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baby had pinkeye (in both friggin eyes) last week but it's gone now. this is her 'after' picture. trust me, the before? you don't want to see.
just a quick update cuz life is a little crazy. and a baby pic, of course.
i also turn 28 on the 28th. mom and dad gave me an early gift, ipod nano, and i *heart* it.
okay my oobies HURT. it's been five days without breastfeeding, and they still hurt. if anyone knows anything about how long this shit takes to go away, please! tell me! i'm dying here! and i keep wanting to pump to get rid of the pain, but i know i'm not supposed to. *sigh*here's a baby pic:
well, with alex in daycare, she's really taken to the bottle and formula.
so i think we are just going to drop the breastfeeding. she even takes the bottle from us at home, so we figure dragging it out isn't really helping any of us.
(but please weigh in if you have heard this is wrong to do or you have any other advice)
she is crawling as of saturday, and calls me "mamamamamamama" and J "bababababababababababa."
and i miss her today.
hey all! it's been a while since i've updated, so i'm here to say hi, and throw an alex pic out there! she's now 7 months old, still not a tooth in sight, and is about 99% of the way to crawling. she started daycare last week as i gave up on finding a teaching job and opted to fall back on my former career as a lab rat. we are breastfeeding at home and trying formula while she's at daycare, but she's not taking it very well. it's all right, though, because she eats a TON of food (especially for something so small). so, here's a pic from a couple of days ago... enjoy!
wow... sometimes time goes by rather quickly.
we are up to 3 meals a day and down to nursing about 5 times a day. we have some semblence of a schedule, too! we still sleep through the night (thank goodness), and we have mastered rolling around. sometimes we even get up on our hands and knees and rock back and forth.
we love elmo. he's so funny! and we still love stupid songs. our favorite: "cuz she loves stupid songs, and we sing stupid songs, she's a stupid-song-loving baby!" oh yeah, that's right.
enjoy the pix.
i am so confused. i went to syren's blog today and saw she's pissed at cygnus. he commented something on her blog and it upset her. i feel what he said was weird, and kind of stupid, but didn't really think it warranted the onslaught of horrid response it received.
i'm guessing there's more to it that i don't know about. as it reads, there's hypocrisy. but giving benefit of the doubt makes me feel better about people i have typically respected for their open-mindedness not appearing so open-minded in this scenario.
baby pix to follow.
hello there... we have no pix to post as we were too lazy to take any, but we met up with a bunch of OTers and if you check out THEIR blogs and such, you might see a cq and an alex. :)we had a great time... wish we could've hung around more, but you know... drinking in a hotel room isn't really for babies. lol! we would've gone to the zoo, though! we didn't know about it! :( oh, well. we still got to meet up with everyone and that was great fun. i hope everyone had a good time and i look forward to the next peep meet!
today, i am totally hating on breastfeeding.bad idea. never should've done it.the benefits can't possibly outweigh the bad.alex won't take a bottle at all. and my current plan (plan b) is to just let her scream her head off all day when she goes to daycare in september. not my problem. i don't have to listen to it. i just have to suffer all night long as she makes up for lost time during the days. whatever. sounds easier than plan a, which was to try easing her into a bottle. i feel like breastfeeding was a big huge idiotic mistake. i wasn't breastfed. nobody i know was breastfed, in fact, and they're all fine. what's the point of this? all it has done so far is put tons and tons of the responsibility on my shoulders. responsibility to eat right, keep not smoking, not drink alcohol, etc. responsibility to get up with her at night the first three months. responsibility to be the one she looks for whever she's hungry (which feels like it's a million times a day).sure, it's convenient. no need to carry anything with us. i usually throw a diaper in my purse and that's about it. but come ON. this isn't fair.and now that we've already ruined it (she *used* to take a bottle when she was 2 months, and now just refuses), it's too late. i'm stuck breastfeeding because she won't eat otherwise. and we have no plan because i absolutely MUST work come september. i can't just stay home with her or else i would. and i wouldn't even care about this breastfeeding issue.i get no help, here, either. J's ridiculous excuse for not giving her a bottle up until now was that he just wanted to hold her, not hold her for a *purpose*. now his excuse is that she won't ever need a bottle during the day, and that's the only time he's home to do it. whatever. she won't take it from me, and he's no help, so any future kids are very likely just not going to be breastfed at all. i can't do *everything* all by myself.
The best good big brother holds his sister for the first time. We all went to the zoo earlier that day, 3 adults, two children. It was very nice to be in the same place at the same time, but also to get along and act like friends. What a day! Will wanted to show Alex all of the animals, but she mostly slept. Her first trip to the zoo and she didn't see a single animal! But we had fun, and Will is going to start spending the night next week! Alex adores Will... gets all excited and kicks when he talks to her... and Will loves babies. He's been asking his mom if they can have a baby at their house, too. LOL!
Alex asleep Memorial Day weekend at a BBQ by the Erie Canal. Yup, she rocks. This picture was posted specifically with the intent to feed weltek's "maybe I do want one" inner child. {eg}
Alex is 3 months old today! And has now been sleeping through the night for over a week! :)
i know this post is going to be a total jinx, but i'm so happy i have to brag! my little girl has slept 3 nights in a row all night long! 7 - 8 hours! it's so beautiful to sleep all night without being woken up for feedings... yay! here's a sleepy baby pic just to celebrate!
not me. alex. i worked thursday night (i was gone a total of 4 hours. i subbed a 3-hour SAT class.) and alex basically starved herself until she couldn't stand it any more, and then =finally= caved in to the bottle.so J says we should alternate breast and bottle because she was so bad at taking the bottle. (weird... about a month ago I left her with a bottle for even longer and she was absolutely fine)so i'm sitting down to the hockey game. she is getting fussy and probably hungry. i make her a bottle.she *hates* it. she gagged on it and spit it out for half an hour before I finally gave up and just nursed her.HOW am I supposed to believe this kid is ever going to be ready to go to daycare all day in another three months?and now, back to watching the highlights of that sweet ass sabres win. wow.
