Wanting to document everything about my new baby Brielle makes me decide to add this Baby Diary segment here on my personal blog. I know it's impossible to write everything! Like I can't even blog most of the events in my life because I don't have the time... but still this will help me and my kids remember everything we are going through with this part of my life in the future.
Brielle After Two Weeks
Okay, so now I feel really bad for not being able to blog the first two weeks I had with our daughter B! But yes, I shouldn't be blaming myself. What do you expect? I am far away from my family, mom's not here with me, no dad to assist me, no sister to ask favors from, no brother to give extra help. I mean aside from my caring husband Luis -- I'm all by myself taking care of B. Not to mention the sleepless night, the 3- minutes to 1 hour nap, the endless breast pumping and the every hour diaper change. Totally exhausting yet a rewarding experience for me.
So I'll probably find time to blog about that first 2 weeks and let me just start blogging from this day about what's been happening to me, to hubby, Rafael who is still in the Philippines and of course our baby girl BRIELLE!
Day 15 (Jan. 28, Friday)
TGIF! I really want Fridays to come because it's gonna be my off! Oh well, it's not that I can't wait to walk away from taking care of B but it's just because I know I can get help from hubby and I won't be guilty of it because he has no work tomorrow =) Actually I really can't call it my day off because I still try to do lots of stuff here at home.
So early this morning I already slept around 3am. B and I slept in the sofa because we don't want to wake up her daddy because I really wanted him to get enough sleep this time. Besides, B finds it so comfy to sleep in the sofa rather than in her crib. But Brielle woke up around 5am and she was really really hungry! She was crying so hard. So I fed her with 2oz express milk I already prepared for her. That she finished right away and didn't settle and wanted more. I have another 3oz in the fridge but I still need to warm that up so I decided to give her my breasts. She latched on it at first, but just because she probably got used to the bottle nipples she then started moving away from it. She didn't like it anymore =( That makes me feel bad because I really have lots of milk and I know that breastfeeding is way better than express. But I really can't blame myself because pumping milk is way convenient for me here at home especially that don't get any help. But I'll try to get her back in breastfeeding. That's a promise.
So, hubby woke up when he heard that his little princess was crying. Then I asked him to get the express in the fridge and warm it up. Before giving the bottle I changed her soaked with poo diaper so that she can go back to sleep comfortably. She only finished 1oz fro the bottle and I brought her back to sleep -- we still stayed in the sofa. I fell asleep too. I was suppose to stay awake to pump milk but I was too sleepy that I didn't even noticed that hubby already left for work. The only thing I remember is that he asked me to go back to the room. Brielle and I already woke up at 10:30am. I had a quick pee and all i know she was crying out for milk. That was a long sleep so I bet she was really hungry that time. Poor baby! Gave her the 2oz express left in the bottle however she didn't settle and wanted more. I panicked because I realized I wasn't able to pump milk. So I placed her down for awhile and did a quick pump. Good thing I had a good sleep which means I'll have a good supply of milk. I pumped 2 oz for only about 6-7 minutes. That's a real quickie! My B finished the 2 oz and settles for awhile. I changed her soaked diaper again and pumped more milk. I am very thankful for a having lots of milk. A lot of my friends said I'm really lucky... and I am happy because that means I can provide enough nutrients for our daughter and I have no plans of stopping it anytime soon! =)
Here's a photo of my Brielle sleeping in the sofa. (5:50pm)
princess Brielle sleeping in the couch
I noticed that Brielle is demanding for more milk. She can consume an average of 1 - 1.5oz per hour. I really hope she'll gain more weight tomorrow on her follow up check up with our family doctor. The last time she was weighed, she was still a bit under her original weight. She was supposed to be starting to gain weight. Oh well, no doubt about it. I can see that she's bigger and heavier now. I can tell...
B crying for more!
Another thing I noticed today is that she wants somebody to be beside her whenever she sleeps. She was already awake before I woke up this morning but she only cried when I stood up and went to the toilet. That moment I knew that she felt that mommy left her side which I found really sweet of her. I can feel that she has already developed a bond with me. which is probably expected because we're always together! Unlike with my son Rafael, he was closer to my mom before since his grandma was the one taking care of her during his first few years. ( I was still studying nursing that time)
As of now she is still sleeping while blogging and while baking some baby potatoes and baby back ribs. Hubby is still not here because he checked an apartment today so it's expected that he's gonna be late for dinner tonight.
Be back tomorrow for more baby diary!
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