Cecilia at 1 Month

In this photo she is sporting the Kiddopotamus SwaddleMe–or as we like to affectionately call it, the baby straight jacket!

Today she weighed it at 8 lbs 13.5 oz. She gained 13 oz since last week. Since 0.5 oz is the allowable minimum weight gain, she’s putting on the weight very well.  The supplementing is helping her continue to gain and the midwife I’ve been seeing at the birthing center has advised to continue doing what we’re doing.  It’s been very difficult for the mathematician in me to let go of the numbers game–the 2.5-3 hour feeding cycle, the extra oz of supplement, setting and resetting the alarm clock in the middle of the night waking me to wake her to eat. Every so often, I don’t think I’m making enough milk, and I start pumping and doubting and stressing out. Thankfully when my hubby is away from the brew pot, he keeps me in check.

How is the rest of the household holding up? Well, we finally have a working shower in our bathroom! It’s been very nice. Now we have to save up to do the upstairs shower–when Adam secures a new job. It’s taken me over week to bake a loaf of bread because it seem to never be the right time. It took me two days to vacuum two rooms. The laundry beast is about all that I can keep up with because I really don’t have a choice.  We’ve been using more paper plates that our friend Mark brought over the other day because doing the dish–even getting them in the dishwasher is quite an accomplishment. So usually when someone brings a meal, we’re eating on paper plates.

The kids…Therese has been a trooper doing her school work most of the time. It certainly keeps us busy. With this Mother’s Milk tea I’ve been drinking we’ve started an afternoon tea time. She’s just in it for the cookies of course.  Fulton keeps talking about his birthday and everything he wants for it. I’m not sure where this is coming from, I just nod and say, “ok.” Muffin, oh Muffin! Mischief and mayhem is imprinted in her DNA or something. Since the weekend, I’ve found her running the water forever to wash her hands. Saturday, I just found the water running. I don’t even know how long it was doing so.  Yesterday, half the bottle of shampoo was squirted ALL OVER the kids’ bathroom. I’m sure because a certain little two year old thought it was nice smelling hand soap. You would think I would have been able to clean the bathroom then but instead only got far enough to wipe up the mess. I’m sure the toilet is still sudding when the kids flush.

So, we’re still alive.