1 Month Old!

Well, one month has already passed us by and we're all doing great! Claire is a wonderful baby. She nurses every 2-3 hours, takes lots of naps, and only gets up once a night to eat! Last night she went 8 hours!!! We went to her well-check dr appointment yesterday and the dr said she's doing great! She does have a rash around her neck and on her face. The dr says it's a normal baby rash, but it will get worse before it gets better. It doesn't really bother Claire, just mommy! She said the heat will aggrivate the rash and to keep her out of the heat. However, that is hard for us to do with all the softball games and such an active little 2 year old! Claire was 8lbs 9 oz, which puts her in the 5th percentile and 22 1/4 inches long, which is the 90th percentile! She does very well with tummy time and is better holding her head up. She also is starting to track objects with her eyes. We're loving every minute of her and Isaiah still does too! I'm excited to see her grow and change, but know all to well that she will grow too fast. We're trying to cherish every minute!

Breastfeeding Bliss

When Isaiah was an infant, he nursed every hour and half to two hours. What I didn't understand was that that time frame is from beginning to beginning, which means I only had about an hour between 'sessions'. It was very consuming. I felt like I was tied to my glider in the living room, always waiting for the next time he was hungry! He continued like this for a few months. Breastfeeding felt like more of a burden to me in the beginning than a blessing. Now don't get me wrong, I'm glad and proud that I was able to nurse Isaiah for a year, but was more than ready to be done at a year! This time, with Claire, nursing is MUCH different. She generally eats every two to three hours and sometimes I have to wake her up to feed her! At night she'll even go five hours sometimes. This time it is much less of a burden and more of a bliss!!