10 weeks

Unless I have lost count, my baby is 10 weeks today! I think she is about 11 pounds as well. She has started to sleep longer periods during the night...we usually can get between 4-6 hours at one stretch followed by 1.5-3 hours....of course there are nights where it's 2-3 all over again, but the trend is that she is sleeping longer for now. That makes me happy since I am going back to work and need to have energy for 34 (some very) roudy munchkins.

I am not happy about going back to work. I just keep telling myself that I can leave after contract hours are up and come home...but it still doesn't seem like enough time with Leah. I had a hard time sleeping 2 nights ago because I just kept thinking about it. I don't know how I am going to leave her and I feel like I will just think about her all day. I wish I never said I'd go back to work...ugh.

Her Lola is here right now and Leah is due for her nap. When she's not sleepy and crying, she smiles a lot now and makes cooing noises. She can have a whole conversation with you if you make the noises back at her. It's so cute. Julian taught her how to wave back (well, she just moves her arm and waves it) It was adorable. She moves her right arm and not her left so we think we have a right handed dribbler in our house.

Halloween Fun

So we went to my friend Kelly's daughter's first birthday party....she was born on Halloween. I think that would be a fun bday to have....Leah dressed as her pea pod and Lily was a bee. It was so cute to see them together. Lily was very sweet to her and gave her kisses, etc. At night, we went to my parents' house and hung out. Julian and I were going to go out but then my stepmom made fried chicken and you know how Julian loves friend chicken! It was delicious.

Tomorrow is Leah's 2 month birthday AND her 2 month doc. appt. We are going to get her shots tomorrow and she is NOT going to like it. It might make me cry watching her so upset! I have the tylenol already packed though.

Today we went for a walk but she was fussy......so we came home and played, ate, and then napped. We did kangaroo care/skin to skin....it is supposed to help regulate baby's heartrates and calm them down to have their skin touched to their parents. She did calm down and napped and then woke up and pooped all over herself and me. That was fun. I got her cleaned up and set her in her crib....now she started to cry. Gotta go :)

Tick Tock

Today Leah thought I was so funny. There is a song where you go Tick tock, tick tock, tick tick tick tick etc. I don't even know the right words but she just smiled and smiled when I sang/chanted it. I think she liked it because it was quick and she liked her legs moving, etc.

Last night she still had a hard time breathing bc she is congested. I fed her at 12:30am and ended up falling asleep with her on me....woke up at 2:30 and handed her off to Julian. She was up at 4:30 and then I fed her again and held her....she went back to bed but I couldn't. She was making all sorts of noises for hours. After Julian went to work, I held her and tried to doze off....that's the hardest part is the sleep deprivation. It's all so worth it but just much harder when you are so tired.

At 2pm I took Leah to meet up with a girl from my Mommy and Me class. We went to Kinders and got a sandwich and then were planing on walking but both of our babies needed to be nursed and so that took time...and once we put them in the carrier, they both needed to be changed and fed again. We went to a park after that and Leah screamed again because she hates that car seat. She cried each time for pretty much the whole drive. I put he rin the stroller and she cried a ton. So I held her and she was happy. I laid a thing down and she rested on a picnic table and really liked it. She was smiling and very content. I think it was the perfect weather and she just liked having the breeze blow over her. I put her in a sling and walked around the lake and it was fun. She is just needing extra cuddling today I think which I like. We came home and she crashed on me and I just got her in the swing so that i could eat some dinner.

Danielle came over to watch Private Practice on DVR. I am going to take her home in a few minutes and we are going to grab a coffee or a frozen yogurt. Julian has his fantasy basketball draft but has assured me that he can handle her for the hour. She's sleeping right now anyway...

Tomorrow we have mommy and me again. I am loving being home with her and am not looking forward to going to work. I just have to enjoy each day for the next month. :) Ok off to go get a decaf coffee. :)

sickface

Well, Leah got sick the other night. It was so sad....Julian woke up first to her kind of choking on mucus...and turns out it was just reallllly thick. We had to do a steam shower, prop her up, use the nasal aspirater (which she hates). She had sick eyes where they are glossy and a really weak, tired cry the whole next day. last night was better but we still were up with her trying to help her breathe better....then today she has been fussy but seems to be breathing better. I overdresed her....she was hot and was the fussy one at the mommy and me group......She cried hysterically in the car...I felt so bad. I had a huge headache. She HATES the car and it's so sad how upset she gets....you would think someone was hurting her. Her cute little tears pour and pour.

She just woke up from a nap. The only way I get her to sleep without being on me in the day is if by chance after a walk, she is still asleep in her carseat....so she screamed the whole way home but fell aslleep right when I took her out of the car...I think she was just all tired out. Oh she's crying. Gotta go :)

Rainy day

Yesterday was Leah's first rainy day...we spent the first few hours cuddled up and she slept while i watched the rain. Then we went to our first mommy and me group. It was fun to see other moms witheir 0-3 month olds... Leah did well in the car and was very happy all day. Then she slept 5 hours in a row, ate, slept an hour and a half, ate, then needed to be held an hour and then was up...so today we have a breastfeeding class today and then my stepmom might visit today too. Ok... well, it has been fun with this little one :)

breastfeeding class

Well, Jen asked about the breastfeeding support class and if it gets awkward fast. Probably to a non-breastfeeding person, it would be awkward...but when u are breastfeeding, you get accustomed to just whipping it out to feed your kid and actually most of the time (at least in my house) covering up is more for the other person around (so THEY don't feel awkward). In public, it feels weird to me and I use a cover for my wellbeing, but it's getting easier. At first, I really didn't want to even with a cover, but I see a bunch of people doing it now and it doesn't look bad with the shield.

So at the class, you go in and take a seat on the floor. They have chairs that are the kind that u can lean into and they support you but you are still on the floor. Oh, you grab some water because staying hydrated is important. And then about 8 people were there yesterday and there is a lactation consultant who is the group leader....so one person starts and you go around in a circle and introduce yourself and your baby and then u ask a question or say what problem you're having....like I said, breastfeeding has more challenges than one would imagine....and then the lactation person answers the question ( some questions were about one baby hadn't pooped in 10 days...another's poop was green....some women are having pain in one breast more than they other....I asked a question about how Leah wouldn't take breastmilk after dinner one day bc i think the broccoli I ate upset her....people asked about ways to help their kid burp better, spit up questions, about pumping and storing, about breast accessories, etc) During that time, people just feed their kid. One lady used a coverup but the rest just did it because we're all in the same boat. They have a scale there and so you'd get up and weigh your baby before the feed and then weigh her after to see how many ounces she took in. Leah took in 2 ounces and she needs about 3-4 per feeding, but still 2 was good for her to take in at one stretch. When I went to the consultant on my own, Leah took an hour to take in about 2 ounces and she did the recent one in about 5-10minutes.

She is sleeping now and so I am going to rest. :)

10/7/09

i don't even know if that is the date but i guessed that it is,,,,, things are good here. last night we got about 7 hours of sleep which is the best night yet....we got 4 hours, fed, then close to 3 i think...a few days before that she woke up at 3 and didnt want to go back to sleep...every night is a new adventure. she is so much more alert now and enjoys watching her mobile spin...

we were having breastfeeding issues---it's actully really hard....she is feeding right now so excuse the typos....only have one hand. we are going to a breastfeeding class today so hopefully it helps.... last night she freaked out about the breastmilk...i ate broccoli at dinner and i think she rejected it...

julian and my first anniversary is on sunday...we want to do a movie and dinner....

i will try to post more often....it is hard to find time to even go to the bathroom these days though :)

over and out