while she naps

this picture's a little bit blurry but you get the idea.

Emma recently commented that the first month of having a newborn is such a time warp. Emma - you couldn't be more right! I seriously can't even tell you what I did the whole first month except nurse her and sleep. Now that she occosionally sleeps for 5 hours at night my days are completely different. I actually have energy to do things like check my email or make dinner. I think I napped when she napped almost every time during the first month and now...I can get things done when she naps. Woohoo. I still think I spend about 6 hours of each day just staring at her in awe.

Right side, left side

Emmeline loves to turn her head to the right- as shown in the picture above. So, we're working on having her sleep with her head turned to the left for a few nights. I was expecting her to fight it - but she slept for 5 hours straight. It was awesome. We also need to start doing tummy time with her. We'll see how that goes.

6 weeks

We had our 1 month check up - and Emmeline is now 6 weeks old. She weighed in at 9 lbs, 3oz. and was 21.3 inches long. She was in the 50th percentile for both weight and height. We are so proud of our little peanut for catching up so quickly.
She really is such a sweet baby and hardly ever cries. We feel so lucky to have this little angel in our lives.

I am going to try very hard to get back into blogging on a regular basis. I'm sorry I've been so out of it.

Happy Halloween

2 Weeks!

Today, our little Miss Emmeline is 2 weeks old. She's starting to pudge up in the cheeks and is a little more alert each day. Although she still sleeps most of the day away. We're so in love with her and her funny little ways. I really need to get some pictures of her when her eyes are open. She makes some crazy faces.

6 oz's !!!!

Here is a picture I took the day after Emmeline was born. She was 7.5 oz. The last time we went to the doctor she was 6.8 and today she was 6.14!!! We are so proud of little girl. She gained 6 ounces since Friday - we are thrilled! All the nursing, pumping, and supplementing has paid off. Plus - my milk supply is slowly increasing and we havent needed to use formula since Saturday. We can supplement with my breast milk only! We're super excited and hope it keeps increasing each day.
Ing and Stace - thanks for all the advice, I have been eating like a mad person and drinking water every second. I think it's paying off.

Busy days

I haven't been posting since we have been way too busy with nursing and pumping every 2 hours. Unfortunately I'm not producing enough milk and Emmeline just hasn't been getting enough to eat. She just hasn't been gaining weight like we would like.  I've desperately been trying to avoid giving her formula but it looks like we may have to supplement just a little until my super duper milk supply gets established. And after spending  hours with a lactation consultant it looks like nursing and then pumping every 2 hours is the way to do that. I don't mind the lack of sleep or the constant washing of pump parts the worst part is waking this sweet little girl from her deep sleep. It breaks my heart to get her undressed and change her diaper just to get her to wake up. But I'll do whatever it takes to put some weight on her.