Elisabeth Hasselbeck on missing umbilical cord stumps and more
View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, 30, and her husband, Arizona Cardinals player Tim, welcomed son Taylor Thomas on November 9th, joining big sister Grace Elisabeth, 2 ½. In her blog for Dreft, she discusses turning a corner now that Taylor is coming up on 4-weeks, losing the umbilical cord stump, and Grace giving nursing a go.
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Thankfully, I feel as though I am turning a corner physically, aside from lack of shut-eye, and actually have been walking more and more each day. Between my gluten allergy, and having to stay away from certain foods when breastfeeding…I am trying to be vigilant about what goes into my body. I feel as though I could eat all day long! This milk business is no joke.
Taylor is doing well. He is over his birth-weight, and hungry too! Today he looked at me, and for the first time I felt as though he actually saw me, his mommy, not just a shape, or contrast.
Just the other day, when Grace was sitting with him on her lap, he began to cry — She immediately said, "Okay, Okay mommy is here"– and proceeded to pull down her tank top as if she was going to feed him! If only I could get to the camera in time!!!
Grace has been wondering why Taylor’s belly button looks like it does since he came home. I told her that it was a belly button cord, and that soon it would fall off, then it would look just like hers. A couple of days ago, I caught her peeking through the snaps of his onsie. She looked up and said, "Mommy! It fell off!" I checked, and sure enough, it had. The only problem was that I could not find the little stump anywhere.
Later that night…after dinner- Grace yelled — "THERE IT IS!!" I had no idea what she was talking about until I looked over. Sure enough, right there on the floor — was the cord. Oddly, it was both cute and gross at the same time. I was caught somewhere between wanting to save it and wanting to vacuum it!
- Posted on Dec 3, 07 at 6:22PM
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December 3rd, 2007 at 7:45 pm
how funny about the umbilical stump. while it is kinda gross, i kept both of my kids. it reminds me of that brief “getting to know you” time in a newborns life.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:54 am
I read that the baby weighed 7 pounds something. She says that he is over his birth weight at 4 weeks old. I find that hard to believe since he would need to weigh over 14 pounds. At 4 weeks old. My second son was 10 pounds at birth and didn’t weigh that at 4 weeks, and my third son who is now 8 weeks old weighed 7-6 at birth and is now now just over 10. Is it a misprint or an exaggeration maybe?
December 4th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Lisa, she said he was over his birth weight, she didn’t say he was over double his birth weight.
December 4th, 2007 at 10:18 am
Lisa, it only says he’s over his birth weight. Nothing at all about doubling it. Babies lose weight at birth and then get back up to birth weight. I’m pretty sure that’s what she meant.
December 4th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Yes, my mistake. I was reading it at about 3:00 a.m. this morning after nursing my own newborn. My eyes and mind were playing tricks on me. I am expecting to get my sanity back any day now.