Wednesday Confessions

 

 

Today I thought I would just write about all the random things going on and confessions into how my life has changed.  Just a fun post looking inside my days lately! :)

 

• It's 12:30pm and I am just now drinking coffee and eating my blueberry "buscuits" granola pack.
• I am peed and/or puked on daily.
• My bed is peed and/or puked in almost nightly during feedings.  What do I do? What any logical mother does at 3am.  I get up, change Tilly, put her down, and go back to sleep with whatever liquid has leaked in my bed.  Hey, it'll dry and I'll eventually get around to washing our sheets.. Don't judge.
• The highlight of my day Monday was when Tilly finally pooped after a 48 hour drought.  Let's just say I was overly excited and then sad about how excited that made me, haha.
• I have spent the last 2 days with cabbage leaves shoved in my bra trying to dry up my milk.  To say I stink is putting it nicely.  Warm cabbage mixed with leaking milk is not the most attractive smell.  Nor is it working yet. I am basically going through self torture right now.
• I wear lounge clothes daily and have worn make-up maybe 5-6 times total since Tilly has been born. If you know me, you know I love my make-up.  If you know babies, you know they can't see you that well so hey, what's the point.
• I still have around 20 lbs I need/want to lose and it can be a bit depressing thinking about the work it's going to take. Considering I spend most of my days on the couch, I probably need to get a plan of how to lose them. Sigh.  My 6 week checkup is next Tuesday, so technically I can't do anything yet anyways. After next week though, this little mama's gotta get in gear!
• I still try to paint my nails once a week to keep myself happy.  It's my thing.  Luckily Lance let's me have a nail night and watches Tilly while I do my manicures.
• My baby is 5 1/2 weeks old and already the biggest sassy little Diva.  I'm not sure how I feel about this.
• Being a parent is hard.. wait, being a MOM is hard.  Man, Dad's have it made. (good thing Lance never reads my blog! lol)  I do understand the saying though now, Being a parent is the hardest, yet most rewarding thing you will ever do.
• Even though my day is completely consumed with a baby, I still have to keep my house clean. (minus the somewhat baby infested sheets).  I do laundry almost daily, still make our bed daily, and keep everything in order.  I may be a bit of a neat freak, and this keeps part of my life balanced.  As she gets older, we will have lessons on cleaning and organizing! :) lol
• I love the weekends when I can make a quick alone trip to Target, but I always am so excited to see my sweet little baby when I get back and miss her even in that small amount of time.
• I am very blessed to have the help of my amazing husband on this journey, even though he can be a bit whiney during overnight time! :)  I am lucky to have all his help since we have no family in the area and are doing this completely on our own day to day.

 

 

 

So basically.. my life is pretty boring and disgusting most of the time, but I wouldn't have it any other way.  A little update from my last post.. we have switched completely to formula as of now.  I was giving a bottle or two of breast milk a day, but realized that was the only time she was mainly puking.  Let me tell you, with 40+ bags in the freezer I suffered pumping out, I am a bit discouraged about where to go from here.  Do I make her drink it, or stick with what's working? Uh. So far she seems to be doing good on the formula.. she only has her puke moments for the most part when we burp her and she tends to spew then.  It is messing with her bathroom routine, but I think that's normal when switching to formula.  She also hasn't had many "colic" nights at all lately.  Fingers crossed this all stays good and I don't jinx myself by writing this! :)  Enjoy your Wednesday as I try to go squeeze in a shower! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tilly - 1 Month

Since I have no more bumpdates to post, what's the next best thing? Baby updates!!

 

I am a few days late because I wanted to wait on her doctor's appointment today to get her updated info.. so here we go:

 

 

 

Month: 1 - July 21, 2014

Height: 21 3/4 inches.  Ok so when she was born they said she was 21 inches but apparently the hospital just does a quick glance at the measurement test because the next week at her first visit she was around 19 inches? Who knows.  She was 20 inches 2 weeks ago and spiked this time going up to 21 3/4. Who would've thought with her 2 shorty parents?!

Weight: 8 lbs, 1 oz

Diaper Size: Newborn

Clothes Size:  Ok this is weird.  She wears Newborn, but some are way bigger than others.  I can definitely tell the ones that were really big before are starting to actually fit now and some of her pants that fit good before are pretty snug.  But since little missy is so long, her sleepers don't really fit because she can't stretch her body out.  Looks like she will be sleeping in onesies until she bumps up to 0-3 months.

Sleep:  She is sleeping about 2 hours at a time during the day and recently bumped up to 3-4 hours at night.. hallelujah! When she does wake up at night she pretty much just eats and passes back out. Thankful mama here.

Eat:  She is so random on this.  I would say average is 2.5oz but she has been having quite a bit of 3oz bottles.  Then sometimes she only has 1.5oz.  That girl doesn't know what she wants.  She did have her first bottle of formula today and she sucked down 4oz.. so she's been lights out for over 2 hours now!

Likes:  Eat, sleep, and snuggle

Dislikes:  Being changed, if she isn't immediately fed when woken up, Dr Brown bottles, and when the doctor takes her temp.. you know where they do that for babies, right? :(

Firsts:  She had her first bottle of formula today and drank it great. Like I said above, she ate way more than she has breast milk.  We are about to start going back and forth between the 2 for now to see if it helps with her reflux and as I start weaning off pumping. I have quite a bit frozen so she'll get both for a little bit.  She also had her first major through-the-clothes blow out this week.. that was not fun for Daddy who discovered it! haha

Extra Updates:  Well this section isn't going to be the greatest news.  Tilly has had signs of reflux since around week 2 and it is a PAIN.  I feel so bad for her.  Luckily she doesn't have it horrible and is considered a "happy spitter" since so far it doesn't seem to bother her and irritate her throat.  This just means she doesn't need medicine since she's not in pain.  We still have to hold her up for quite a while after she eats in hopes of keeping the food down.  Unfortunately she still spits up and throws up sometimes, even up to an hour later.  We are just pushing through and hoping it doesn't stay around too long.  I bought her the Rock N Play to sleep in which has helped a lot with keeping her at an angle, and we are also hoping to find a good formula that's thicker to stay in her stomach better.

