Im 3 weeks old!

I can't believe that my little boy is already 3 weeks old!!!

We had to put away many of his newborn clothes already ;( he is growing big and strong. He moves his head a lot and is very strong in lifting it when he is on his tummy. He is starting to make cooing sounds too. Soo sweet! He stares right into my eye and it just melts my heart. I love him soooo much!

It's only been 3 weeks and breastfeeding is going well although there have been certain times of the day (6am to 1pm then about 6pm to 11pm) where the baby wants to he nursed every hour!!! He also refuses formula all together now. He prefers and only wants breastmilk.

I have a lot of amazing women around me in my life and amazing women on twitter that have really been supportive and telling me to keep at it and not to give up. I'm grateful for that. Thanks ladies! You all tell me it will get easier.... I'm holding you all to it! Haha.

I am proud of myself though, and when I think that I kept at it for 3 weeks I know I can keep going. If I don't drop from being super tired and exhausted that is haha.

I ordered a baby wrap this week too! The baby K'tan!

I bought it from www.peaceofmindbaby.com and since they are located in my city it arrived in only a couple of days! I tried it out yesterday and it's comfy!!

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Sterilizing bottles-what do you do?

Today baby K had his 2 week check up. He is up in weight and his doctor was happy! He is now 7lbs 13oz ;) my big boy! Our doctor really wants us to breastfeed only, which we are trying. We are doing well but we top up with formula a couple times a day. I'm pumping between Feedings when I can to use that as the top up as much as possible. Either way it's working for us so far and doctor was glad we found what works best for us ;)

Before I gave birth I was always concerned about sterilizing bottles. I heard many different things from different people. So last week I asked his doctor If I should boil the bottles and nipples etc. He said I could if I want.... But didn't elaborate. So today I asked again ;) he said soap and water is just fine and boiling is not necessary. Which sounds great to me! I've been making bottle soup for 2 weeks now haha! He also told me to watch the documentary "babies". My SIL told me about this movie a couple weeks ago. So I'm eager to watch it.

How do you wash bottles? For my pump I have the microwave steam bags which I love.

After his appointment we went to buy some clothes and went to best buy to pick up pictures.

Baby K was soo good and just slept the whole time yay!

Im 2 weeks old!

I'm 2 weeks old!

I'm a big boy! Growing everyday! I outgrew some of my newborn clothes and my newborn diapers are pretty snug!

My umbilical cord stump fell out when I was 9 days old ;)

I love taking a warm bath, it really relaxes me. I still hate it when I get my diaper changed though, and cry when it's done.

I love to sleep and give mommy 3-4 hours stretches of sleep. Which means I'm only up twice at night.

I'm also much more alert and love the sound of mommy and daddy's voices. Daddy sings me to sleep and I love that!

Here I am at 2 weeks! Nov 12, 2011

Lactation nurse, weight loss and more

Thursday ramblings ...

Tuesday we went to a lactation nurse for help with breast- feeding. She gave me great tips. She told me what to look for when baby is sucking. Example 1-3 sucks and a swallow is a good sign. 4 or more sucks means he is working a little too hard and time to switch to the other. She also told me to pump in between feedings so if baby needs a top up, I use breast-milk. I was doing really well and was soo happy. But last night baby K wasn't latching. It was like he kept sliding off. So I pumped and I also gave 3oz of formula. This morning is better so fingers crossed! Breast-feeding is sooo challenging!

K also had a bad tummy ache. He was crying a lot! :( must have been something I ate that hurt his tummy.

I massaged his belly and did leg exercises. Today he seems better.




Baby K is almost 2 weeks old! Time is going by sooo fast!!

Can you see that grey mark in the crease of his foot... It's called a Mongolian spot. Neat huh! Very common in East Asians and Native Americans. I'm Italian background and husband was born in Honduras.

Christmas is around the corner and I think I will start decorating! Baby K's stocking has been ordered! 

 zoe is not impressed by baby K, he cries and I hold him and she just stares and me all day long lol

Weight-loss - So far I dropped 15lbs whoohoo but I need 40 to go to get to my goal weight. I'm not diving into any weight-loss program just yet, all my focus is on my little newborn.  In a couple months I will. :)

Busy being a new mama

So it's been a little hectic these days. Lots of visitors over to see baby K, doctors appointments, laundry, getting breastfeeding going.

