Modeling her "one month" onesie
Posing with the bear that Zoey brought her to the hospital
"Come on Mom. Aren't we done with pictures yet?! I'm exhausted!" :)
Our first month has gone really well. I don't want to jinx myself by saying so, but I feel like we have had a pretty easy, smooth transition to being a family of four. Liana is a very easy going baby. She hardly ever fusses, except when she is hungry and wants to eat, so that is an easy fix. :) She has started to cluster feed in the evenings which is a little challenging because she constantly wants to nurse and be held for a few hours straight. Luckily, that is when Joe is home so he is here to help take care of Zoey and it's not so overwhelming. Joe has been so great this past month and has been a huge help. A lot of nights he ends up having to make, or finish making dinner since it's hard to take care of both girls and manage to cook dinner before he gets home from work. He's also been doing a lot of the grocery shopping and errands since I was not able to drive for the first few weeks, and still don't feel comfortable taking Liana out into public places yet. Most nights he has been putting Zoey to bed since bedtime usually falls during Liana's nursing marathons which would make it pretty impossible to manage Zoey's bedtime routine. So, I feel so luck that I have such a wonderful husband who works so hard to take care of his family. I really don't know what I would do without him!As far as other Liana updates, there still aren't any major milestones to report. No smiling or lauging or cooing yet, but lots and lots of cuddles! She loves to curl up in a little ball on my chest and nestle her little head into my neck. It is so, so sweet and just the best feeling in the world. She continues to sleep really well in her "Rock 'N play". It was definitely the best investment that I made for her. She has been starting to sleep for longer streches and I usually get one long strech at night of 4-5 hours. Last night, she actually made it to 6! I think that I am actually sleeping better now than when I was pregnant. I know it's crazy to think that could be the case with a newborn, but since I was so uncomfortable at the end of my pregnancy, I was not sleeping well at all. Now, I am able to fall asleep and stay asleep much more easily, and even though I have to get up a few times during the night to feed her, I can usually go right back to sleep. Also, since being home with me, Zoey has started sleeping in which is wonderful. She was usually waking up between 5:30 and 6:30, but since we have been home she usually doesn't wake up until around 7:30. And she doesn't immediatly cry and scream for me to go get her, she will usually play happily in her room until I go get her. So, lots of days I am not getting out bed until around 8:00 which was pretty much unheard of for the past 2 years. It's definitely nice. I think I actually prefer having to get up a few times in the middle of the night to nurse and then being able to sleep in to sleeping the whole night but then having to be up at 5:00. I am really getting used to not working and I'm going to enjoy every minute until I have to go back in September!
As for me, I am feeling pretty much back to normal. I went to the dr. earlier in the week and she said that I am healing very well and can resume all activities as normal. So I can drive again, pick up Zoey, and even start light exercise again (but no abs for another month). I definitely want to start working out again to try to get to my pre-pg weight by the summertime. Now it's just a matter of finding the time to do it! I have to say though, I am pretty happy with my body for being one month post-partum. I have lost about 20ish lbs of my pregnancy weight doing nothing but breastfeeding, so I'm hoping the rest of it will come off easily too. I did gain more weight with this pregnancy than I did with Zoey, so I do have quite a bit more that I want to loose, but I am pretty happy with the way my body looks, so I'm trying not to get too hung up with the number on the scale. Still don't fit into my pre-pg jeans yet, but maybe in a few more weeks!
The hardest thing about these past few weeks has been feeling like I am trapped inside the house all day. Our pediatrician is pretty conservative and so they advised us not to take Liana in public places for the first two months. So between that and the weather preventing us from being able to go outside, I am starting to go a little crazy being in the house all day every day. I actually left Liana a few times within this past week, just to get out of the house. I didn't think I would be able to do it because with Zoey, I didn't leave her at all until she was over 2 months old. So, I started small and just went to the Tim Horton's drive-thru to get us some coffee and donuts over the weekend. Then Monday, I had my dr appt and so I left her with my mom, and Tuesday Joe's mom came to the house to stay with her so that I could go to Wegmans and go grocery shopping. So, I am actually really proud of myself that I am not so nervous and neurotic this time about being away from her, and it has really felt good to get out of the house for an hour or two. Now, I am just waiting for the weather to warm up so that we can start taking walks outside, or even just going outside in the backyard. I am so ready for winter to be over.
Well, that's about it to report for month 1. Can't wait to see what month 2 will bring!
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