6 Weeks

This week we're really back into the swing of things. Moms group, ladies bible study, Eli's preschool program, and a few play dates! Its a busy week, but Im enjoying it.

Judah the past 2 nights has slept great! We decided to try turning on some white noise in his room, and Im thinking its made a difference. We just turned the radio onto static, and the past two nights he slept 6 and 7 hours. I woke up this morning and looked at the clock to see it was 5:20am! I didnt wake up in the middle of the night either!! If he sleeps that well tonight (which Im preparing myself for a hard night, 3 nights in a row would be too good to be true!!) than Ill be a believer in the white noise for babies!! Some people swear by it, we'll see!! Judah is now 6 weeks old. I honestly cant believe how fast time has gone by! Eli is doing so well with him, and loves him to bits! Judah loves watching Eli, and funny enough Eli seems to get the most smiles from his baby brother! He doesnt have to do anything but walk up to Judah and he'll get a big smile! Its so beautiful!!

Yesterday I got my retainer after a week of having my braces off! Its a weird feeling, but Im adjusting to talking with it. My teeth were quite sore for the first 24 hours, but their feeling better now.

As for the breastfeeding, we're still having some issues. I had so many people tell me the first 6 weeks is the hardest, and if you can get through it then its smooth sailing. I feel like its only gotten more difficult. My letdown is still crazy, and for a few days I had decided I would exclusively pump and bottle feed because he wouldn't latch on. He prefers having a bottle, because its easier and he has more control, but then technically I would be bottle feeding and breast feeding. No thank you. In the middle of the night its so much work to make sure you have milk ready and then to heat it up while you have a hungry baby. The other night I nursed him while he was still sleepy, and he didn't pull off, or start screaming. If breastfeeding was that easy all the time I can see why women do it for so long! Going out in public and nursing is still not happening, although I've gotten rid of nursing with the big pillow. It took a few days for him to get used to not having it, but I was so tired of needing it when I nursed and thought maybe it would make our nursing in public issues easier. Well it didn't really, but Im glad to have gotten rid of the big bulky thing. Its now tucked away. Ive tried using a nipple shield to help control the let down, however once he gets used to the plastic feeling he prefers it because its like a bottle. At least thats what I suspect. So like I said we're still having issues, but Im hopeful (and praying!!) that it will eventually resolve itself, and will become very easy! I made another appointment for the lactation consultant for next week, maybe she'll be able to give me some encouragement. Some days its great, and others all I want to do is cry, but I remind myself that every day I continue to breastfeed is a precious gift to my baby. By the way on the topic of breastfeeding, Eli asked me the other day if he could feed his dolly (yes he has a dolly that he plays with!) milk from his boobs. I love how kids are so matter of fact. So simple most of the time!! I had to laugh!

Its starting to cool off, which means snow will be coming soon, but Im looking forward to the future. An older baby, and toddler as well as Thanksgiving and Christmas! Andy and I are hoping to start doing some renovations on our kitchen... floor, refinish cabinets, counter top, and a few other odds and ends. I'd like to start with painting and refinishing the cabinets. We'll see how that goes!!