Sometimes I need to remind myself that it's only been a week and a bit! I'm pretty much fully recovered which I'm thankful for. I had a quick recovery ;) glad i got that ha! Breastfeeding is getting better and better and today we are seeing a lactation nurse for extra tips ;)

Yesterdays doctors appointment went well. Baby K is 7lbs 2oz!! The doctor was happy and says he is one strong boy!

At night he sleeps pretty good. After feeding he usually sleeps 2-3 hours! During the day he gets into some 4 hour naps! At night I sleep when he sleeps and during the day I do any cleaning/laundry as he sleeps.

We are coming up with sorta a schedule. Although I know it will constantly change ;) I wake up about a half hour before he does which let's me wash up, put makeup on ;) and get dressed!

Baby k looks different everyday!! And can't believe how much he has grown in just a week!

I'm 1 week old!!

I'm eating much more these days and love to snuggle against mommy and daddy. I took a warm bath today without crying! And I love to sleep a lot especially during the day! ;) I love to scream and cry when mommy changes my diaper, my bum gets cold and I hate it! I do love going for a ride in the car, I sleep the whole time!

I'm going to see my doctor Monday to make sure I gained more weight this week.

I'm 1 week old today!

New mom favorites so far

It's only been a week and I already have some favorite items. My list so far.

1. Love zipper onesies or nightgowns especially for night time changing. Better than a million buttons
2. Mittens for my little one. This little guy has sharp nails. Ha!
3. Ready made formula. I am just getting the hang of breast feeding and it's going well now. But having the ready made formula helps as back up or top up. My lactation nurse advised that topping up with formula after baby breast feeds is ok as my supply still needs to come in. (personal choice)
4. Bouncy. Baby loves sleeping in it.
5. Bassinet for night time sleeping
6. Dr brown bottles

Right now our schedule is Eat, sleep, change diaper, cuddle and repeat ha!

My Labour Story

My Labour story.... I'm not leaving anything out! I felt that I was mentally prepared for some scenarios but never thought of the scenario I got....

Ok so Friday I wrote this post about getting induced....

From that point on when my contractions started, and they started quickly and they were painful!!!! I was progressing along perfectly. They administered the epidural and I felt pretty good. No pain and I relaxed...
Then, I started to feel pelvic pressure. It got worse and worse!! It was sooo painful and I was confused to how I was feeling so much pain with an epidural. The nurse did not want to increase my epidural and called the anesthesiologist . He came and with sarcasm said, well you are feeling pain because you are having a baby. Then injected my IV with some other painkiller. Whatever it was numbed me from my neck down. My body was a cement, I couldn't move, couldn't breathe! And my blood pressure dropped which caused all the nurses to panic and they started giving me more fluids and ephedrine to bring my pressure back up. Then they said that they needed to get it out of my system before I push... I was 9cm dilated at the time and baby was in the canal, they were feeling his head!Poor little one was stuck in there for so long :(

I asked why they gave me that high dose... They said "you asked" .... Oh I was mad, soooooo mad!!!GRRR

Then... It wore off... The pain was back!! Finally time to push. The pushing itself wasn't as bad, but it was tough because I was sooo exhausted. And I wanted the pain to be over. I was induced I think around 8:30pm Friday and was ready to push 7:30am Saturday. At one point as I was pushing the doctor told me to stop because the baby's head was sideways... When I heard her say that I thought, NO WAY! I"M DONE! this baby is coming now! So I pushed so super hard! In less than 20 minutes I pushed and Baby K was born... It wasn't over... I won't go into too much detail, but I was bleeding a lot and they had to give me meds to stop the bleeding. Everything hurt! Nurses pressing my belly, ouch! Had some stitches Ouch! Even when they removed IV and tape all over my body OUCH!!! I told the nurses to stop touching me!

After all that I can say I was soo traumatized. I couldn't even speak I was in shock by the whole thing.

But it's true what they say... once I held my baby, it all was forgotten. (well not all haha) But I was sooo happy to hold him in my arms!



Recovery: My body was soooo sore, swollen and stitches were painful. It's day 5 now and I feel much much better and almost back to normal. whew!!!!!

All worth it for my precious little guy!

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