Thursday, January 31, 2008
23 Moths today!
i can't believe my little girl is 3 montsh old today. Where has the time gone? Befire we know it she'll be crwling all over the place. I posted yesterday of what she is doing these days so here are some pics of miss Emma on her birthday!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
13 weeks....
I can't believe that my little Emma is 13 weeks already! Tomorrow she will be three months! Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday I was still pregnant and now she's three months old already. It just amazes me. She is such a wonderful baby! She normally goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30pm and I wake her up at 5:30am to get ready to leave. She is laughing now and she likes to "talk" to you when you talk to her. She has most control over her neck. She moves it all around and holds it up on her own but sometimes I think she gets lazy and doesn't want to hold it up anymore.
She is getting over a little cold and it's now just a cough here and there. When I took her to the doctors for her cold she weighed 9 lbs. 7.5 oz. So she's getting there! She is still in mostly newborn stuff.... diapers and clothes. A few of her 0-3 months stuff fits. I think we might go Friday and get her ears pierced. I'm going to call a piercing place and ask the age to make sure she is old enough. I can't wait.
Sunday will be her first day with just her daddy. I can't wait to see how many phone calls I get at work. It should be interesting.
Well, I guess that's it. I will post of pics of her tomorrow so everyone can see what she looks like at 3 months!
She is getting over a little cold and it's now just a cough here and there. When I took her to the doctors for her cold she weighed 9 lbs. 7.5 oz. So she's getting there! She is still in mostly newborn stuff.... diapers and clothes. A few of her 0-3 months stuff fits. I think we might go Friday and get her ears pierced. I'm going to call a piercing place and ask the age to make sure she is old enough. I can't wait.
Sunday will be her first day with just her daddy. I can't wait to see how many phone calls I get at work. It should be interesting.
Well, I guess that's it. I will post of pics of her tomorrow so everyone can see what she looks like at 3 months!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
11 weeks today!
I can't believe my perfect little girl is 11 weeks already. It just amazes me. She is laughing out-loud on occasion now. She goo's and Ga's when you talk to her like she is trying to talk back. She is still sleeping through the night... yippee! (Sorry Kari!) It's just amazing. I hate that I had to go back to work but it makes me appreciate her even more. I just love her sooo much! Anyways, she is mostly formula because I am just not producing enough, hardly any actually. When she is with me I will nurse her and then she normally takes 2-4 ounces after and she is taking 6 ounces at eh sitters because I can't pump enough to keep up with her. When I pump I am only getting 1-2 ounces. She has taken to the formula just fine so it's OK. I took her to see my mom yesterday and with her clothes on she weighed in at 9 lbs. 15.5 oz. I couldn't believe it! She is getting so big.
Here are some recent pics.......
Saturday, January 5, 2008
The First Day....
Well, i went to work for the first time on Wednesday. It was awful! I cried from the minute I woke up that morning until I picked her up at 12:15 that afternoon. She was fine and does well at the sitters but it was the worst feeling to have to leave your precious baby with someone you barely know just to go to work. Thursday was much better and Friday she was with my Mom so that was great. Monday I start full days, 7-3 so I am sure the first few weeks of that will be horrific! Emma seems to be okay with it though. Mothers should definitely not have to go back to work so soon and should definitely get full pay for the time they are out. The "disability check" was a joke. What can you do with $150 a week....... not much let my tell you.
Anyways, I am still trying to continue to breastfeed but she normally takes 2-4 oz. of formula after nursing on me. I only have 4oz of breast milk pumped and I am not sure how I am going to pump anymore. She has been taking 6 oz. at the sitters. I am thinking I might just send her to the sitters with formula and when she is with me I will try and nurse her. A women at my mom's work said to pump at work whenever it would be time for her to eat. I will ask them if I can but pumping takes and hour and I would have to pump twice so I am not sure they would go for that but I will ask. I think I am at the pint where if I have to go to just formula I will be ok with that..... Thanks to you Kari's inspirational and lifting comment! She has gotten just breast milk for the first 9 weeks of her life. I guess that's better then nothing. And I will do the same with the next baby, I will nurse until my milk supply declines.
