Happy 2 Months, Natalie!!!

"It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself."

I can't believe my little girl is going to be 2 months old tomorrow. It seems like just yesterday I was still in the hospital ready to bring her home. These two months have gone by so fast. She has started smiling a lot...and talking. I love waking up to her smile every morning. She is happiest then...soooo not like her mom. She definitely takes after her dad there. She has also started loving baths. She used to scream and cry the whole time, and now she cries when we take her out of the water...that she did get from me. :o)

We take her to get her shots tomorrow....I am nervous and scared for her. My poor baby...I think daddy is going to have to hold her for her shots. It's going to break my heart to hear her cry out in pain.

To celebrate her 2 months I made cupcakes that say "Happy 2 months Natalie" She can't eat them, but we will take a picture and put them in her scrap book. I love my little girl...

Well, Chad just came and fussed at me for not being in bed yet, so I have to sign off...until tomorrow.

Sweet Dreams bloggers...

"The value of consistent prayer is not that He will hear us, but that we will hear Him."

I must start by saying that God is good!!! No....GREAT. Yesterday was an amazing day. Thank you for those of you who have been praying for us...lets just say God heard all of our prayers and they are being answered in so many ways!

Yesterday was not only a day of good news, but just a good day all together. Natalie and I started the day off together pretty well rested since she slept in her Nap Nanny all night again!!! Three nights in a row she slept in it from 11:30pm to 5:00am, woke up to eat, and then stayed in bed with Chad and I until about 8am. Yesterday was an early day since I took the kids to school while she stayed in bed with her daddy. He went to work for a little while and then came home for lunch. I have been asking for a recliner since before she was born, so I decided that we were going to tag along with him when he went back to work so that we could go look at recliners when he was done. We went to his office and to see a client, and then we were off to shop!!! I didn't think we were going to buy it right then, but we found one that we loved and is sooooo comfy!!! We were supposed to go pick it up today, but it has been raining all day...stupid rain. After we bought our recliner, we got some more good news (or at least I think so). Then Chad decided he wanted to take me to watch Avatar in 3D since I hadn't seen it, so we took Natalie to his parents' house and headed to the movies. I must admit, I was not at all interested in watching that movie, but WOW!!! Probably the best movie ever. I wanted to live there....REALLY. lol

Anyway, we got home kind of late, and Natalie was off of her schedule yesterday, so I hate to say it, but she didn't sleep in her Nap Nanny. She was so fussy that I layed down with her and we both eventually just fell asleep together. I know...I'm a sucker.

Today I have been cleaning the house and doing the laundry that had piled up....BAD, while Chad has been watching Natalie. They are now napping on the couch...they look so cute. he keeps saying she's Daddy's girl, but she is soooo Mommy's girl. lol



Well, I have to get back to folding all of this clothes....ugh.

Nap Nanny...Everybody Sleeps

Well, it worked!!! Chad bought Natalie the Nap Nanny the other day, and last night was our first night to put her in it. She slept in it for four hours until she woke up hungry! It was nice to have the bed back to ourselves for a night. Of course the first 30 minutes she was in there I was looking over every minute to make sure she was ok. I am one of those looney tunes mothers that thinks her child has stopped breathing at least once a day because she is peacefully sleeping. But I'm not the only one, right??

I feel pretty lazy today. We slept about 6 hours last night, and I woke up at 6:30 to feed Natalie and take the kids to school while Chad stayed home with her. When I came home, they were asleep again, so I hopped in bed with them and didn't wake up until almost noon. Pretty lazy day...maybe it's the weather. It's pretty gloomy out. I think it rained all night because I could hear the thunder in the middle of the night. This is a perfect day to cuddle up to my little princess and watch TV and Disney movies all day...which reminds me. Does anyone know where I can get some of the old disney movies? Like Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, etc.? I want to get all of them for Natalie and I to watch. All we have is Cinerella and new Disney movies.

Anyway, all this talking about laying down and cuddling up to her...I have to go do just that.

Poop

This title seems fitting since that is really all that has been on my mind the past few days...Natalie hadn't had a dirty diaper going on four days yesterday. She had wet diapers, just no poopy diapers. So being the worried and paranoid parents that we are, Chad and I took her to the doctor yesterday. Turns out that it is normal for a breast fed baby to not have a bowel movement for a couple of days. But she would still strain and she had belly aches because of it, so we had giver her something to help her poop. That was not fun. My poor baby...but she feels so much better now, and I can tell her belly doesn't hurt as bad. This morning she really left us a little gift (not so little) in her diaper. She needed it I'm sure. So, there...a not so pleasant post about a not so pleasant experience. I hope she doesn't have this problem again. Poor thing.

