Charlotte vs the bottle (part2)

(I can't figure out how to post a picture and a blog entry together via my phone so here's the blog entry to go with the picture already posted)

I'm worried about Charlotte taking a bottle while I'm at work. I've read about babies reverse cycling where they move their long stretch of sleep to the middle of the day when they are away from mom and eat a lot at night (aka when I'll want to sleep). She doesn't take a bottle well so I'm trying to have someone give her a bottle everyday. Yesterday my mom gave her a bottle but Char only ate 1/2 oz then fell asleep until I got back then she breastfed well. Today Jacob gave her a bottle and she did a lil better. She fought it alot though. She ended up eating maybe 2oz but was still crying and sucking. I finally breastfed her since she was crying and refusing the rest of the bottle. Boo
It'll get better I'm sure.. I just need to keep introducing the bottle. But still I'm stressing out.
Anyone have trouble with their baby taking a bottle? We have tried nuk, playtex vent air and breastflow bottles. I have a Dr. Brown bottle that I need to sterilize but that bottle is kinda intimidating. I've heard that I should try playtex drop-ins. It may not really matter what bottle we try... She's prolly just too pro-boob right now. Ha

In other news, I was really hoping to go to this retirement party at work tomorrow. But my mom ended up getting shingles so she couldn't watch Charlotte. I had to RSVP by Monday... Then my mom went to the doctor Wednesday morning and he said she was all better now. I should have gambled and RSVPd. I could use a night out hanging out with other adults, plus Jacob has never met my co-workers (one of the downsides of working in another city than where you live). Oh well.
Later gaters

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Charlotte vs the bottle

50+ oz

I hit a milestone yesterday- over 50 oz of pumped milk in storage! Woo! That's what like 2 full days and it only took me like 3 weeks. Ha

We gave Char a bottle of pumped milk last night before bed (which was a dumb idea on my part bc that is usually her cranky time) she took it ok. She tried to drink it as fast as possible and cried when Jacob pulled it away to burp her. I think she got about 3 oz of it. Then in less than an hour she was fussy and sucking her hand so I thought she needed some comfort nursing to go to sleep... Nope she ate for about 20 mins on each side. She wants to eat alot around bedtime sometimes. She slept from 11:30 ish til 6. She only woke me up once in the middle of the night with her wiggles but I went back to sleep pretty quick.

Funny story, as I am typing this, Char is having a major poop in her swing. Ha

Ok I just changed her diaper from above mentioned swing poop and it came through the diapers leg opening and got all over her. There's something about that swing... If she poops while in it, I'm probably gonna have to change her outfit.

I'm pumping while typing this... I'm still not sure about what I'm going to do when I go back to work. I'm not sure if I want to spend all my breaks and lunch (aka the only time I have to interact with other adults) pumping in our office's tiny IT closet. Especially if I'm not going to be pumping enough anyways....

On another note, Charlotte is getting baptized this Sunday! Woo so exciting. She has a beautiful gown to wear- can't wait to post pictures. I'm new to this whole baby baptism thing but excited to see her become a member of the church and have everyone embrace her as a child of God.

That's all for now:)

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Greetings this early morn

So remember that time I bragged about Char sleeping 6 hours at night? Well Friday night she only slept 4 :( but she went back to sleep after she ate for another 3 hrs. Not bad.

Last night she woke me up after 3 hrs. I get out of bed to get her, and she's asleep. Then she wakes up again, then asleep again. She doesn't cry or anything just kicks and grunts. Keep in mind she sleeps in a pack n play by my side of the bed so there isn't much lag time between her waking up and me getting to her. She does that most nights. I wake up when she makes the slightest stirring. Then it takes me a lil while to go back to sleep.... So really even though she sleeps 4-6 hrs straight at night, I don't. Boo

I'm up now feeding her. And man am I hurting. My right breast is way engorged. For some reason the past few days I've been really engorged in the morning- I guess because she's sleeping longer. So I have been feeding her on one side and pumping the other. I usually pump the right. For some reason my left side doesn't respond as well to the pump, yet Char never has any trouble with it. After a few days of pumping the right in the morning and today only my right side is engorged and my left side just feels very full. The body is s weird yet amazing thing. I know that was TMI but whatever.

Maybe Charlotte will sleep for about 4 more hours this morning... Maybe? Yeah prolly not.

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Long time, no type

6 weeks ago I had my baby girl:) I can't believe it's been long she's getting so old. But at the same time it seems like forever ago that I had her.

She's doing really well. She has been sleeping 6 hours every night for a lil over a week now. But since she's been sleeping so long, she's been wanting to eat every 2 hrs during the day. So needless to say it's very hard to do anything during the day. It seems like all I do is breastfeed all day long. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy breastfeeding most of the time but it takes alot of time and alot of planning if we ever go anywhere. I have a nursing cover but I'm too nervous about actually nursing in public even if it's just in front of friends and family. So every time I nurse I go somewhere private... It can get old.

I'm trying to decide what to do about feeding when I go back to work. I've been trying to pump some now but it doesn't seem like it's gonna be enough to feed her when I'm not with her. I'm sure I'll be able to pump more when I'm not around her. But idk
Part of me doesn't even want to try to pump because I'll have enough to worry about. I'll be working 7am-4:30pm, with an hour commute and I'll have to worry about getting Char up and dropped off at my mom's. I'll be busy busy. But that's not too much to handle, moms handle more than that everyday.

Speaking of busy moms, I'm realizing that it's hard being a stay at home mom. I'm not sure how they get anything done. I'm sure I'll get better at being productive, it'll just take time.

Me and Char had doctors appointments Tuesday and we both look great. I'm healing well and Charlotte is growing. She's 12 lbs now. Wow big girl.

That's all for now. I'll try to be a better blogger in future:)

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Guess who is 6 weeks old? :)