First Sick Time!
We weren't ready for her to get sick so soon. She has been great and happy baby, so when I saw her watery eyes, coughing & congested on Friday morning, I was concerned. She sounded pretty bad when I picked her up at daycare. We were supposed to leave her there for the night for a parent night out, but we decided that we needed to keep our eyes open for her, so we stayed in with her. I am glad we did because she was miserable :( Poor little thing couldn't eat because her nose was so stuffed up. Her face was so yucky and we didn't know what to do, so I called her pedi and got an appointment on Saturday morning. We were relieved that there was nothing to worry about, but we couldn't do much....because she is too little to take any meds. I thought she had some sort of allergy from being at SandV night before, but the doctor said, it's probably a mild cold. We put her in the rocker so that her head could be elavated. I actually enjoyed having her in the room and she slept pretty well! This was just a beginning of many more sickness days but as first time parents, we were quite worried about her!!!
Hands / Leg Move
It's really fascinating to watch her and monitor her development. She started liking her baby Einstein mat, so it's becoming to have her play there when she gets home from daycare. I read that a baby doesn't know the existance of her legs and hands in the beginning. I totally saw that when Haley was just doing her animated move, but I recently noticed the change in her hand movement. She would look at an object and try to bat at it. She even grabs the object sometimes! As for legs, when I hold her straight, she tries to stand on her feet for a little bit. It is amazing to watch her development and she is only 2 months.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
7 Weeks Old
Monrining routine is getting better. I try to prepare as much as possible at night.
She is sleeping through the night!!!! Well, she usually clusterfeed. Someday, she sleeps through from 10pm till 5am!! I am little bit worried about her less feeding amount, but she looks healthy to me.
Pumping.....I feel like a cow. I am trying to pump as often as possible at work. I try every 2.5 - 3 at work b/c it can be difficult to do frequently at home, esp. at night. It's great that Hay is sleeping better now, but I have to make myself wake up to pump in the middle of night to keep my milk production. It's not easy and I am sleepy, but watching 90210 on Netflix surely helps! I don't get plugged ducts too often like I used to. I am not sure if Lecithin is working or the frequency of pumping, but I take it!
Our deck is done!!! Love it love it!!! It's so peaceful there and I cannot wait to hang out with Hayboo and animals.
She is sleeping through the night!!!! Well, she usually clusterfeed. Someday, she sleeps through from 10pm till 5am!! I am little bit worried about her less feeding amount, but she looks healthy to me.
Pumping.....I feel like a cow. I am trying to pump as often as possible at work. I try every 2.5 - 3 at work b/c it can be difficult to do frequently at home, esp. at night. It's great that Hay is sleeping better now, but I have to make myself wake up to pump in the middle of night to keep my milk production. It's not easy and I am sleepy, but watching 90210 on Netflix surely helps! I don't get plugged ducts too often like I used to. I am not sure if Lecithin is working or the frequency of pumping, but I take it!
Our deck is done!!! Love it love it!!! It's so peaceful there and I cannot wait to hang out with Hayboo and animals.
6 Weeks Old
The time has come.....I went back to work :(
It's so true that time goes by so fast. I cannot believe it.
I was planning on working from home 2 days a week.....miserably FAIED! I couldn't do it. I had my laptop on the kitchen counter and working. At the same time, I was kicking the bouncer to calm Hayboo. It was so exhausting. It wasn't fair for me and it wasn't fair for her. I was trying to make her sleep all the time when she should get some fun time with me. I've decided that she goes to daycare 5days a week...
To be honest, I feel alive going back to work. Yes, I do miss her, but it's nice to just jump into a car and turn up the music. Hay was so tired the first day back from daycare. There are 9 babies and a lot of toys, so I am sure she gets so stimulated!
Getting ready in the morning is hectic! I don't know when she would wake up and due to lack of sleep, I am tired at work. However, it's nice to make money.
I check her all the time online. I can usually tell which one is Hay b/c of her hair :)
She likes one of the swings daycare has. The one swings first, so we got a similar one and it has been working!
It's so true that time goes by so fast. I cannot believe it.
I was planning on working from home 2 days a week.....miserably FAIED! I couldn't do it. I had my laptop on the kitchen counter and working. At the same time, I was kicking the bouncer to calm Hayboo. It was so exhausting. It wasn't fair for me and it wasn't fair for her. I was trying to make her sleep all the time when she should get some fun time with me. I've decided that she goes to daycare 5days a week...