Emma is still sleeping through the night. She has ever since 12/21/07. She laughs at you now, not out loud but almost. She finds it extremely funny when she poops and I call her a stinky girl. She's just growing so fast and she is just soo beautiful!
It just amazes me how one little girl can change your entire world in the blink of an eye. All at once you are not living for you anymore, you are living for them and what makes them happy and safe and secure. How all at once, you would do absolutely Anything for this wonderful little girl. How they grow and change every day and it sucks that you can't be with them 24/7. But somehow at 9 1/2 weeks old, they know who you are. And she is the definition of unconditional love.
Anyways, I am still trying to continue to breastfeed but she normally takes 2-4 oz. of formula after nursing on me. I only have 4oz of breast milk pumped and I am not sure how I am going to pump anymore. She has been taking 6 oz. at the sitters. I am thinking I might just send her to the sitters with formula and when she is with me I will try and nurse her. A women at my mom's work said to pump at work whenever it would be time for her to eat. I will ask them if I can but pumping takes and hour and I would have to pump twice so I am not sure they would go for that but I will ask. I think I am at the pint where if I have to go to just formula I will be ok with that..... Thanks to you Kari's inspirational and lifting comment! She has gotten just breast milk for the first 9 weeks of her life. I guess that's better then nothing. And I will do the same with the next baby, I will nurse until my milk supply declines.
Emma is still sleeping through the night. She has ever since 12/21/07. She laughs at you now, not out loud but almost. She finds it extremely funny when she poops and I call her a stinky girl. She's just growing so fast and she is just soo beautiful!
It just amazes me how one little girl can change your entire world in the blink of an eye. All at once you are not living for you anymore, you are living for them and what makes them happy and safe and secure. How all at once, you would do absolutely Anything for this wonderful little girl. How they grow and change every day and it sucks that you can't be with them 24/7. But somehow at 9 1/2 weeks old, they know who you are. And she is the definition of unconditional love.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Tomorrow's the SAD day....
First off.................... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, tomorrow is my first day back to work and I am stressing. I do not want to go back for anything! It would be really nice if one of us won the lotto so I wouldn't have to go back. I'm not asking for a lot, just enough to pay everything off so I don't have to work. It really sucks. And because I have been stressing so much the last few days my milk supply isn't as full. Emma's first and last feedings of the day seem to make her full, she's still sleeping through the night and then after breakfast will sleep another few hours. But her feedings during the day are not making her full. She will eat on me for 20 minutes each side and still be hungry. So I have been giving her 2 ounces of formula if she acts hungry after nursing and that seems to make her full. It really sucks because it makes me feel like I can't provide for her and then I cry. Which I am sure doesn't help the situation. I might do 1/2 days for the first week or so. Just until I get used to it again. It seems like I haven't been there in forever but then again I feel like I am leaving Emma too soon.
Anyways, I will let you know how it goes.
Well, tomorrow is my first day back to work and I am stressing. I do not want to go back for anything! It would be really nice if one of us won the lotto so I wouldn't have to go back. I'm not asking for a lot, just enough to pay everything off so I don't have to work. It really sucks. And because I have been stressing so much the last few days my milk supply isn't as full. Emma's first and last feedings of the day seem to make her full, she's still sleeping through the night and then after breakfast will sleep another few hours. But her feedings during the day are not making her full. She will eat on me for 20 minutes each side and still be hungry. So I have been giving her 2 ounces of formula if she acts hungry after nursing and that seems to make her full. It really sucks because it makes me feel like I can't provide for her and then I cry. Which I am sure doesn't help the situation. I might do 1/2 days for the first week or so. Just until I get used to it again. It seems like I haven't been there in forever but then again I feel like I am leaving Emma too soon.
Anyways, I will let you know how it goes.
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