got me up this morning at 4am with the hiccups, after I got to bed at 1pm from working till midnight last night. I fed her a little which got rid of the hiccups and I have been up ever since. I actually updated the 'Tips' page for all of you who don't have kids yet. Is that anyone I know? Shortcut to Tips.

Today was Jenna's first bath. So- funny! She didn't know what to make of it. The look on her face was priceless. I didn't get a pic but I will next time. We have a little plastic, looks like a lounging chair, baby tub. It's kinda cool. It has a lug in it that changes color if the water is too hot. Anyway, very cute.

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(Collapse) - Hi. I got a request to put some pics up so here ya go. Only 3. The images aren't that good and you will know what I mean when you go to the album.

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(Collapse) - Our trip to the store. Successful! We'll start with that just so you know. We were determined to go to the store, Beth needed something's and Daddy needed a new pair of boots! So we are at the store and she has already eaten, and did all her business. She is sleeping and I am caring her around the store in the car seat. As soon as I go to try on a pair of boots she starts to cry. I'm thinking 'oh man, go back to sleep, who is looking at me,, I remember those bad parents who let their kids cry, are they looking at me, it's raining, what if she needs to be changed, oh boy.....' and on and on. So I put the boots back and walk to find Beth when by then she has fallen back to sleep. So it was no big deal and everything worked out fine but you should have been inside my head for that short time. What a riot!

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(Collapse) - Hi, I just wated to let you know, if I haven't told you, that Jenna is up to 8 lbs and is eating up to 4 oz. each time. Cool beans.... my little fatty! I also wanted you to know that she has voted me the number one pillow in the house. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

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