Phew! This month as been the most hectic, yet the most fun
thus far! Coral wakes up babbling, and doing her fake cough (I think she thinks
she is laughing?) and runs her mommy and daddy in circles all day! She
absolutely loves to be talked to. She kind of demands it actually. “Talk to me,
look at me mommy and daddy!” is what she would be saying all day. IF she could
talk ya know? It’s the cutest thing and
we just stare at her and love on her all day. We often call her our spoiled
firstborn, and we wouldn’t have any other way. We just adore her. And know we
won’t do half of these things with our subsequent children ;)
So super big deal, I did go back to work this month. I opted to
go back the Thursday before Thanksgiving week to “ease back into” it. I highly
recommend this for any other working mamas (Thank goodness for my mommy-guru-neighbor-BFF,
Jessi, and all of her advice). I worked a 2-day week, a 3-day week, then POOF
it was Turkey day! This really helped me get the hang of pumping at work (during
a very slow time workload wise!) and still felt energetic after work to see how
she was transitioning at home. I can tell this balancing act is going to get
much harder. After my first full 5-day week and a fun weekend in Galveston this
mama was E X H A U S T E D. Sunday night I could barely keep my eyes open, but
you bet your bottom dollar I stayed awake for HOMELAND! Who else is watching?!
So a little bit about Coral:
Stats: no update on weight, but size 2 diapers (loving
swaddlers still), and mostly 3-6 or 6M clothes. Sometimes she doesn’t quite fill
them out, but there is no point in buying 3M anymore, especially since the
pants are usually too short. We also want all the clothes we buy to last her
the entire winter season, which is only until February in Texas!
Likes: kicking, talking, chewing on things, pulling mommy’s
hair, her wub-a-nub, getting out of the house! I swear she’s so bored of our
house. Being looked at and talked to, and being sung to. Daddy has a song he’s
been singing to her since the hospital days and she smiles every time he sings
it. Baby girl LOVES bath time. Sleeping in motion. Watching TV? she turns her head from wherever she is to look at it. (eek?)
Dislikes: Diaper changes and getting dressed. Waking up
alone. Not getting attention. The Carrier. Cue the tears on that one!
Eating: Coral is still exclusively breastfed/bottle-fed
breastmilk. She’s mostly getting bottles during the week, and I nurse on the weekend
(to get a pumping break), but not excessively so we can keep up with her
weekday bottle routine. She also has a snacking problem when we nurse, so
bottles are really best. She usually takes 4 oz a feeding. Even though we run
through the drop-ins quickly, the Playtex nurser is still her favorite bottle.
She won’t take a full feeding out of a Medela bottle, and I refuse the 4-part
bottle. We did give her a few formula bottles before I went to work just in
case something happened to my supply, but it mostly just made her gassy. And
nothing happened to my supply - SO- the breastfeeding journey continues. Quitting
seems like more work than continuing on, and it sure is convenient to nurse
your baby on the go!
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| how my thanksgiving looked |
Sleep: We’ve regressed here. Coral now tries to roll out of
the newborn boppy lounger, so she is no longer sleeping in it from 10p-4am.
Yup, she’s in our bed full time! I’ve been putting her in the crib some nights,
usually until midnight, and my mom naps her there during the day. I’m planning some
serious sleep training over the Christmas holiday since I’ll have 6 nights to
try to get her out of our bed. I’m putting decorating and gifting as 2nd
priority this year so I can focus on her sleep. The good news is I really enjoy
sleeping with her (hello dream feed!), and have gotten used to fragmented
sleep. She’s just so adorable, but I do think we need to cut the cord now. If
not, I’m afraid she’ll be sleeping with us until she’s 3. I also have no idea why Coral hasn’t dropped
feedings and just started sleeping through the night on her own. I’ve tried
holding her off, blah blah blah and nothing seems to work. We may try a tinsy
bit of cereal in the nightly bottle in a week or two to see if that helps.
Milestones: She rolled over! The day before she turned 3
months actually. I’ve already lost track of smaller milestones.. need to get
better at tracking!
What a month it has been. Love ya girl!
