Skip to main content

Nine weeks and a 2 month birthday

We officially made it to 9 weeks and celebrated a 2 month birthday.


Most importantly, we are sleeping 7.5/8 hours a night with the occasional 10 sprinkled in.  Mostly I think it's because of cute PJs.


In reality it's probably a lot of learning to self soothe. The Miracle Blanket also helps. A LOT. She is figuring out how to use her limbs, which means she busts out of the swaddle. Quickly. She and Dad do leg "exercises" after bath time, which encourages this. She is also learning to self soothe with her hand. Basically she attempts to put the whole thing in her mouth. So there is a lot of drool and outfit changes. 

She has become super observant of the world around her. She prefers to sit forward and watch, though we are still working on body/ head control. So the boobs make great head rests while sitting in my lap.



There are also "words" for every thing we do. Our conversations aren't great but we're working on it. 

We had a relapse of the cold or caught another one. Either way it was another visit to the pediatrician because I'm paranoid. 

We intentionally did a lot less this week as we continue to work on our daytime sleep. I did get an overdue haircut which was amazing. Got to see my dear friend and had my hair not in a bun for a few hours.  Little things that make you feel like a human. 

I generally wake up around 3:30/4 because I have to pump. HAVE TO PUMP.  This was just one night, its painful every time.  I have porn star boobs that don't move until this happens.

My sleep schedule is fucked but oh well. I've actually been really bad at taking care of me, which will be my focus this next week. Daytime sleep for her, consistent eating and workouts for me.



Cute little birth mark

Its hard not to hold her all the time

 One more outfit for good measure

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Untitled

So I have thought about this for a while.  Do I actually write this post?  Do I put my dirty laundry out there for everyone? Or the handful that read my blog.  And if I do, what do I say? Do I slam those involved?  Do I take the high road?  When is a “good” time to put it out there?  A few days under my belt and there is probably no better time. So no secret, my ex-boyfriend was my coach.  That worked out mildly well while we were together but add a breakup and somehow it just doesn’t work out as smoothly.  Add a few of the worst things a person could do to another in there and disaster doesn’t even begin to describe.  But I have this eternal belief that I can make any situation work.  That I can fix things.  It’s what makes me good at my job.  I’m an eternal optimist. But it’s what causes me to not be so good at my personal life.  Even when things are clearly not good, I still think I can fix it and make it right...
1 comment
Read more

Skipped a week to savor the end of my maternity leave

So I skipped week 11.  Mostly because I was in tears about having to leave McKenna and go back to work.  Mom guilt is a real thing.  It also makes me very angry about the maternity leave policy in this country.  It wasn’t something I honestly paid attention to before.  Maybe because I wasn’t planning on being a mom for a long time. Or probably because I assumed that is just a benefit you give people.  Now I am learning, we are about as good as a third world country.  We don’t even give government employees a maternity benefit.  No surprise that private companies wouldn’t feel obligated to provide that.   My time home with McKenna has been amazing.  I know so much about her, , her likes, her preferences, her behaviors and her routine.  We have had the benefit of setting our own schedule.  I don’t have to rush out in the morning.  I didn’t have to stress about pumping right away.  I have gotten to experience so much ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Dad's Salsa

My Dad makes the best salsa.  I grew up in New Mexico.  We are a bit picky about our salsa.  It is hands down my favorite.  And not just because he is my Dad.  Its actually brilliant in in its simplicity.  The ingredients are: Green Chiles Onions Canned diced tomatoes (petite if you ask his opinion) Cumin Salt Olive oil (for cooking the onions The important thing is to start with good roasted chile's.  The roasting is what gives them their flavor and allows the skin to blister and peel off.  I was lazy when I put up my chile the last time and just bagged everything with the skin on.  It actually tends to be a little easier to get the skin off once its been frozen.  For this batch I used 2 quart bags frozen chile's, 6 - 14.5 oz cans of diced tomatoes, 2 onions and seasonings to taste.   First step is to clean the chile's and chop them.  I could probably normally tolerate the chile's but now I have a little perso...
Post a Comment
Read more