Nipple hickies suck
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rkoldToday we gave Adina her first bath in a bath tub, to be distinguished from just washing her with a face cloth. Dr. Sears had talked about babies not always liking baths, but I can share that Adina takes after her bath obsessed mother and loved it. We ended up using the shower on her a bit and she really liked that. It was all good because she was starting to smell like sour milk and yogurt and now she smells clean. It might have also helped with her dry skin. (we were just using plain water before and now we have actual baby soap)
My hand is making huge improvements. It sounds silly but the way I sort of have tracked improvement is in putting up my hair. On Thurs-Sun it was just excruciating to try to put my hair back in a ponytail. And slowly the last few days I have felt improvement and can now actually put my hair back without any twinges. I still have to watch things and be careful how I hold the baby, or well anything else, but I can use it, sort of again.
Overall, my mood is on an upswing and has been for a few days now here, but because I go dark so often because of just not having me-time anymore, I wanted to share some of the things that had been keeping me down sometimes.
I've been making a lot more milk. I was even able to bank 7.5 ounces into the freezer, which is always a happy thing. I now am averaging over 24 ounces and today have managed to make like 21 ounces and I still have at least one more pumping before midnight. I love when I make milk well, it always makes me feel so happy.
I think for me what is also really frustrating is having so many other people know about my nursing issues and constantly badgering me about them. Is actual physical nursing better... in some ways yes but in some ways no. It's great that Kennis is able to feed the baby and I am starting to think if we were nursing she wouldn't sleep as long as I would be constantly just nursing her and trying to sneak in hour long naps when I could. I would not be able to do little things like go to the grocery store, return baby gifts I don't like/are the wrong size (Wintery things in size 3-6 months do not need to be kept), or even get into the shower. Because we give her bottles we can make sure to give her quite a bit in each feeding, so she sleeps longer. It's getting annoying that every time my mother in law calls she asks how breastfeeding is going. On one hand I know she is probably being nice, but I just want to grit my teeth. I hate people who go on about how breastfeeding is easy and wonder how we could be having any issues. And I hate feeling pressure like I am some sort of failure because we are pumping. She *IS* getting breastmilk, I still make it, it still comes out of my body and has my antibodies and all those good things only I can give her. I do sometimes hate pumping as well, but I feel like it is working for us mostly and I hate feeling pressure. It makes me feel contrary.
I baked some gingerbread yesterday and I am hoping to make lemon or lime cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. It's like... now that chocolate is not working for me, I am trying to think about other desserts I can indulge in. But of course it is indulging in those which is keeping me fat as well as helping me to produce more milk. Maybe I would be less depressed about my shape if I had more new clothes which were flattering. I am sure there must be something out there that flatters me. I think if I could find more fitted tops it would help, that and actual comfy bras.
In other news, we are getting rid of our old dishes and switching to Fiestaware. I love all the bright cheerful colors and plan to get a mix of colors so I don't need to worry about something being discontinued.
My hand is making huge improvements. It sounds silly but the way I sort of have tracked improvement is in putting up my hair. On Thurs-Sun it was just excruciating to try to put my hair back in a ponytail. And slowly the last few days I have felt improvement and can now actually put my hair back without any twinges. I still have to watch things and be careful how I hold the baby, or well anything else, but I can use it, sort of again.
Overall, my mood is on an upswing and has been for a few days now here, but because I go dark so often because of just not having me-time anymore, I wanted to share some of the things that had been keeping me down sometimes.
I've been making a lot more milk. I was even able to bank 7.5 ounces into the freezer, which is always a happy thing. I now am averaging over 24 ounces and today have managed to make like 21 ounces and I still have at least one more pumping before midnight. I love when I make milk well, it always makes me feel so happy.
