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September 3, 2002
I a mere 2 days Adrianna will be 6 months old. I can still remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. I still remember all the feelings I felt the first time I held my daughter. How can time go by so fast?
My progression in breastfeeding has been a miracle. I never once researched breastfeeding before Adrianna was born. I really never even asked my sister or SIL any questions about it. I assumed a magic wand would be waved over top of myself and *bam* my milk would magically appear.
Boy, was I in for a rude awakening.
I am not going to "sugar coat" the feelings I had when my milk was coming in. It was sheer pain. While I was pregnant my chest looked fairly small compared to my belly but when the engorgement arrived I felt like Dolly Partin. After a few days of constant hot showers my body relaxed.
The next thing on our agenda was teaching myself to teach my daughter how to latch on. Adrianna was almost 4 weeks premature so she was a "lazy nurser." We worked with a shield for awhile but weaned off it after about 4 weeks or so. At 8 weeks, I returned to work full time. I became acustomed to pumping twice in a 8 hour shift hoping and praying for no leaking.
It happened several times but I always wore a sweater over my uniform shirt just in case. Pumping produced alot of milk. I would pump on an average 7 ounces in 5 minutes. Freezing and making 2 bottles each night for the next day was my nightly ritual. My body was thrown another curve at 15 weeks when I quit my full time job.
It took a few weeks but I quit pumping all together since I was home with Adrianna all the time. I was so much more comfortable without pumping. My body did an amazing job adjusting again. Just a few weeks ago at 24 weeks, I returned to work part time, which threw my body for another loop. I am only working 5 hours a day but I still tote my Medela Pump in Style to work each day *just in case* Yet one more time my amazing body has adjusted to my crazy schedule. I am very lucky! I figured with all the changes mother nature would catch up with me and something would cause my milk supply to deminish but it hasn't.
Adrianna loves squash!
We waited to start veggies until 6 months for several reasons. I wanted to give her 2 solid months on cereal and secondly just in case she is blessed with allergies like her mother and father. In the last week Adrianna has been showing signs that she was ready for more than just breastmilk and cereal so we moved on and upward. After 1 week she is eating a whole small jar of stage 1 butternut squash for supper.
She hums in between feeding smiling like I have given her the world. I am so happy she is taking to solids so well but with each bit of solids I know it takes away from breastfeeding. That sounds so selfish of me but that is how I feel. I feel like my baby is growing up too fast. We will be moving on to carrots this week!
Family camping trip
Rob, myself, Adrianna, Madison & Ace (dogs) went camping this past weekend for two nights. Tent camping that is! I know we are crazy! It really was not that bad!
The first night it got kind of chilly so I just tucked Adrianna in my sleeping bag to keep her cozy. She really enjoyed all the attention. My MIL and FIL camped with us so Adrianna loved spending time with Mamaw and Papaw.
Well this entry is going to be pretty short and boring but I am totally exhausted this week. I think I have lost some of my "new mother" energy or all the sleepless, broken nights of sleep are catching up with me.
Love,
Carmajo
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