|5 weeks|
she's 5 weeks today. tomorrow is her one month check-up. we're interested to see how much she weighs... she has got so many fat rolls! and her chins... we can't even count how many there are because they all sort of blend together.
breast feeding is getting better and better. we're introducing the bottle, now, so she is ready for when i have to go back to work. it's pretty confusing how much breast milk i am supposed to put into the bottle.
i think i've been putting enough milk in, but she cries and cries after the bottle is finished. i think it is because she prefers to comfort suck at the boob, and the bottle isn't satisfying that need. but maybe the pediatrician will be able to tell me more about how much to feed her.
a lot of times, i still don't understand her cries, which is frustrating for me. we're trying not to let her associate food with sleep, so we do a little awake time or activity after she eats to wake her up a little bit. then we lay her down to sleep a little later. overall, that seems to have been working 60-70% of the time. but sometimes she cries. matt says it is because she is lonely. of course, that tugs my heartstrings and we cuddle with her, but i know we're teaching her bad sleep habits if we rock her to sleep. we have some sleep books arriving in the mail soon. hopefully the experts will have better advice for us.
babies don't come with manuals. i know they are all different, but it seems like a lot of things should be almost the same. like how much they eat, how much they sleep, when they prefer to have their fussy time of day... i can't believe they just let people take these tiny little people home from the hospital. okay, good luck! have fun! you'll figure it out eventually.... i mean, you have to pass a test to drive a car! how can they just let you take a baby home?! shouldn't there be some sort of instruction manual that you have to read before you can have a baby?
even then, you can read as much as you want before the baby comes. everything seems so easy before the baby. lol. it's different after the baby is actually here.
more pictures soon...
breast feeding is getting better and better. we're introducing the bottle, now, so she is ready for when i have to go back to work. it's pretty confusing how much breast milk i am supposed to put into the bottle.
i think i've been putting enough milk in, but she cries and cries after the bottle is finished. i think it is because she prefers to comfort suck at the boob, and the bottle isn't satisfying that need. but maybe the pediatrician will be able to tell me more about how much to feed her.
a lot of times, i still don't understand her cries, which is frustrating for me. we're trying not to let her associate food with sleep, so we do a little awake time or activity after she eats to wake her up a little bit. then we lay her down to sleep a little later. overall, that seems to have been working 60-70% of the time. but sometimes she cries. matt says it is because she is lonely. of course, that tugs my heartstrings and we cuddle with her, but i know we're teaching her bad sleep habits if we rock her to sleep. we have some sleep books arriving in the mail soon. hopefully the experts will have better advice for us.
babies don't come with manuals. i know they are all different, but it seems like a lot of things should be almost the same. like how much they eat, how much they sleep, when they prefer to have their fussy time of day... i can't believe they just let people take these tiny little people home from the hospital. okay, good luck! have fun! you'll figure it out eventually.... i mean, you have to pass a test to drive a car! how can they just let you take a baby home?! shouldn't there be some sort of instruction manual that you have to read before you can have a baby?
even then, you can read as much as you want before the baby comes. everything seems so easy before the baby. lol. it's different after the baby is actually here.
more pictures soon...
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