labor day weekend

Tomorrow the wee one turns 4 months old. She had a Dr's appointment last Friday and weighed in at a whopping 11 pounds and is 23.5 inches long. She is momma's little bit. We had a pretty good labor day weekend. My 29th birthday was the 4th. Tommy grilled some yummy pork steaks and we had my family over for supper. Saturday we went to visit Kimberly, Josh and Jasper. It was a really good visit and we even got to spend some time with Kimberly's awesome parents. I only wish we lived closer because our time is always cut short with them. Kimberly was able to take some amazing pictures of Lucy. I have only seen two so far and all I can say is wow. Lucy did very well on the two hour trip up and back. The rest of the weekend was spent pretty close to home. We did hit one of the neighboring town's Labor Day celebrations.

Lucy was pretty fussy this weekend. I'm guessing the shots did not settle well with her this time. Also, I think the tooth is starting to move again. Those two things combined made for a unhappy baby. I spent a lot of the weekend holding her while standing up (the picture above shows how we spent a lot of our time together). Needless to say I did not get any of the housework done that I had planned on doing. Tommy was home so that was a huge help. He also switched his shift at work so he will now be home more often at night to help out. Despite the fussy times during the day she is still sleeping very well at night. She generally only gets up once and that is very early in the morning. Last week I started to add more cloth diapering to our schedule. We are now using cloth full time on the weekends and when she is at home. The only time she has a disposable on is when she is at the sitter's. I talked to her sitter last week about it and she seems on board with the switch. I'm not sure what I'm waiting for. The laundry has not been that bad at all. Tommy even stuffed a load of diapers for me over the weekend!

Wow, I just looked at the time. It's after 9:30 and I need to head to bed. I need my beauty sleep. Ha!

weekend in cloth

Lucy will be three months old in a week. So far she has stayed in the same size of diapers since she was born. On Friday night I decided that I was going to just go for it and try out cloth for the weekend. I covered her little tush with one of the 24 colorful bumGenius diapers we have. We were actually away from home for the majority of the weekend and I did not have one leak or any other problem with the diapers. My only issue with them currently is that my wee one is just that, a wee little one. She is such a skinny little thing that the diapers are so big on her and I have to wrap them around her waist to the back. They seem a little bulky for now, but overall not too bad. It took a little time to get the hang of putting them because of the wrapping issue, but by today we had it down. I switched back to disposables for tonight and will probably use them the rest of this week. I have been having some issues with my milk supply so my evenings are spent caring for Lucy and trying to pump milk for the next day's bottles. It is taking me several pumpings to get enough for two bottles. Not fun. One night last week I was up pumping at 4 am. Like I said in a previous post though, I'm in it for the long haul and I will not give up on breastfeeding. I have talked with my Dr. and a lactation specialist and I think we have the problem figured out. Hopefully this week will be a little better. All that to say that I feel like I need to focus on that this week and not adjusting to diaper laundry every other night. I can put off other laundry, but stinky diapers can't wait!!

diapers, a furry best friend and the orange drink

We (I) have made a decision that we are going to use cloth diapers for Lucy. Yours truly, who hates doing laundry, decided that it was the best thing for us all around. Tommy was supportive no matter what I wanted to do. For some reason it scares me to make such a decision. Kimberly has been using cloth diapers for a few months now and loves them. It helps knowing someone who is currently having success with them. I'm sure that I would not have taken the plunge otherwise. It is amazing the reaction I get from people when I tell them about going cloth. I think a lot of people do not realize how different diapers are today. I think they are so stinking cute and I can't wait to see them on Lucy. Yes, the laundry will be something that I have to get used to doing more of, but there will be a lot of new things that I will have to adjust once she is here. Tonight I finally started an online registry for them. I guess that was my way of committing to the decision. We will be using the bumGenius 3.0 diapers.

As I type this post Barbie is laying on the arm of the couch behind me. She has her head resting on my shoulder and I'm laying my head on her back. She has been such a little cuddle bug lately. She knows that something is going on with me. Almost on a daily basis she will sniff my belly as if to say hello to the little one. Tonight I was in Lucy's room doing some organizing. Barbie came running in with one of her toys in her mouth as if to say, "Okay, enough of playing with the baby things. My turn!" I threw the toy a few times and moved on to something else in the room. I sat down in the rocking chair and she came running over and immediately wanted on my lap. I laughed as I got a mental picture of myself with Lucy in one arm and Barbie in the other. It shall prove to be an interesting adjustment for all of us.

Monday is my next Dr.'s appointment. My mother and I both have the day off for President's day so she is going with me. At that appointment I have to do the glucose test. The bottle of the lovely orange drink has been sitting in my fridge haunting me since my last appointment. I'm just praying that I past and I don't have to do the 3 hour test!

I think this is about all I have the energy to type for now. I'm hoping for a comfortable nights sleep!!

**I'm have troubles getting my post to look the way I want it. Sorry if it is difficult to read.