Routine: We don't have a proper routine as such yet, Kaylee is breast fed, and feeds 4 hourly during the day, and overnight, well...it changes, sometimes its 4 hourly, but usually she feeds around 6pm, then sleeps until about 2am, then wakes somewhere between 6am and 8am, then the 4 hourly feeding starts from then (if that makes sense).
We had a delightful little phase where she was sleeping 10-12 hours overnight, but as I suspected it was a phase!
(Something is wrong at the moment though, I'm suspecting a UTI, and last night she didn't sleep at all...well...no...she dozed between bouts of hysterics (which were around 5mins apart), and I stayed awake!
Sleep: As mentioned above, she's (usually) a pretty good sleeper. Her main issue is just after she dozes off, her dummy plops out, and if she hasn't quite hit a deep enough sleep, she wakes! We've rolled up a face washer and put it just behind the dummy and that helps.
Harness: The harness is...well...its going ok, its annoying, she doesn't like it, but she is very brave and deals with it really well...we had to buy a second one (at a whopping $270!) because she pooplodes and since we can't take it off at all, I have no chance to wash it. We bought a second one, so that when we go for the weekly adjustments, they put the clean one on, and I bring the pooploded one home and wash it!
More children: When they handed Kaylee to me, I looked at DH and said "I could do that...just once more". I have always always wanted 3, but DH is dead set on just 2...I'm hoping hoping HOPING he changes his mind!
Bleeding: Mine stopped when Kaylee was about 2 and a half weeks old. And last week I had my first AF.
Oh and for those of you BFing...AF (usually the onset, and when its finishing), changes your milk...you may find bubs won't feed very well for the 24 hours leading up to AF, and the 12-24 as it leaves.
Siblings: Benjamin is GREAT with Kaylee, we are so lucky, and he has just taken all this in his stride. He occasionally tries to test the limits, but its just not in him to be a terrible two!
DTD: DH has been "back on the horse" as he put it since Kaylee was 5 weeks. My stitches were gone when Kaylee was 4 weeks, so we gave it an extra week, and then went for it, and all was good
I'm off to the Dr on Thursday for Kaylee's vaccinations (assuming our trip to the Dr today is nothing serious!), and to get the minipill for me.
AFM: All is good here, busy with harness adjustments, Dr appointments etc, but overall, its all great!
to you all! I'm hoping to try and keep visiting and posting a little more!!
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