Monday morning came and I was sick. Literally. I have been nervous for things before, ya know the usual things -- first day of school, new job, etc. but this takes the cake! John put C in her car seat and I ran for the toilet! No bueno! John yelled that he thought it was best he just go and so off they went... I was crushed! I don't have another word for it, I literally was so sad and so nervous and so scared all at the same time! Work was work, I had no emotion about coming back it was just all about C. I naturally counted the minutes until I could leave the office that day and rushed to pick her up. She was alive and well (not sure if I thought something else would happen) and that made me happy. Each day that week got better and better. I am not going to lie, we are only on week 3 and each Monday I have the same feeling in my stomach -- I hate leaving her. But again, the days of the week pass and I just keep my eye on the weekend when I can spend the WHOLE day with her and John!
Charlotte is a BLAST these days. She is smiling and we have gotten some giggles! We then spend the next 10 minutes trying to get her to do it again which doesn't happen but we at least try!
A lot has happened since the 2 month post:
- You are sleeping in your crib! The week I went back to work, was the first week we transitioned you with no problems! I had more of an issue with you leaving our room than you did (surprise, surprise).
- You take a bottle no problem. Some days you seem iffy about it but you will still take it. I feed you in the morning and at night straight from the tap though and during the day you get the bottle while I am away. - I returned to work and brought the pump -- holy moly! This is proving itself to be challenging. I am pumping 3 times at work (830, 1130, 230). So in case you think of me during those times you can pretty much assure I am at work with no shirt on!
- You take and want a pacifier! I do not know if the bottle is also correlated with this but when you became proficient with the bottle you also wanted the pacifier during nap/night. You are fine without it but when you start to fight sleep, the pacifier helps calm you down --because boy do you fight sleep!
- We are still 90% breastmilk. You are getting some formula supplementation. My first week back at work I saw a significant decrease in milk production (which I quickly did everything known to man to fix it) so we had to put an ounce or two of formula in with the BM to ensure she was satisfied! We are still supplementing bottles with formula when needed which is fine with me in case pumping at work becomes more difficult. I have set a new BF goal to 6 months (my original was 3 months) so we will see how it goes and the decision at 6 months. I am taking it day by day at this point and that seems to be working.
- BUMBO SEAT. You are using the bumbo seat and loving sitting up. We started noticing that when you were in your "laydown" chairs/swings, you were constantly pulling your head up and trying to sit up -- so we pulled the bubmo seat out and SUCCESS!
Stats:
- All 3 month clothes at this point.
- You are in size 1 diapers which are getting a little tight around those legs again. I am thinking a change may be on the horizon.
- We don't have a Dr. visit this month but we are guessing you are around 14 lbs!
- Still eating every 2-3 hours during the day and maybe once in the middle of the night. It varies, sometimes you sleep through and other times you get up for a quick feeding and back down you go!
This month John and I also made our first outing together sans baby! Oh my, I know! We celebrated my BFF's 30th and it was a blast..
Can't believe the end of summer is approaching, where is the time going?!?!?!?!?
xoxoxox
