Emma: Week 3

Emma's third week of life was from August 14th to 20th.

I had my 2 week postpartum visit this week and we got to put her footprints on the wall.

A short note about my recovery: it is going well just sore. We are finally getting the hang of breastfeeding as well and it is starting to go great! Ok, back to Emma!

We took her newborn pictures this weekend and my awesome sister-in-law, Emily, did an amazing job! Emma would not go to sleep and was really fussy and Emily was so patient. 

She is the champ at fighting sleep!

 

Drama Queen!

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She likes her baths now. She even slept through one of her baths this week.

We also had our postpartum visit with Lindsay, our Doula, and she got some Emma snuggles.

Emma had another chiropractor appointment, her adjustments have done wonders for breastfeeding and keeping her from being constipated. We also tried our first outing to Target just the two of us, that lasted all of about 15 min. 

She also got to meet more family. Her Great Papa, Great Nana, cousin Charlie and her Great, Great Grandmother, Ernie!

Apparently all that family meeting was exhausting

Emma: Week 2

Emma's second week of life was from August 7th to 13th.

She had more visitors. She got to meet Ashley and Kenny.

We also started her sticker pictures this week. 

She met more family. 

She also got lots of daddy snuggles in this week. 

Emma had her 2 week old pediatrician appointment and weight 8 lb 7 oz. She gained so much weight in one week! She also peed all over me at this appointment.


She lost the last part of her umbilical cord so she got to have her first bath! She wasn't sure what to think about it.

Emma: Week 1

Emma's first week of life was from July 30th to August 5th.

We were discharged from the hospital on Friday, July 31st around 2 or 3 and got home around 4 pm.

My mother-in-law and two of Bobby's siblings went to the house earlier in the day and cleaned it for us, as we left in a hurry to get to the hospital. They also stocked our fridge and pantry with easy to make and freezer meals. We have only eaten one of those meals though because people have brought us so much food!

Aunt Kassie

Our first few nights home were rough as she cluster fed again. We finally decided to feed her every two hours on the dot and that fixed the cluster feeding issue. 

On Sunday my mom and Victoria came over to meet her. We also got our first family picture!

Monday Rachel came and helped us and saw her. Emma also had her follow up appointment from birth. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz, so she had lost 6% of her birth weight, which is actually really good for breastfed babies. normally they lose way more. We also took her to the chiropractor and that helped a lot with her latch. My milk started came in this day as well. 

Tuesday Bobby went to work for a half day and I had her by myself for the morning. 

We also went outside for a little while that evening and she loved it!




On Wednesday my mom came to stay for three days to help me out while Bobby worked. She also had her first pediatrician appointment. She weighed 7 lb 2 oz, just 4 oz from birth weight and she was now 21 in long. Half of her umbilical cord also fell off at this appointment.