The Good Luck Continues

It looks like the sleeping at night stretch is not a fluke -- Sahana slept till 6-7am all week, with a brief hiccup on Thursday, when she woke up at 4 but was able to go back to sleep after about 30 minutes without a feeding. In fact, today she was still sleeping at 7am when we woke her up! It was the first time in months (including during my pregnancy) that I was able to sleep a solid 6+ hour stretch.

We had a fun weekend, beginning with a trip to the Farmers' Market yesterday. It's sort of the place to see and be seen in New Haven, so a lot of Paras' former friends from the Law School daycare were around and Paras got to play with them, as shown in the video. You can see the two older bossy girls who were making the rules (which were, as far as I could tell, arbitrary -- "you can't touch the frisbee unless we say so," being one example) of the frisbee game. But Paras, like the other little kids, paid attention and just did whatever they said.



Today the plan was to go to the beach with my friend Lauren and her family. But, despite the weather forecasts for the weekend, it rained. So instead we did a playdate at our house which, while not any less chaotic than our other mornings, gave me and Andy some pleasant adult conversation.

Meanwhile, my physical ailments continue. I went to the doctor last week for my achilles' heel tendonitis. I mentioned that I had a baby, and the doctor just looked at me like I was crazy. She asked me when, and I told her in June. She said, "You look really skinny." It didn't come out in a complimentary tone, but I of course just shrugged, like, "Yeah, I'm just one of those lucky people." The doctor didn't seem convinced, and ordered me to take blood test. Her "hunch" was right, and it turns out that I have hyperthyroidism, which apparently happens to 10% of women postpartum. The worst part is that after a few months it becomes hypothyroidism, which means that I'll be fat and exhausted right as I go back to work. Yay! It supposedly sorts itself out eventually, but I have to say that I'm a little frustrated -- this pregnancy is apparently the gift that keeps on giving.