cereal, diapers and mommy

Yesterday was a big day for my little girl, she tried some rice cereal for the first time. She has been very interested in whatever I'm eating or drinking so I decided that she might be letting me know that she is ready to try some "solids". I mixed up a little cereal with some breast milk. It was more milk than anything. The first few bites she was not really sure what she was supposed to do. It didn't take her long to figure things out. She was even grabbing the spoon and pulling it towards her mouth. She has been taking 6 ounces of milk during the day at the sitter's. I have been having a really hard time keeping up with her. I generally have to pump at least one time in the evening to get enough milk for her. It is worth the effort though.

She is now in cloth diapers full time. Honestly it has not been difficult at all for me to transition to the laundry. Tommy has even commented that it isn't that much work and he doesn't know why more people don't use cloth! If I can convince the guy who can't put his socks in the hamper I think that just about anyone can do it. Ha.

We are still having issues with her only wanting me to hold her. She is fine during the day (thank goodness otherwise I would not be able to work) but when she is at home she just wants her momma. She is doing much better with Tommy holding her. Tonight my mom came over for a little while. She was actually able to hold her for a while and even got to give her some cereal. I was so excited for my mom!

There are so many more things I have thought to blog about but I'm way too tired to remember them right now. We had a busy weekend and I'm still trying to catch up.

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!

almost 4 months

Lucy is approaching the 4 month mark. It seems like she is changing each day. When I picked her up out of her crib this morning I told her that I was pretty sure she had grown a few inches overnight. She always gives me a big smile when she sees me peer over the side of the crib. Cute yes, but at 4:00 am mommy just wants to go back to bed before the alarm goes off for work. She is such a good little girl at night for me. She generally gets up once around 3 am to nurse. I'm probably up for about an hour total. Once she is done eating I burp her (still not the best burper) and lay her back down. She is generally wide awake and smiling at me when I put her down. I just wrap her up the best I can and lay back down. She babbles to herself until she falls asleep. She has slept through the night two times now. I'm hoping for more of those nights!!

Her little teeth have not popped through yet. They seem to have stopped moving for now. She has a Dr.'s appointment and her next round of vaccines next Friday. I will be anxious to see how much she weighs. I'm guessing between 10 and 11 pounds. She is a little thing yet. It is so exciting to watch her become more aware of the world around her. Last week she rolled from her tummy to her back for the first time. She looked at me after she did it and smiled. Precious. When she is playing with a toy she tries her best to get it in her mouth. Usually she just gets her hand in her mouth instead. She loves it when she is talked and sang to, unless she is trying to nurse or go to sleep. It seems we have a momma's girl on our hands. When Lucy is tired she just wants her mom. When she is in my arms she calms down almost instantly. It makes me feel great, but it also makes it hard on me. Poor Tommy thinks his daughter does not like him. I keep reassuring him that when she is tried she is just soothed by me holding her. With his work schedule he is around her during her fussy time and that really stinks.

We are still cloth diapering on the weekends. I have not been brave enough to transition to it full time. I love the diapers though and it has been going really well. I plan to make the transition in the next few weeks.

I suppose I should go to bed now while the little one is still asleep.

Lucy wants to say hello

Ignore my annoying high pitch voice. Lucy responds well to the high notes. :-)

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!!