On the flip side...my parents came in for the weekend to visit. I missed them like crazy. I was so happy to have them here. They actually babysat for us last night while Chad and I went to dinner with a client. We had crawfish and it was YUMMY!!! We had a good time. Met some new friends and ate some good food.

My parents left this morning...I wish I was going with them. I miss my family like crazy (it's worse on some days). I am just still not used to being so far away from them.

For the most part, it was a good weekend. We have our church group to go to tonight to discuss "Crazy Love" some more. I can't wait....

More Milk Please

Good morning! It's a beautiful day out today...I think I may take Ms. Natalie out for a walk. She is 7 weeks old today! I can't believe how fast the time is flying! It doesn't seem like it has been that long. Seven weeks...the best seven weeks of my life so far. I can't imagine not having her here. It's amazing how much being a mother changes you. I am no longer thinking about what is best for Chad and I, it's what's best for Natalie. We have been stressing out a little the past week...my milk supply began to dry up a bit, and we don't want to have to give her any formula just yet. My plan is to give her only breast milk for at least a year. At least that is what we want to do....not sure how that is all going to work out. Chad has been stressing out about it a lot, which is weird since he is a guy, and I didn't think they cared lol. In turn, he stresses me out even more. I know that he doesn't do it intentionally, and I should be thankful that he cares so much and is so involved instead of getting stressed out and upset about it. He went to talk to a lactation specialist yesterday to see if there was anything he could do to help. They told him it would help to take this herbal pill 4 times a day. It's called "More Milk Plus". I started taking it today and they said it should take about 3 days to increase my milk supply. I hope it works. It is so depressing as a mom that is so gung ho (is that how you spell that?) about breastfeeding to not be able to produce enough to feed your child. I feel like I am failing as a mother. I know...it happens a lot. Some women just don't produce enough milk. BUT my problem is that I got sick and took Benadryl. I dried up my milk supply. I could have prevented it. It's MY fault. So, God, if you could please, forgive my ignorance in not looking up information about medicine before taking it just this one time, and give me some more milk. Please? Natalie is becoming a little fatty and she is growing quick...she needs more milk. I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

Here's proof that she's getting big!

Chunky Butt

We took Natalie to the doctor yesterday...she has a cold. My poor baby. The medicine they gave her seemed to help her sleep well at least. She is gaining some weight. Chad and I have been a little concerned about her maybe not getting enough to eat, because the Benadryl I took the other day dried my supply some, but she is gaining weight and doing great, so that made us feel a little better. She weighs 8lbs 15oz!!! She is in the 50th percentile for weight, and the 90th percentile for height, which is now 22in!!! My little girl is getting big!! It's hard to think that some babies are born this big...and bigger!!
Last night we reached a milestone...her first bath without throwing a fit! Chad gave her a bath, and instead of hearing the screams as she went in the water, there was silence...the WHOLE TIME! She loved it, and Chad was loving the fact that she was loving it...as was I. Bath time used to break my heart almost every night, because she acted like we were doing something horrible to her. But now she likes bath time...at least I hope. We will see if she continues to like it again tonight. (crossing my fingers)

Booger Baby

Well, it's happened, and I feel like a horrible mom...Natalie is sick. She started with somewhat of a stuffy nose last night and when she woke up crying to eat a few minutes ago, she was mostly breathing through her mouth because her nose was so runny! My poor baby. She has this different cry...it sounds so sad. I think she's saying "bad mommy" for obviously not taking care of her as well as I should be. Right? Because if I did, she wouldn't be sick...at least that is how I feel. It breaks my heart to hear her little nose every time she tries to breathe. I sat there and suctioned out as much as I could...it's pretty bad. I hope that she gets better soon. I don't want her to feel bad...ever. I know, I can't keep her in a bubble, although sometimes I really wish I could. I used to make fun of those mothers, you know, the germaphobes that don't want anyone or anything that hasn't basically bleached and sanitized their whole bodies around their baby??? Yeah, that's me...guilty. My poor child...she has a crazy mother.

I guess I will go back to bed now...Daddy is taking care of his little girl, and as much as I want to rip her out of his arms and take her into mine, I know he wants to take care of her as much as I do...so I am going to go back to bed. Maybe not back to sleep...but at least back to bed.

If you're reading this, say a little prayer for my baby to better and for all those boogers to go away. Thanks!