1 month

Wow, a month has gone by already?? Who knew?!

But seriously, it's crazy how fast the time flew, and I know it's only going to fly by faster as time goes by. That's why I'm doing things, like trying to maintain this blog, and Sami's Baby Book, and a baby scrapbook...

So yeah, things have been kinda busy.... you know, like the busy you expect with a newborn. Luckily my mother and my father were able to take the last couple of weeks off to help out, but as of tomorrow, I am officially on my own. Am I worried? Not too much... I just hope she's as good for me solo as she has been...

Nothing really much else to report... Sami has a case of baby acne, which was confirmed by the pediatrician last Saturday when we brought her up because I didnt trust Google's analysis. Luckily it should be gone in a month's time, but still... I feel bad that she's being subject to my crazy hormones.

ALSO - thanks to the pediatrician's appointment, we now know that as of last Saturday she was 8lbs, which means she's well over that at this point, and so I'll be curious to see what she's at when we go to her one-month appointment on Wednesday.

As for me, still can't get out of the 170lbs range... which is a little frustrating because this 1 pair of maternity jeans is starting to get too big. I have begun pumping though, and now that I'll be home alone it'll make it a little easier to do. I initially tried a 2oz bottle with Sami, but apparently that's not enough for her hungers, so now I have enough for a 4oz bottle, and that's going to be for Chris to try to give her tonight. One step at a time - I'm just glad I have enough time ahead of me before I have to go back to work so that I can get this all figured out.

3 weeks

Samantha turned 3 weeks on Monday, and I'm a complete slacker for not finding time to blog about it. Other than an insane increase on feeding times, and a sad case of baby acne, there isn't really much else to report. She's awesome, keeping us up late at night while she sleeps through the days, and is handling being put down in her baby seat and crib a little better every day.

We've also introduced the pacifier, finally. We were a little reluctant at first, but sometimes a baby just wants to suck. So long as we break her of it around 6 months, and there's definitely no nipple confusion, I think we're ok.

As for me, I was down 21lbs as of Monday, but that doesn't mean much to me right now. My butt and my stomach are still huge, so although I can pull up my pre-pregnancy jeans up above my arse, I can't for the life of me button them. I even went to Old Navy this week to try to see if a pair the next size up would do me any good, but alas, same situation - they wouldn't button. So I walked out with a pair of yoga pants and pajama pants instead, and decided that maternity jeans would still be kosher, and I would try again after my 6-week appointment.

2 weeks.

So as you can tell, I'm a little slacking with my posting as of late. Obviously, things have been busy, sleep has been scarce, and I rarely get to my computer anymore, but moments like this, when Sami is sleeping in her carseat after a ride home from the mall, I can take a few minutes to myself, so here we go!

As of yesterday, Sami is now 2 weeks old. She sleeps a lot, but when she's awake her eyes are so bright and alert. She only really cries when she's hungry, or when she's not asleep enough to know that we've put her down instead of carrying her. She LOVES "kangaroo time" on my chest, and more often than not that will be the only way she'll fall asleep.

As for me, I am out and about... sometimes I'll get sore and need to take Mortin, but it's a rare occurrence as of late. My 6 week follow-up appointment is scheduled for November 2nd, so I'm kinda just counting down the days until I'm in the clear. And as of yesterday I was down 17 lbs. Go-go, breastfeeding!

Speaking of breastfeeding, we're getting there. She's doing great, latching on with little to no trouble... as for me, I'm the one with the sore nipples whose trying my hardest not to cut our feeding times short because of the pain. I guess it really isn't that bad all the time - the right side is definitely causing me more discomfort than the left, but it's getting better. And I know - I've been trying lanolin, and my own breastmilk to toughen them up, but it's a slow process. I'm also starting to drink me some milkmaid tea to help increase milkflow - can't hurt, right? I just can't help but feeling I'm not giving her enough with each feeding because she ALWAYS seems hungry, but we have her 2-week pediatrician appointment, and they'll weigh her there, so I guess I'll know by then. There's also a breastfeeding clinic at the hospital every Monday-Friday that I could attend for moms and babies only, where they will weigh the baby and you''ll be able to get guidance from the lactation consultants if there's any concern. I think I might start going once Chris goes back to work, and my parents are done coming over to help.

But in the meantime, we're just taking one day at a time, and trying to get in as many naps as possible. But Sami is awesome, and I wouldn't trade any of this for the world. :)