Brady: graduates in 2 weeks! YAY!!! He also has been way busy with Pinnacle and opening up an office down here! He also bought a new truck! Thank Pinnacle! (They are paying for it...) He is soo in love with this truck and I think it's about time he got himself a manly car! He is almost done with his freaking internship! THANK HEAVENS!! I can't wait for the next 2 weeks to be over! As soon as thats over I will have my husband back! After he graduates all he will be busy with is Pinnacle! YAY!!!
Sarah: I am just having the time of my life being Milly's mommy! It's a lot of hard work but it's so worth it! I got to spend Thanksgiving with my family this year and it was so fun to just veg out with all of them! I love them so much! I am reading the book "secrets of the baby whisper" and it's sooo good! It's really helping me be a better mom for Milly! I am contemplating going back to work for a few hours a week but we'll see how the next couple weeks go! I am feeling almost 100% back to normal from having the baby! I can't wait to start working out. I only have 4 more pounds to go before I am back to my pre-pregnancy weight! And then it'll be 10 more after that but at least I am getting close! Yay!!!
Milly: Milly is 5 weeks and 5 days old! She's growing soo fast! She is already holding her head up most of the time! She loves tummy time! She is starting to smile at us! It's soo cute!! She is getting better with spitting up, we have her on some medicine for acid reflux and it seems to be working! She is weighing around 10 pounds! She is out of her newborn clothes! I can't believe how long she is getting! She is also starting to get her own look. it's so cute! Poor thing has some baby acne so hopefully that'll go away soon! Her eyes are for sure blue! She loves watching her mobile and the flashing lights in her bassinet! We moved her into her crib about a week ago. Brady has been kinda sick so he coughs at night and was waking her up! and to my surprise she sleeps alot better in there then in her bassinet! She loves bath time. except when it's time get out and get lotioned up! But she does love to have her little hands rubbed while we're putting the lotion on. We gave her her first bottle on friday last week and she did awesome with it. So now I am giving her breast milk in that once a day. It's kinda nice cuz now I can leave her with someone and they can feed her. I think Brady and I are gonna go to a movie this week to celebrate! We are so in love with this little girl! I can't imagine life with out her! We were looking at baby pictures of Brady and she looks just like him!
I have a question for all you moms that breast fed your babies:
How do you get your milk supply to increase? Mine has kind of dried up a bit, I pumped the other day and only got 1oz out of both sides combined before I fed her! I used to pump 4oz out of both sides combined AFTER I fed her! So any advice would be much appreciated! THANKS!!
Here are a bunch of pictures from the last few weeks!
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| My Birthday 22 |
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| Fell asleep during tummy time |
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| Her Halloween outfit! |
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| Me and Mil on Halloween |
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| such a cutie |
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| Going on a walk |
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| Mil loves her baths |
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| lil burrito baby |
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| My grandma, me and Mil |
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| Funny story! I was changing Milly's diaper and she shoot poop, no joke, 4 feet! If you look carefully it's plastard all over my rocker and it even hit the wall!! |
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| Daddy and sleeping Milly |
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5 comments:
With my first my milk dried up so fast...8 weeks to be exact! Then with baby #2 I had sooo much milk and nursed for a year, now with #3 I have even more! And I have done nothing different! So I honestly have no idea how to increase your supply! Just make sure you are getting enough calories and drinking lots of water and you should be just fine! Just make sure you are pumping every so often to check how much you are getting! Also just remember they get more from nursing then the pump gets out! She is dang cute!
She is so adorable, congratulations you guys! Sarah, you look amazing, way to go, girl!!
I agree with Kasse, the more you have her feed on you the more milk you should get. I wouldn't go longer that 3 hours of feeding or pumping. Maybe every 2 hours should increase your milk. I remember my pedi telling me you should get an ounce an hour. If she seems happy I wouldn't worry to much about it. She is beautiful!
Hey!! She is so cute and you are looking awesome. Its funny how you lose the weight fast but your tummy is still a little different... well it goes back to normal. I have had no energy to work out between doing homework on her naps and then having the energy to play with her, but I figure I will get motivated to work out later haha :) So my milk is way up and down even still, just because I am inconsistent with how often I pump or feed her. I am glad you like that book- it is way helpful for me too. So every time I get like that where I only pump an oz out of both (it has totally happened to me regularly so dont stress.. that will just make it worse), I just pump more OFTEN. SO like every 2 hours or something I pump and it always comes back. And alot of times I feed her and then pump afterwards til it is gone and that is supposed to increase the supply too. Reagan just eats way better from a bottle than from me... I think I fed her too often so she just wasn't hungry, but once they hit like 4 months, for sure start going about every 4 hours like the book says and she ate full meals again. Breastfeeding is hard work and I remember getting way stressed until about 3 months when stuff like that would occasionally happen.. but just keep at it! Oh also, sometimes it would dry up and I would drink more water (I am so bad at drinking anything) and then my milk seemed to go back to normal. Also also (haha sorry I just thought of this..) My friend that had a baby 2 weeks before me said that whenever she is more active or losing weight then her milk decreases a bunch... so for her, she couldn't work out really or she would have to supplement. I would suggest feeding Milly in the morning from you and then pumping right after.. the morning is supposed to be the most milk so I most always get enough milk for another full feeding... then I freeze a few or keep it in the fridge for later that day. That way whenever my milk goes down I am not stressed, I either add some from the morning milk or just unthaw a frozen one and give it to her and then start pumping more often and it comes back. Sorry for the novel! You are doing awesome! We should get the babies together someday :)
My biggest suggestion is just make sure you are staying hydrated. I have found that if I don't drink enough water during the day at around 5 p.m. I have a lot less milk. Also make sure you are feeding her or pumping every 2 to 3 hrs. She is so adorable. Wish we got to see you guys more!
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