To be honest, I feel alive going back to work. Yes, I do miss her, but it's nice to just jump into a car and turn up the music. Hay was so tired the first day back from daycare. There are 9 babies and a lot of toys, so I am sure she gets so stimulated!
Getting ready in the morning is hectic! I don't know when she would wake up and due to lack of sleep, I am tired at work. However, it's nice to make money.
I check her all the time online. I can usually tell which one is Hay b/c of her hair :)
She likes one of the swings daycare has. The one swings first, so we got a similar one and it has been working!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
5 Weeks Old
One Month Checkup
I was looking forward to the first pedi checkup because I wanted to make sure that she is a healthy girl! Her weight was up to 10.5 and she is in the 50% tile, so she is darn average! She was pretty good in the office and cried only when she was getting a TB shot, but I put her paci right away, so she settled. I hate seeing her getting vac shots....:( I know it's necessary, but I am going to take off half day when she has 2 month checkup b/c I heard that those shots are painful.
What is Going On with Hay?
She still has tons of baby acnes on her face and forehead. Blisters on her lips are getting better and her feet aren't peeling too much anymore.
She started spitting! She spits quite a bit, so it's hard to put her down and change her diaper, so I started putting a bib on her.
She is growing!!! We bought infant 0 diapers and they are getting too small for her, so we need to change it to level 1 very soon. Her clothes, too. Some onesies and sleepers are too small for her :(
Sleeping - Wow, she started sleeping longer! We are giving her a bottle of formula for the last meal of the day and that seems to do the magic. It does make sense though b/c it's faster to digest BM, so she would get hungry faster. Other day, she slept from 10:30 to 4:30. That's 6 hrs straight!!!!! The only problem is that my boobs are so full when I wake up.
Feed - She started taking 2.5oz per feed. She sometimes doesn't finish it all though and there isn't a set of feeding schedule at this point.
What is Going On with Mama?
Plugged duct - Oh my goodness. Challenge never ends with BM! I get plugged duct so often and I hate it. It hurts and affects my milk production. I am glad to know that taking a hot shower for 15 minutes and massage my breasts work to get ride of PD, but it's ridiculous how often they come back. I feel like wearing the baby wrap causes it, too. After googling about some prevention, I learned that some women find supplement called Lecithin work, so I went a head to buy it. It is supposed to thin out milk's thickness. I have been taking one Lecithin per meal and I think it's working! My milk production is pretty decent now and I have tons of milk stocks, yay!!
Pee - My pee used to smell like a maple syrup b/c of the Mother's tea, but lately I noticed that it smells like a cat pee!! It stinks. I am not sure if it's my pee or discharge.
OB checkup - I had to take Hayboo to the clinic so I was little nervous, but she didn't have any meltdown! Everything looks good and my weight is around 107, yay! I've eating a lot, so this is b/c of pumping.
I was looking forward to the first pedi checkup because I wanted to make sure that she is a healthy girl! Her weight was up to 10.5 and she is in the 50% tile, so she is darn average! She was pretty good in the office and cried only when she was getting a TB shot, but I put her paci right away, so she settled. I hate seeing her getting vac shots....:( I know it's necessary, but I am going to take off half day when she has 2 month checkup b/c I heard that those shots are painful.
What is Going On with Hay?
She still has tons of baby acnes on her face and forehead. Blisters on her lips are getting better and her feet aren't peeling too much anymore.
She started spitting! She spits quite a bit, so it's hard to put her down and change her diaper, so I started putting a bib on her.
She is growing!!! We bought infant 0 diapers and they are getting too small for her, so we need to change it to level 1 very soon. Her clothes, too. Some onesies and sleepers are too small for her :(
Sleeping - Wow, she started sleeping longer! We are giving her a bottle of formula for the last meal of the day and that seems to do the magic. It does make sense though b/c it's faster to digest BM, so she would get hungry faster. Other day, she slept from 10:30 to 4:30. That's 6 hrs straight!!!!! The only problem is that my boobs are so full when I wake up.
Feed - She started taking 2.5oz per feed. She sometimes doesn't finish it all though and there isn't a set of feeding schedule at this point.
What is Going On with Mama?
Plugged duct - Oh my goodness. Challenge never ends with BM! I get plugged duct so often and I hate it. It hurts and affects my milk production. I am glad to know that taking a hot shower for 15 minutes and massage my breasts work to get ride of PD, but it's ridiculous how often they come back. I feel like wearing the baby wrap causes it, too. After googling about some prevention, I learned that some women find supplement called Lecithin work, so I went a head to buy it. It is supposed to thin out milk's thickness. I have been taking one Lecithin per meal and I think it's working! My milk production is pretty decent now and I have tons of milk stocks, yay!!
