WE DID IT!! *Updated*

August 11, 2010

We have nursed for a full 24 hour period! She nursed ALL day!! ALL DAY...nursed without fussing, without crying, just took it like a champ!! My sweet girl!! This has made me soo incredibly happy!

I never had a baby have a hard time latching on and she did not want too! But she did and I am so excited, I never thought I would be this excited for her to be nursing!! 

She is seriously so sweet, and just so perfect! Her little face is so tiny and cute!! We love her so much! 

Sweet Kate!! We love you!! 

Love Mommy

Kate - 15 Days *Updated*

So its been 15 days! Its been so hard, but so rewarding as well. She is so small, little, fragile, I love her so much. She has one of the most perfect newborn faces I have seen! She reminds me a lot of Jocelyn when she was born with a little bit of Bridger, and then Jed and I in between. =)

We are still struggling with the nursing, today we have a dr. appointment and I will ask him about her latching. She is having problems with the bottle as well, so I wonder if it has something to do with her tounge. Bridger had to get the underneath part snipped so that he would be able to suck better.

Other than that she is such a good baby! She doesn't have any colics, wakes up every 3-4 hours to eat, and shes a really content baby. She LOVES taking baths, she loves them !! She was falling asleep yesterday in her little bath. Bridger and Jocelyn love to watch her take baths and think its so funny that a newborn is taking a "Bubble Bath".

Bridger and Jocelyn have been amazing! They love her so much and are so protective of her. They have been so helpful and just simply amazing the last 2 weeks.

Can't believe we are a family of 5 now!! We are loving it...

Cat

KEEP Isn't sleep deprivation a source of torture that they use in War? *Updated*

DAY 8

Ok  last night Kate was naughty, I'm trying so hard to write and keep on my blog to remember this beautiful girl. But I'm sooooo sleep deprived that ALL I want her to do is sleep and I want to sleep and ahhh...thats not fair! They are only little for such a SHORT time that I want to take it all in!!!

But one thing she is doing that I LOVE is that she is a smily baby!! ALL she does is smile smile smile!! She's been a good baby in when she is full she is content , goes to sleep, and has a clean diaper. BUT our Mt. Everest has been NURSING!

She latches on, sucks and then starts crying....then latches on sucks and then again starts crying. I don't know why

Also my milk coming in has been so painful. I can't sleep on my side, my chest is so painful, engorge and it hurts to nurse. I think I know what a breast augmentation feels like, ugh, I'm in so much pain. WHY oh WHY don't we remember these things. LOL. ?!?!? This is why I'm journaling it down, incase I get the crazy thought of getting pregnant again.

My hip, pelvic bone, and all of the bones by my hips are still so sore. I can get up now a TON better and walking is now not such a chore.

But all of my complaining, and the one thing I do know that it was all worth it, is my beautiful Kate. She is so beautiful and I LOVE her tiny cheeks, nose, eyes, everthing about her. She loves to be with me, she knows me.....she knows my voice....my sweet girl.

Cat

Baby Kate is 5 days old

So last night my sweet girl woke up at 3:00am. I nursed her thinking she would go back to sleep. She didn't. she was wide awake...her beautiful big eyes looking around, lookign at me and smiling...she is a smiler!!

So I woke up with her and talked to my sweet girl. We had a great time talking and gooing at each other, until she wanted to nurse. We are having a really hard time nursing, and this is killing me. With my other babies, I could nurse in bed and stay half way asleep while they nursed. But we have to get UP and struggle a bit with the whole nursing thing. But 4:30am I was tired, this little event lasted until 6:30 when she finally latched on, had a diaper change 3 times, and latched on again.

For some reason I don't remember these first few days!! I think I blocked it out with my other 2!! ....ahh...Sorry so short, just wanted to remember what it was like after a newborn is BORN!!! ahhhhhhh

Cat

KEEP The day after we came home from the hosptial...our first night by ourselves! *Updated*

Fourth Day:

Last night was really hard. I feel like I haven't slept in YEARS, I am in so much pain....I skipped a dosage of meds on accident...so now my body is paying for it.

But little Kate is eating so well!! Its been a family affair with eating, Jed gets up with her, brings her to me, turns on the lights, pillows, burp rags, blankets. Ugh...Katelyn and I have to get on track here.

Bridger and Jocelyn are still at grandma's and Uncle william's house, so its nice that we could have a night to figure it out.

My milk came in the morning, so much MILK! I forgot the feeling of boulders you get and the ache in your chest. I am so uncomfortable, I pumped only 2 ounces from each side to get some extra milk storage. But I still feel so engoraged. Hopefully only a few more days.

Jaundice is up to 15..ugh...I am nervous we are going to have to hospitalize her. They told me to keep nursing and that will help flush it out. I guess the fourth day is their peak day. I'm hoping it goes down. Tomorrow we have to go back to the hospital in the morning.

I wanted to take a picture day and I didn't take one. UGH. I feel awful about it, but will take one tomorrow. I am wanting to take a BILLION pictures of her, as I regret not doing so with Bridger or Jocelyn. Maybe I should just sneak and take one right now.

Pain wise, I'm still sore, but so much better, my ligament pain is still so sensitive right now. BUT I can walk and move around TONS better, I don't need Jed's help that much. Finally my Independence is coming back slowly but surley.

I tried the stupid Belly Bandit. It barley fits around my tummy, and its so not flattering, bludges all my fat rolls up and ugh...but Jed is making me wear it, finally in the afternoon I took it off to take a nap. I'm exhausted...I figure a day or two more won't hurt..or will it!?!?

My neighbors, Steph and Steff came and brought me dinner tonight, it was so thoughtful of them! Pizza with garlic bread and a salad. YUM!! Also our family came to visit Val, Stan, Karrie, Ben and my parents came to visit the baby today, it was soo sweet!! They were so wonderful and sweet about our baby. We are so fortunate to have such good family that is so supportive! They kept telling us how beautiful she was, and what parent doesn't like to hear that?!!?!? =)

We got bridger back tonight, we've MISSED HIM!! Little boy!! SOOOOO good with baby Kate, and so wonderful and sweet! Bridger is our personal baby monitor. 'Mom mom the baby is going "wah wah " like that. lol....So cute!! I think he is so excited to be home too. Our Jocelyn doesn't want to come home, she has been with her cousin and wants to stay there forever!! Little girl! Monday we will pick her up. WE miss her too!!

Going to BED!! Katelyn ate from both sides! GOOD GIRL and now Bridger is asleep, and its 2:26am. UGH...