|oh, how they grow|

well, maybe i'm just a slow learner, but i'm starting to get the hang of reading her signals. and i'm paying less attention to all these "methods". i feel way better. funny thing, though, i'm still kind of afraid of her.

she's one month and one day today. next week, she has her one month checkup, and of course i'm anxious about taking her out of the house. i'm not sure why. i just feel like we're safer at home, and if she cries, i can help her. kind of silly, since there's nothing magical about being in the house.

we're going to work on introducing bottles this weekend. i think that will help a lot. i won't feel like she always needs my boob. and i won't feel like she is helpless without me.

i didn't think i would worry this much. lol. we'll get better at breastfeeding, though. and we'll eventually be able to go shopping and visiting and such. someday, maybe, i'll even nurse in public. yikes!

hard to believe how much she has grown in just one month. i really do wish we had taken more pictures of her. our announcements finally arrived today! we didn't have a newborn picture of her to put on it... time just flies!