Right when we stepped off the plane I knew we were in a different place. Perhaps it’s the man that held the door open for us and said “surely, mam” or the other guy who helped us put our bags in the airport shuttle.
There’s definitely something to be said for southern hospitality!
We’re having a great time in Houston and it’s been fun to see my parents with both kids. My mother hasn’t put the baby down for a minute and Graem really has a great connection with my dad.
Emmy has taken a turn for the better. Friday we had the appointment with the Lactation Consultant and we talked about getting a deeper latch, holding my big boob differently, and also her overall weight gain. At the beginning of the appointment she was 7lbs 1oz. After a good feeding she was back up to birth weight at 7lbs 3oz.
I agreed to change up the latch a little bit and try hard to pinch my boob to make it smaller for little girl. The lactation consultant basically said that the big mama to little baby ratio was somewhat harder than medium mama and medium baby. Therefore, the trick is that I’ve got to fatten the kid up and make my boob into a beautiful little muffin.
We are also going to go for a weigh in here in Houston tomorrow. I hope that everything is on track like I think it is and she’s gained at least a little bit.
Thanks to everyone for the comments and information. I’m so glad that I’ve kept trucking through this without doping my kid up on formula. (No offense to those that use formula!)
Gotta love breast feeding in Houston. I must say I haven’t had too many bad looks but yesterday when we went to eat at one of the Mexican restaurants Margot saw a lady in the bathroom covered with blankets nursing her baby.
Ugh…I will not resort to making my kid eat in the bathroom.
If the kid is hungry and needs boob … she gets boob.
We just got back from Emmy’s two week appointment and I’m a bit disappointed. It seems like she’s gotten so much bigger. She really seems longer and her head seems to have spread out a lot too.
Well, the scale didn’t depict that.
Emmy came out weighing 7lbs 3oz. Today they wanted her to be at her birthweight and she was only 7lbs. Now, I know 3 oz isn’t too much weight and could possibly be a good poop and a full belly but I really feel like I’ve let her down and I’m not doing a good job with the nursing.
Her head had gotten bigger according to the measurements and she is now measuring longer too. So I have no idea how she couldn’t have gained weight.
The pediatrician didn’t seem bothered by it and said that it was close enough. However, I want to make sure that this isn’t a trend and we get things “fixed” ASAP. So, I went ahead and made another appointment Friday for the lactation consultant.
I really want nursing to work and if she’s not getting what she needs to grow — I want to “make it better” and do everything I can to have a healthy and happy baby.
It seems like little Emerson likes to sleep every other night! Last night being the night she chose to take off and keep her mama awake!
She would sleep for around two hours and then want to nurse for an hour or so. To say the least this got pretty tedious and by 4am I was exhausted.
I’ve decided that it’s probably going to be more effective for me to get up and nurse in the chair. For some reason I think when I nurse lying down that she’s not getting a lot of milk to fill her belly up with.
The thing about having an adorable baby is that even though I’m exhausted and would have paid a million dollars for fifteen minutes of sleep…
I couldn’t help but look at her and think “she’s mine” and “I love her so much.”
Sorry for the lack of updates and photos. We’ve been so exhausted and we’re just plain worn out. Who would have thought that two kids would have been this much work!
I don’t know how much time I have before little Emmy wakes up but I wanted to post a few pics and give a little update.
We’re all doing good and just trying to take it easy the next few days before our big trip to Houston. Emmy’s umbilical cord fell off yesterday and she’s pretty interactive these days. She’s smiling and making cute little noises too.
Grammy had a bit of an adjustment into the big sister role but now she realizes that Emmy is here to stay and she’s doing a great job. She’s even started helping around the house and also wants to hold Emmy!
The other night Emmy poo’d herself and that meant that she got to enjoy her first bath! Of course, we couldn’t help but realize how much she looked like Graem.