Pee - My pee used to smell like a maple syrup b/c of the Mother's tea, but lately I noticed that it smells like a cat pee!! It stinks. I am not sure if it's my pee or discharge.
OB checkup - I had to take Hayboo to the clinic so I was little nervous, but she didn't have any meltdown! Everything looks good and my weight is around 107, yay! I've eating a lot, so this is b/c of pumping.
3 Weeks Old
Sleeping
I am seeing a sleeping trend. I am not sure how long it will last, but there are times she would sleep for 3 straight hours. It is quite peaceful when she is in this sleeping mode, so I can get house stuff done! I should probably catch up with sleep though instead of doing something else. There are other times where I can tell she is so sleepy but she cannot fall asleep, so she gets fussy. Poor thing :(
She had been sleeping in our bassinet for a while. We usually go to bed around midnight and she does good job sleeping for 2-3 hours there, but after she wakes up and eat, she makes all kind of noises, so we cannot sleep!
To improve our sleeping time (daddy needs to sleep well so that he can bring a bacon and mommy needs to sleep well to take care of little Hay), we setup the baby monitor on the crib on Monday. Are we sure to let her sleep in the crib already??? Well, we wanted to see how if it works. The monitor is pretty cool. I can adjust the camera position and the resolution is pretty good in days and nights. After our first midnight feeding (around 3am), I put her in the crib and went back to my bedroom. SUCCESS! I could see she was sound asleep and didn't hear much of her noises. She woke up around 6, so I went into the nursery to feed her.
The other problem during our sleep is...Candy. We gotta do something about her snoring right above our head!!!
Book
I finished the book called Amber Dusick's Parenting Mas sent me. I have been reading many books all about babies, but this one was so different. It has tons of cool illustration and real stories, but they are darn funny! It made me realized that what I have been going through isn't too bad. Wait until Haley becomes a toddler and we have to take care his lil sister or brother....
I finally decided to order a book called "The happiest baby in the block". I heard good things about it, so it was on my wish list, but I finally decided to order one after experiencing Haley can fall asleep in my arm, but as soon as I put her down in the crib, she wakes up. The book has very interesting theory! It talks about the reason of Moro reflex and 5s to calm a baby. 5S are Swaddle, Side Way, Shhhhhh, Swing & Suck. I have been trying it when since she gets a big fussy at night. I think it works!
Pumping
I pretty much gave up on nursing even though I bought a nipple shield. She sucked for a while (made me very happy!) for the first time, but after that, she doesn't like it. I can tell she is so frustrated and I hate to see that. You can call me that I am a looser for not trying hard enough, but I know stress does impact my milk production, so I decided a pumping is the way to go for us.
I used to pump every 1.5 or 2 hrs,but it's quite exhausting and also it only gives me one feed, so I have been pumping every 4 hrs or so. In this case, my boobs make enough milk and I can usually get 2 feeds (4 oz) in 15 minutes of pumping. Haley is currently eating about 2 oz per meal. She eats about every 2 hrs in average, so it's normal.
New Discovery
K'Tan wrap - I finally got it!! It's really nice because my hands are not tied up with holding her and she seems to be pretty happy baby being near her mommy. I play internet radio ambiant station and dance around with her! She loves it and good for my workout ;)
White noise - I thought I had to be always quiet around the baby, but I learned that babies likes noises because that's what they are used to hear while they are in uterus. I downloaded an app called "Relax M" and she seems to be intrigued by it. I also tried a hair dryer and kitchen fan. They calmed Haley down.
I am seeing a sleeping trend. I am not sure how long it will last, but there are times she would sleep for 3 straight hours. It is quite peaceful when she is in this sleeping mode, so I can get house stuff done! I should probably catch up with sleep though instead of doing something else. There are other times where I can tell she is so sleepy but she cannot fall asleep, so she gets fussy. Poor thing :(
She had been sleeping in our bassinet for a while. We usually go to bed around midnight and she does good job sleeping for 2-3 hours there, but after she wakes up and eat, she makes all kind of noises, so we cannot sleep!
