Shelby! I suppose I should update on my little bundle while I'm taking my second break of the day (yes, I'm at work, but not for long!).
She's doing great! She is almost 11 weeks old...wow! She's probably nearing 12 1bs, she's smiling, cooing, and watching movements with her eyes and focusing in on our faces. For a while there, when we would talk to her, she would look the other way. We'd laugh because we were like, "Oh fine then, don't look at me when I'm talking to you." Brady, my 3 year old, took it to heart that she would not look him in the eye. "Mom, why won't Shelby look at me. Doesn't she like me?"
Mom: "Of course she likes you honey she's just shy!"
She is also sleeping from about 9pm until 5am. She's been doing that for almost two weeks now. There have been a couple nights that have been different, but 6-8 hours in a row is awesome! The other night she slept from 8:30pm until 6:30 am! Now, I wish I would have been able to take advantage of that completely, because of course at around 4:30-5am, I could feel the milk building in my mammory glands and by 6:30 am my shirt was soaked. But that whole time I could not move, I slept flat as a pancake on my back, for fear that the slightest movement would leave me writhing in pain from the engorgement of my milk begging to be eaten by my little baby. Please tell me it will get better, that I will get to sleep the whole time. I refuse to wake up to pump and relieve the pain because then I feel like I'll have to do that forever. So instead, I lay in my bed and stare at my sleeping husband and pray for the day I too will sleep as soundly.
So since my sleeping is getting in to a pattern, I have decided to stay awake after those 5 am feedings. I have started exercising and it feels great! I started jogging and flip flop that with tae bo on the other days. I had noticed that I had been re-gaining weight. Did that make sense? See, a couple weeks after having Shelby, I felt great and thought I was starting to look good too! I was swimming (yep, swimsuit, no shirt) and I actually felt like I was getting skinny. But the last two weeks now, I have really felt the weight staying. I had to be proactive. And you know? The days I stay up to exercise, shower and get ready before my kids do are the best days I've had. So, I am aiming to continue this pattern. I hope I have the will power! I know I do!
She's doing great! She is almost 11 weeks old...wow! She's probably nearing 12 1bs, she's smiling, cooing, and watching movements with her eyes and focusing in on our faces. For a while there, when we would talk to her, she would look the other way. We'd laugh because we were like, "Oh fine then, don't look at me when I'm talking to you." Brady, my 3 year old, took it to heart that she would not look him in the eye. "Mom, why won't Shelby look at me. Doesn't she like me?"
Mom: "Of course she likes you honey she's just shy!"
She is also sleeping from about 9pm until 5am. She's been doing that for almost two weeks now. There have been a couple nights that have been different, but 6-8 hours in a row is awesome! The other night she slept from 8:30pm until 6:30 am! Now, I wish I would have been able to take advantage of that completely, because of course at around 4:30-5am, I could feel the milk building in my mammory glands and by 6:30 am my shirt was soaked. But that whole time I could not move, I slept flat as a pancake on my back, for fear that the slightest movement would leave me writhing in pain from the engorgement of my milk begging to be eaten by my little baby. Please tell me it will get better, that I will get to sleep the whole time. I refuse to wake up to pump and relieve the pain because then I feel like I'll have to do that forever. So instead, I lay in my bed and stare at my sleeping husband and pray for the day I too will sleep as soundly.
So since my sleeping is getting in to a pattern, I have decided to stay awake after those 5 am feedings. I have started exercising and it feels great! I started jogging and flip flop that with tae bo on the other days. I had noticed that I had been re-gaining weight. Did that make sense? See, a couple weeks after having Shelby, I felt great and thought I was starting to look good too! I was swimming (yep, swimsuit, no shirt) and I actually felt like I was getting skinny. But the last two weeks now, I have really felt the weight staying. I had to be proactive. And you know? The days I stay up to exercise, shower and get ready before my kids do are the best days I've had. So, I am aiming to continue this pattern. I hope I have the will power! I know I do!
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