No Time

Having a 10 week old, working full time, and trying to keep the house in some type of order has led me to realize that I have no time. Since I have no time the blog has not been updated in entirely too long. I can't believe it has been almost a month and I apologize to everyone that enjoys the updates on Lily. I promise that I will work to fit this into my schedule a bit more.

She is getting so big. At her last appointment, which was last week, she weighed 11.44lbs and was 23in tall. That means she is in the 65th percentile for weight and 73rd for height. She is definitely going to be tall like her daddy. At that visit she also had to get a lot of shots =( It is definitely not easy to watch some stranger stick a needle into your daughter. At least she didn't cry for very long with them and was actually asleep in her carrier before the even hit the office door. We also had to talk to her pediatrician about starting to supplement her feedings with formula. While I am trying to feed her breastmilk as much as possible she is just wanting to eat more than I am producing. A lot of this started when I went back to work and we had to introduce bottles of pumped breastmilk. I think she started to realize that it is a lot easier to drink out of a bottle instead of me and fusses every time I try to breastfeed. That and the pumping started making my supply drop. We are doing things to try to increase my supply but I'm not noticing that much improvement. The good thing is that she really doesn't seem to mind the formula.

Lily is smiling all the time now and is getting very close to giggling. She keeps making sounds that sound like the start of a giggle when she is smiling and cooing at us but then stops and looks kinda confused. She is also getting super strong and can hold her head up when we are holding her. She loves being held upright now instead of being cradled so that she can turn her head and look around. She is definitely a social little one and doesn't like to go to sleep if anything is going on.

I found an online community of other mothers in the Columbus, Ohio area. It is great to be able to have a place to express my thoughts to other women that have gone or are still going through the same things. Most of the moms have children a year or more older than Lily so they are giving me lots of advice. A group of us even got together for dinner the other night without any kids or husbands. It was nice to have an evening to myself. When I came home from dinner though I didn't want to put Lily down and just cuddled with her the rest of the evening.

I will try to upload some pictures in the next couple of days. For some reason the website keeps giving me an error tonight every time I try.