To improve our sleeping time (daddy needs to sleep well so that he can bring a bacon and mommy needs to sleep well to take care of little Hay), we setup the baby monitor on the crib on Monday. Are we sure to let her sleep in the crib already??? Well, we wanted to see how if it works. The monitor is pretty cool. I can adjust the camera position and the resolution is pretty good in days and nights. After our first midnight feeding (around 3am), I put her in the crib and went back to my bedroom. SUCCESS! I could see she was sound asleep and didn't hear much of her noises. She woke up around 6, so I went into the nursery to feed her.
The other problem during our sleep is...Candy. We gotta do something about her snoring right above our head!!!
Book
I finished the book called Amber Dusick's Parenting Mas sent me. I have been reading many books all about babies, but this one was so different. It has tons of cool illustration and real stories, but they are darn funny! It made me realized that what I have been going through isn't too bad. Wait until Haley becomes a toddler and we have to take care his lil sister or brother....
I finally decided to order a book called "The happiest baby in the block". I heard good things about it, so it was on my wish list, but I finally decided to order one after experiencing Haley can fall asleep in my arm, but as soon as I put her down in the crib, she wakes up. The book has very interesting theory! It talks about the reason of Moro reflex and 5s to calm a baby. 5S are Swaddle, Side Way, Shhhhhh, Swing & Suck. I have been trying it when since she gets a big fussy at night. I think it works!
Pumping
I pretty much gave up on nursing even though I bought a nipple shield. She sucked for a while (made me very happy!) for the first time, but after that, she doesn't like it. I can tell she is so frustrated and I hate to see that. You can call me that I am a looser for not trying hard enough, but I know stress does impact my milk production, so I decided a pumping is the way to go for us.
I used to pump every 1.5 or 2 hrs,but it's quite exhausting and also it only gives me one feed, so I have been pumping every 4 hrs or so. In this case, my boobs make enough milk and I can usually get 2 feeds (4 oz) in 15 minutes of pumping. Haley is currently eating about 2 oz per meal. She eats about every 2 hrs in average, so it's normal.
New Discovery
K'Tan wrap - I finally got it!! It's really nice because my hands are not tied up with holding her and she seems to be pretty happy baby being near her mommy. I play internet radio ambiant station and dance around with her! She loves it and good for my workout ;)
White noise - I thought I had to be always quiet around the baby, but I learned that babies likes noises because that's what they are used to hear while they are in uterus. I downloaded an app called "Relax M" and she seems to be intrigued by it. I also tried a hair dryer and kitchen fan. They calmed Haley down.
Sunday, April 7, 2013
2 Weeks Old
Wow, my baby does something new everyday and there are always something to discover!
Her skin is peeling. She's got grandma hands and feet, but we are not supposed to put lotion on her, so I hope the new skin comes out soon. Her skin around the eye lid area peels frequently and her lips, oh my...it looks painful, but she does't mind her blistered lips.
The patio has started!!! Guys come out everyday and they are making progress. It already looks nice and I cannot see the finished patio with a deck. I think it will be warm by the time it's ok for Haley to go outside :)
My company sent her a personalized teddy bear!!!! One paw says "Haley" and other one says "Sakura". The bear has tutu and wings. It's soooo cute!!!! Thank you, Elysium
She started doing this "reflect movement". It usually happens during sleep and it's so cute and funny! Suddenly, she puts her arms and legs wide open and it looks like a Franken Stein!!! This is called "Moro or Startle reflex". According to one source on google, a baby does this to protect herself from harm. Interesting....
We gave her a first bath! We thought she was going to cry for sure, but you know what? She seemed to enjoy the nice warm bath!! I think the water tempature has to be right and it was. She was so relaxed and we put her in the Elmo's bath robe! Too cute!!! She smelled so nice after the bath and looked really clearn :)
Mountains of pills.....yes, I am taking so many pills now. Those pills include: vitamin, omega3, fenugreek, stool softner & herbal tea. The total of 17 pills and 3-5 tea a day!!!! Since I am pumping, all of them are good for my baby, so I will take whatever I need!!
It was such a nice & warm day on Saturday. Haley was only 2 weeks old at this point and I heard that it's good to wait taking her to a public place until a month later, but we couldn't resist to walk her in a stroller. It was really sunny and we put a soft and warm blanket on her and put up a cover so that she wouldn't get a direct sunlight. It was just sooooo nice to get out of the house and enjoy the nice day with 3 of us. I cannot believe that we now have an addition to our family. It was so peaceful to walk our neighborhood and we are so happy!!
