Week 2-3

Staying at home is unusual for me. Usually i'd be at work from 830 to 6 and be home only in the evenings. With the arrival of Sherrie, my life has really changed. I'm up bright and early, around 6.30am - for her first feed and i take intermitten naps throughout the day to recharge for the night.

In the previous post, i mentioned having engorgement, which affected my breastfeeding. The past 2 weeks have been better, with frequent pumping and feeding of Sherrie. Milk supply has gone up a bit and i'm feeling more at ease with being a Mom. Of course, looking at Sherrie and playing with her makes it all worthwhile.

In the past 2 weeks, Sherrie has grown more alert, frequently opening her eyes to observe the surroundings. She especially likes looking at lights and Eeyore. Yes, Eeyore. My cousin Alex bought her a Disney Discovery gym and she lay on it one day and couldn't stop looking at Eeyore. Here's a picture of her on the gym. See the Eeyore on the left? Here she is looking at me as i take her photo. She is certainly responsive.

Oh yes, she enjoys waving her hands about as if she is dancing, prompting me to ask her what song she has in her mind....

I really enjoy playing and talking to her. She may not be able to say Yes or no, but she looks at me with those innocent eyes and makes facial expressions that i don't make and it's all so cute! For e.g. she curves her mouth into an 'o' shape and opens her eyes big as if to say 'wow! is that my mommy?' and i just want to snuggle close to her. Feeding time is precious to me... i enjoy burping her and looking at her as she is nuzzling on my breast. She likes to multi-task i.e. drink milk and look around at the same time. As i bf her in my room, she stares at my wedding picture hung above the bed. Maybe she's wondering why mommy looks so big, especially my eyes.

At times when she is not playing, she is either feeding or sleeping. In order to recharge for the time I will be looking after her full time, I let the nanny feed her for most of the day, by spoon. this is to avoid nipple confusion. However, i think we will soon have to introduce the bottle. I'm afraid this might mean the end of her nuzzling my breast, but for practical reasons (V will feed her at night), I may have no choice. This doesn't mean she will stop drinking my milk; she will just drink it through bottle. As it is, she only likes to drink from my breast when the milk flow is fast. Otherwise, she will pull away from the breast. She is one smart cookie!

Here are more pictures of her and what she does most (as most babies do)...











The confinement nanny will leave soon. I am wondering how i'm going to cope being on my own. I think things will be fine... Sherrie's basically quite easy to manage. She likes to be fed full and then she will either sleep or be awake, but she won't cry. The other times she cries are when she is hot and sweaty, had a poop/pee or simply wants to be cuddled to sleep. Isn't that what she all want? :)