I think for me what is also really frustrating is having so many other people know about my nursing issues and constantly badgering me about them. Is actual physical nursing better... in some ways yes but in some ways no. It's great that Kennis is able to feed the baby and I am starting to think if we were nursing she wouldn't sleep as long as I would be constantly just nursing her and trying to sneak in hour long naps when I could. I would not be able to do little things like go to the grocery store, return baby gifts I don't like/are the wrong size (Wintery things in size 3-6 months do not need to be kept), or even get into the shower. Because we give her bottles we can make sure to give her quite a bit in each feeding, so she sleeps longer. It's getting annoying that every time my mother in law calls she asks how breastfeeding is going. On one hand I know she is probably being nice, but I just want to grit my teeth. I hate people who go on about how breastfeeding is easy and wonder how we could be having any issues. And I hate feeling pressure like I am some sort of failure because we are pumping. She *IS* getting breastmilk, I still make it, it still comes out of my body and has my antibodies and all those good things only I can give her. I do sometimes hate pumping as well, but I feel like it is working for us mostly and I hate feeling pressure. It makes me feel contrary.
I baked some gingerbread yesterday and I am hoping to make lemon or lime cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. It's like... now that chocolate is not working for me, I am trying to think about other desserts I can indulge in. But of course it is indulging in those which is keeping me fat as well as helping me to produce more milk. Maybe I would be less depressed about my shape if I had more new clothes which were flattering. I am sure there must be something out there that flatters me. I think if I could find more fitted tops it would help, that and actual comfy bras.
In other news, we are getting rid of our old dishes and switching to Fiestaware. I love all the bright cheerful colors and plan to get a mix of colors so I don't need to worry about something being discontinued.
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Date: 2010-12-17 01:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-17 03:30 am (UTC)I *love* our Fiestaware. It was one of our wedding gifts. We combined 2 colors - one is the dark blue, the other is this juniper green (now discontinued). I broke a plate and just replaced it with another blue one. I didn't feel like chasing down *one* plate.
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Date: 2010-12-17 03:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-17 05:26 pm (UTC)The other problem with anything used is it's not Kosher. >>;
I'm so glad my wrists are doing better and I can hold my baby. They're still not perfect, but I can at least do many of the things I need to do.
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Date: 2010-12-17 05:51 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-17 06:14 pm (UTC)Right now I am going for rainbow and have: scarlet, tangerine, sunflower, cobalt, and shamrock. I want peacock, plum and lemongrass. :)
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Date: 2010-12-17 08:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-17 08:12 pm (UTC)I am just glad the pain is abating
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Date: 2010-12-17 09:52 pm (UTC)Breastfeeding seems to be one of the most controversial parts about having a baby. :-( Both sides shout pretty loud and all it does is irritate the poor mothers, who are doing their best to do right by their kids, whatever that happens to be. As long as you're doing what works for you and what gets Adina the milk she needs, there's nothing for you to feel bad about. Other people need to learn to mind their own business and not add irritation to your life!
On a completely random note, I am now about a third of the way through Basara S2 and I see what you mean about Kojuro. :-( I am pleased to see that they've kept up the gay this season, but I guess having Ishida Akira in the cast pretty much guarantees that...
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Date: 2010-12-18 09:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-19 04:45 am (UTC)A note of caution when using Fiestware. It's definitely microwave & dishwasher safe. *However*, the dishes tend to get rather hot after about a minute & a half. I would lightly touch before grabbing something reheated.
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Date: 2010-12-24 05:25 pm (UTC)My old Pfaltzgraff use to get hot too so I just thought that is the way things go. >>; I'm placing a huge order with Fiesta today so that I can get some more place settings and a few other things. :D
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Date: 2010-12-24 05:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-12-24 05:32 pm (UTC)I have a lot more use of my hand now. After I sleep, I wake up to it being stiff and a little hard to use sometimes, but it goes away during the day and is mostly fine as long as I am careful. I can hold my baby and get things done which is the important thing!
It gets complicated since technically I am breastfeeding even if she is getting it from a bottle since all the milk she is drinking does come from me still. I'm sort of in between and it makes everything a little more complicated than 1 or the other but for now it works for me.
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Date: 2010-12-24 09:54 pm (UTC)