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1 Month In

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Mr Smith wants me to copy my posts in for our mothers.

In many ways, it seems I still just had a baby yesterday, but we have slowly moved on from the bloody pads & early nursing woes. I guess I was paranoid about mastitis again (for a good reason!) and I've fretted over every clogged duct & went to urgent care when I thought we had thursh. I stayed up all night pumping on one side because the sharp glass nipple pain was nothing like I've ever felt before. The NP (who I thought was a joke) didn't think there were thursh concerns, but I still feel like she had a yeast diaper rash & my nipple pain was not just bad latch trauma. I got the "triple nipple cream" and the pain to the touch was gone by morning. Thank goodness! She has still had a tight bite at times, but like I figured, around a month in, and she is sucking better. Besides the nursing woes for a time, she hasn't had any issues. Knock, knock. (but not even a clogged tear duct or cradle cap!)
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I haven't been tracking her sleep (or anything) and have just been going with the flow. But I'm pretty done with not having some sort of schedule. I've kicked her out of our room today (she is getting noisier) so we shall see how sleeping either in our closet or the office works for her. She definitely prefers belly snuggles & cuddles with dad (the only time I've gotten 4 hours), but she is still way above anything Dallin gave us. She embraces the swaddle, she will sleep in the cradle (albeit unpredictable how long she will stay there), she will put herself to sleep (sometimes crying a little), she did 3-4 hours within the first month and Dallin NEVER did that. Diaper changes are hassle free. She loves the Ergo carrier, but has cried about half of our car rides & even during our stroller ride. She will enjoy the swing for a time & day nap in it. Maybe the issue is wanting to change up the scenery. Lexi gets her to sleep a lot, which is nice so that she isn't just napping after feeds. Her siblings LOVE LOVE LOVE to hold her and comfort her. They have adjusted really well with boundaries (as well as a 2 & 5 y/o can manage). 5/21/18


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