It was Joe's mom's BD dinner, so we went over to his parents house. It was so much fun because Parker/Anderson/Emery were all there!!! They loved the baby. Parker and Anderson kept saying how cute Haley was. Emery was so funny. She had a little doll and trying to put Haley's diaper on the doll!!! She is so active and has an amazing personality :) After talking to Heidi, I learned that a nipple shield might help BF, so we went to go get one from Medela. I was excited to try to see if Haley latches the shield and she DID!!! I had never seen her latching for that long time. She is getting my milk via pump, but it will be nice if I have an option to nurse or pump, so I will have to keep trying. BTW, we introduced her to a pacifier on Sunday. She loves it and it works like a magic!!!!
Her skin is peeling. She's got grandma hands and feet, but we are not supposed to put lotion on her, so I hope the new skin comes out soon. Her skin around the eye lid area peels frequently and her lips, oh my...it looks painful, but she does't mind her blistered lips.
The patio has started!!! Guys come out everyday and they are making progress. It already looks nice and I cannot see the finished patio with a deck. I think it will be warm by the time it's ok for Haley to go outside :)
My company sent her a personalized teddy bear!!!! One paw says "Haley" and other one says "Sakura". The bear has tutu and wings. It's soooo cute!!!! Thank you, Elysium
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| New Teddy Bear! |
We gave her a first bath! We thought she was going to cry for sure, but you know what? She seemed to enjoy the nice warm bath!! I think the water tempature has to be right and it was. She was so relaxed and we put her in the Elmo's bath robe! Too cute!!! She smelled so nice after the bath and looked really clearn :)
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| Comfy~ |
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| All clean!! |
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| They are good for you, Hay! |
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| Let's enjoy the sunny day! |
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| Happy girl~ |
Monday, April 1, 2013
Day 8: Happy Easter & Cluster Feeding
Easter this year started as a wet morning. We were supposed to go to Joe's parents house for Easter dinner. We found this adorable pink premee outfit for her Easter visit and she looked sooooo cute in it!!!
It was kind of nice to get out of the house. It was my first time to use a diper bag, so I was hoping I didn't forget anything important! I put 2 bottles just in case she gets hungry....
Speaking of hungry......we think that she is going through the famous cluster feeding stage. She used to eat every 2 hours, but she got really fussy and wants to eat more as soon as we fed her. This threw us off because we didn't want to overfeed her. I was reading the baby book and they suggested to feed her whenever she wants, so that's what we are doing. Oh, my milk production has increase!!!! I don't know if it's the herb or my body trying to adjust to the baby's demand, but I am so happy that I am getting more milk now. I am not sure if my boobs can keep up with the cluster feeding demand, but I am taking the herb and drinking tea all the time. I am also pumping more, so I hope all of my effort helps in the end!
Other thing we are a bit worried about....she pees pretty much everytime when we change her diaper, but no poop. I googled this and looks like some babies can go for a long time without pooping (The one girl said her baby didn't poo for 14 days!!) We have a pedi appointment on Tuesday, so we will bring this up to the physician.
Oh, by the way, Haley started smiling!!!!! It's not intentional but she does give me a smily face sometimes and it just puts me a big smile on me. She changes so much rapidly and I am certainly amused by all the changes :)
It was kind of nice to get out of the house. It was my first time to use a diper bag, so I was hoping I didn't forget anything important! I put 2 bottles just in case she gets hungry....
Speaking of hungry......we think that she is going through the famous cluster feeding stage. She used to eat every 2 hours, but she got really fussy and wants to eat more as soon as we fed her. This threw us off because we didn't want to overfeed her. I was reading the baby book and they suggested to feed her whenever she wants, so that's what we are doing. Oh, my milk production has increase!!!! I don't know if it's the herb or my body trying to adjust to the baby's demand, but I am so happy that I am getting more milk now. I am not sure if my boobs can keep up with the cluster feeding demand, but I am taking the herb and drinking tea all the time. I am also pumping more, so I hope all of my effort helps in the end!
Other thing we are a bit worried about....she pees pretty much everytime when we change her diaper, but no poop. I googled this and looks like some babies can go for a long time without pooping (The one girl said her baby didn't poo for 14 days!!) We have a pedi appointment on Tuesday, so we will bring this up to the physician.
Oh, by the way, Haley started smiling!!!!! It's not intentional but she does give me a smily face sometimes and it just puts me a big smile on me. She changes so much rapidly and I am certainly amused by all the changes :)
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| Happy Easter! |
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