I think I finally understand my relationship with nursing...after months of trying to perfect it and get in a groove..I've finally realized why nursing Chloe is so important to me. Asides from all the wonderful benefits of breastmilk, as well as the wonderful bonding time it offers us..I've discovered that nursing Chloe has taken a whole special meaning given how early she decided to make her entrance into our lives. To me, nursing her has also become my way of making up for the lost time she missed being 'inside'. So..that's my big revelation for the day.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
another round of shots...
fresh from celebrating her 4 month birthday we had to take poor Chloë to get some shots..she cried SO loud, SO violently, I felt like she would hate me forever. Then Dr. S. reminded me that she won't remember a thing! At least she looked stylish and was very happy on her way to the doctor's.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
giggles
chloë has started to not only smile widely, but she now laughs--giggles more like it--but it's definitely very amusing. Once she gets really happy and excited, she starts chuckling and giggling with her wide smile--melts my heart. now I'm constantly trying new things that make her laugh. pretending to eat her hands is definitely a winner..pretending to choke--another winner..go figure. she's got a wacky sense of humour.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
sunday morning--daylight savings
last night chloë went to bed at 8:30pm, and I prayed and hoped all night that she would sleep a little bit later so we could try to casually adjust to the daylight savings time..she didn't exactly comply, but although she woke up to eat at 5:20am (old time) she stayed sort of half asleep in her crib just talking to herself for a while until 6am (old time)..at that point I went in and nursed her and she went right back to sleep as usual. as usual she slept for an additional 2 hours and then woke up again at 9am (old time)..so we'll see tonight when we put her to bed if my strategy worked or not. in enjoying mission almost accomplished I spent about half an hour trying to remember if she had eaten at 9:20am old time or new time..Josh helped me out by stating simply "She ate at 8:20am actual time."
a sunday morning smile
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
chloë's first halloween!
we celebrated chloë's first halloween by dressing her up as a bear. to me it looks like a bear ate her and all we see is her face pokin' out..
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
celebrating
we posed for some family shots before heading out for dinner last night-- Chloë stayed behind manning the home front while we had some nice Italian food..
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
2 years and counting
today we are celebrating our two year wedding anniversary...the nanny is staying late, and we are going OUT! I've been looking forward to this since our weekend in Cape May, NJ--another night out without baby spit up on my shirt as I eat dinner!
Monday, October 27, 2008
back to feeding frenzy
After 3 months, and a nicely established schedule, we decided to try more exclusive breastfeeding (without the need for supplementing) and realized Chloë might be very lazy! I understand nursing is tiresome (or so I've heard) and it takes more work for our prima donna, but really, she should help me out some..instead of eating every 3-4 hours as in the days when she would nurse and then get a top off from the bottle, on Monday and today so far, she has decided she is more on a 2-3 hour schedule. Doesn't sound like too much change, but trust me..it's exhausting. I feel like I've gone back to her newborn days when she ate 8 times a day. We'll see how long this lasts..we have a doctor's appointment in about a week, and depending on her weight gain, there'll be more changes to Chloë's schedule.
Chloë looking very full and content
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday--the drive back
After managing to get a late check out, I let Josh sleep a little bit longer while Elery and I got all of the bags and things packed. Chloë took a nap after her breakfast, and before we hit the road, I nursed in the hotel lounge so we could get a few hours in the car before having to stop again. An hour and a half into the trip we stopped to get some gas, and I thought.."hmm this gas station really stinks like poop."
I should have known better--Chloë stank like poop! We had to change her in the car and to our delight she had pooped up her back and it was a bit of an adventure changing her. She smiled the whole time, and after a few minutes we were back on the road.
Chloë slept for a couple of hours and then we pulled over to feed her again. After 40 minutes or so, we were back on 95 South and finally encountered some nasty traffic. Chloë was not pleased..after complaining for about 10 minutes she drifted off to sleep and stayed that way until we got home at 7:30pm. After a nice bath and some milk, little miss Chloë went to sleep very quickly..she was EXHAUSTED from her weekend out!
Saturday--Our first real night out
After enjoying parenthood for a little over 3 months with nights out a thing of the past, we got ready on Saturday to get our drink on and have a grand old time at Ryan and Jenna's wedding. After having had a little over 3 hours of sleep I had to start getting ready for the big day. The ceremony was beautiful, and before the reception we had a couple of hours to kill, so we brought Chloë to meet everyone. She was all bundled up because Cape May, NJ in October is FREEZING but she was in good spirits. I had not packed proper winter attire for her, but we made do and she was very cozy and warm. Everyone ohh-ed and ahh-ed at her and as soon as we dropped her back off with Elery, we went back to the reception.
I had to make a short stop at the concierge desk and drop off my breast pump so I could pump later in the night. They weren't as weirded out by my request to leave my breast pump with them as I thought..I told them I'd come to get it at one point. It was going to be a 'pump and dump' job as I planned on having a few drinks, but I didn't want to get uncomfortable hence the need for the pump.
We had a fantastic night dancing, drinking and seeing everyone! I went back to the room by 1am, and Josh stumbled in sometime around 4am.
Friday--the road trip begins...T-9 hours
Our first road trip with Chloë actually began for me at 11am on Friday, a full 9 hours before we were due to leave, so that I could pack and make sure I had everything we needed. After running around all day making sure all the bags and 'baby things' were in order, we got ready to feed Chloë her last feeding of the day at around 6:45pm. By 7:45pm we were ready to leave--we packed up the car, and my fears about everything not fitting ALMOST came true. Between her moses basket, and the stroller, and our bags, you could barely see out of the rearview mirror. We hit the road at 8pm and by 8:10pm Chloë was sound asleep. She slept the whole car ride, and only woke up once we brought her into the hotel room at 1am. At that point she got out of her schedule and wanted to be fed.
As Josh paced around the room eager to go out so we could meet everyone at the bar--I nursed Chloë until she was back asleep. Elery, our wonderful baby nurse, stayed with Chloë while Josh and I went to meet everyone out. By the time we arrived at the bar, everyone was already past drunk and close to calling it a night. It was still nice to see everyone before the wedding the next day.
Once we got back to the hotel at around 2:30am, Chloë was awake--apparently some late night partiers had made too much noise around the halls and woken her up. She managed to drift back to sleep by 2:45am, and slept until 6:30am. This gave me a total of 3 and half hours of sleep...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
milk explosion
so in trying to respect Chloë's sleep, when I fed her this morning at 5:30am, I tried to disrupt her as little as possible. She woke up crying and hungry, so I quickly changed her diaper which was heavy with pee, and we got settled to nurse. She happily latched on and proceeded to make her little happy sighs noise as she ate. 10 minutes into it though, she must have been gulping way too quickly, and milk started to spurt out of her noise--a LOT! I woke Josh up to help me clean her up, and as we nasal aspirated the milk out of her nose, milk jumped out of her mouth. By this time, she was well awake, and we had to change her PJs, and clean her up before she could go back to eating. Suffice to say, she was not pleased. She finished her early breakfast, and went back to sleep at 6:20am. But just to show me how unpleased she was with having been thoroughly disturbed earlier, she made sure to wake up again at 7:30am to ensure I couldn't sleep anymore. I'm sure of it. Our morning did get better as we went to the doctor for a weight check, and she's doing well, and weighing in over 10 lbs!
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