About Joanna Track
Four years ago, Sweetspot.ca Founder Joanna Track settled down with her darling husband and his two adorable young boys. She’s since added “new mom” to her long list of achievements with the addition of baby Teddy. Check back weekly for her tales of sweet family life.
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blogpost (me, Nadine, ranting musing about heaven knows what) to fill you in on some happy news.
When we received an email from our sleep-loving Joanna Track at 4am, we should have known it was to announce the arrival of her beautiful son. We're proud to announce that Teddy was born in the wee hours of Monday, June 22, weighing a respectable 7.5 lbs.
Understandably, contact with our sweet founder has been intermittent, but what I instantly gleaned from the photo she sent was a few things that are only truly visible to those who've gone through this newborn thing before:
- They have not yet mastered the swaddle -- which is probably OK since Teddy is doing a lot of sleeping this first week. But well in advance of Week Six, I recommend a viewing of Dr. Harvey Karp's Happiest Baby on the Block. Nothing like waking up the twelfth time the baby whacks himself in the head because of uncoordinated arm reflexes.
- Someone (likely an overprotective grandparent) was worried that baby might fall off whatever surface he's on. Just a guess really, but Teddy is surrounded by cosy pillows. The only movement from Teddy this week will be in his diaper (oh and whacking himself in the face while he's sleeping of course!).
Please help me in congratulating Joanna, her husband Jon and her two stepsons on the arrival of this little angel by leaving her a comment below. I know once he comes for an office visit and I hold him for 30 seconds, I'm going to consider having a third before reality sets in.