Yorlee has changed so much! She's cooing and laughing, smiling at everything, grabbing things, and drooling up a storm. I just adore her!
I'm starting to get more acclimated with being back at work, it still isn't what I prefer, I'm looking for a part time job, but haven't received any bites yet. My resume is on nearly every internet job search website available. It's been so long since I've job hunted, I hope that I haven't lost my "touch". I used to be able to find a job in a snap.
Anyways, back to the baby. She's currently going through her 3 month growth spurt. I'm having a hard time keeping up with her demand. I nurse her whenever she wants, but lately when I pump, I end up having to give her every ounce that I got in a bottle after she nurses. It's especially hard on the weekends, when I'm trying to get the one up on my stash, but I can't seem to nurse her and save any milk simultaneously. It's hard not to get down about it. I find that I worry about my supply more often than not, especially when I'm at work. I try not to watch when I'm pumping, but it's difficult. I must admit, I count ounces as I pump. I have to send 18 ounces to daycare for Yorlee, and I usually get about 13 of those when I'm at work. Once I get home, I try to keep her satisfied, and pump the other 5 along the way. She's very sensitive to Mother's Milk Tea. It hurts her little tummy. So I only drink it occasionally, and then I put some gripe water in her bottles so it can help ease the pain. If anyone has any suggestions, feel free to let me know!
I've also been drinking at least 64 ounces of water a day, and eating oatmeal. I even added an additional pumping session while I'm at the office. But I haven't noticed a difference.
Does anyone else have a child who hates their car seat? Yorlee begins to cry as soon as her little bottom touches the seat. And she no longer falls asleep once we get to rolling. She'll scream all the way until we reach our destination. Which can be stressful when I'm driving in rush hour traffic at 6AM dropping her off at daycare. I've tried singing to her, talking to her, playing music, playing an audio book. NOTHING works! Once we stop and I open the back door to take her out, she's all smiles.
Here are a few pictures of my pumpkin:
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| Finally gave up and fell asleep |
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| Get me outta here!!! |
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| Pretty girl in my dress and tights |
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| Pillow talk with Mommy. |
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| She's kinda funny... |
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| Sleepy in my car seat. |
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| Sitting in my Bebo chair. |
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| I love to make facial expressions!! |
Much thanks to Kerri for emailing and asking how I'm doing. That was so nice! I had a rough week last week, but I'm trying to get back on track.
I hope everyone is doing okay!!
3 comments:
She is absolutely delicious!! I love the raised eyebrows!!
T screams in his seat too but it's not AS bad if someone sits in the back with him so I think PART of it is seperation anxeity and part of it is him not being held. Also, he tries to sit up while in there and the straps obviously hold him back
Ariana does not like the car sear anymore either. I think she wants to see what's going on but with the car seat cover, she can't see.
As for pumping enough milk, it's hard. Ariana is drinking 16 oz of milk at daycare, but the most I seem to produce is 11 oz. so my milk gets added with a little formula. One day I did get 15 oz - a record for me. That day I looked at a slideshow of pictures of Ariana on my phone, played the radio, and did not think about work, not even to check my email. Oh yeah, and I had taken some FenuGreek drops the day before. I've also started pumping 3 times a day at work. Since it's about supply and demand, I'm trying to increase the demand. I've stopped trying to pump when I'm with Ariana. Instead I focus on spending as much with her as possible and when she sleeps, so do I.
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