Another not so fun thing I found out today at the doctor is she also has a bit of Colic. AH.  The past week or two she has had some angry spells a few nights a week starting between 9-10pm and lasting about an hour or 2 at the most.  Mostly I can calm her by holding her and walking around, but she is not a happy camper during this period.  I wasn't sure if it was related to the reflux or what, but after explaining it to her doctor she let me know the dreaded word was indeed the cause, Colic.  She did tell me it sounded like she didn't have it near as bad as others, as a lot of babies will scream constantly for around 4 hours and nothing soothes them. So thank goodness for that.  The doctor also said it is normally gone by the 2 month mark, so only one month to go.. yikes.

Will all that being said, she is still a very happy, cuddly baby and the sweetest thing.  If she's not throwing up and it's before 9pm, we are great! :) haha  So as of now we are still just in the baby survival mode taking it day by day.  I get up with her all night since Lance works and I am staying home, so it's definitely exhausting tending to her 24/7.  Thank goodness he helps as much as he can at night before bed and on the weekends.  I am going shopping tonight for my birthday (I need some post-baby body clothes to fit these extra pounds hanging around.. sigh. Hopefully after my 6 week checkup I can get my butt on a good work out routine.) so it's Daddy duty tonight.

Now let's keep this blog real and share a little of my blooper pics when taking her 1 month picture.  This is the reason her eyes are so puffy in the above.. she was NOT feeling her photoshoot, haha  Enjoy! :)

Checking In

Well I have been slacking on my blog lately so I thought I would check in with some random tidbits of my life.  Basically we are still in survival newborn mode and just taking it day by day.  Tilly was 3 weeks old on Saturday and today marks my first full week alone.  All of my family has visited, and I'm not sure when Lance's will get the chance to come.  Of course this has to be Lance's inventory week so he will be working tons of hours and it's on Saturday this month.  So 6 long days.. yikes!

I don't want to jinx myself, but so far Tilly has been such an amazing baby. That girl eats, sleeps, and poops.. all a lot! Her schedule pretty much is about every 2-3 hours she wakes up to eat and then once burped and rocked a bit, will go back down to sleep.. then repeat. (with bathroom breaks in between)  Now last Thursday things started to change a bit and she was SUPER fussy and wanted to be held 24/7 or she would cry hysterically. Of course Lance immediately goes into this intense fear that she has the "purple cry".  What is that you ask? Well it's a terrifying video our hospital made us watch about how your baby can cry 24/7 for up to 5-6 months and nothing you can do will console them.  The video then goes on to let you know this is normal and to not shake your baby or basically go insane, as it will end one day.  Ok, I don't know about you but this is not something I want to watch right before I head home with my new baby.  I get they want you to be aware and also know to please not shake your baby or go insane but.. sheesh!  Thank goodness she could be consoled (mama did not have a good Thursday night or Friday day), and once I googled some and asked the ladies on my pregnancy app I learned that apparently she is/was in her 3 week growth spurt. These tend to happen 3,6,9 weeks and then 3,6,9 months were the baby is really fussy and not their normal self.  She got better as the weekend went on, and seems to be good now.. hallelujah!

This sums up that growth spurt.. I would include one of my face but it was just about the same! haha

 

 

So as of now my day consists of hanging out with Miss Priss, texting my friends a million pictures of her, squeezing in laundry and house work, and if I am really lucky.. a shower and washing my hair.  I had to order some stuff online from Target yesterday because I just had no clue when I would actually get to the store. Of course it was all baby and nursing things. Boy have times changed!  Tonight when Lance gets home I am having a little mommy time and going to get a pedicure and then grocery shopping.. party animal! :)

 

As I type this I hear Tilly getting fussy in her bassinet, so time to start the cycle all over again.  Happy Monday everyone!

 

 

100th Post.. "That Mom"

 

I can't believe I am already writing my 100th blog post! Thank you so much for all the kind words from everyone on my pregnancy journey and also on our sweet little baby girl.  When I found out I was pregnant, I knew I wanted to document it in some way and I figured this little blog would be the best place.  I wasn't sure how many people would enjoy reading along, and how many would just be annoyed by all the posts!  So for those of you that have read along, don't worry... I will definitely be updating tons on Tilly now that she is here.

 

With that being said, I am officially that mom.  You know, when you see a pregnancy announcement on Facebook and think, "Great.. 9 months of a million belly pictures and pregnancy posts."  Then they have the baby and your next thought, "Now we get to see 100 pictures that look the exact same of this baby that she talked about for 9 months."  Come on, you know you've thought that before. Heck, I know I have.  And now what? It's me.  But honestly.. don't the pictures look a LITTLE bit different? haha  I get it now though, when you are pregnant.. it kind of takes over your life and really it's mostly what you have to talk about. And then you have the baby and you really have nothing else left to talk about or take pictures of! My life is 24/7 baby baby baby.  Of course I am going to take a million pictures (yall should see my camera reel in my phone.. sheesh) and share the best ones for all the world to see.. and get annoyed at.  So I apologize because yes, I am that mom now.  I probably will be from here on out.  I try to limit my pictures to the REALLY good ones, but she is just too stinking cute to hold back.  Maybe one day I will have something else to talk about and take pictures of, but right now.. it's all about the new little Princess. 

 

 

 

I will close out with of course.. a picture of my little firecracker! :)  Happy 4th everyone!!