On Beyond Birth

Our beautiful Lillian is now 9 days old, and she seems to be doing well. We are trying to breastfeed this time around and she is a little trooper. Every two and a half hours practically like clockwork. I had forgotten how sore it can make you in the first few days though, as obviously you can lose a layer or two of skin while they are nursing, and as you're trying to get positioning correct and all that fun stuff.

I know she is eating well though, as it seems that every diaper we change is a mess! And we change her a LOT. She's gone through two packs of newborn diapers nearly, in only 9 days!! :P

Today I've decided that I am going to pump at least once a day though, if only to increase supply, and give Justin a chance to feed her as well. It might not be a bad idea to have a bottle ready to go for car rides, just in case we can't get somewhere and stop for 45 minutes to an hour so I can feed her properly. I'm not planning on doing this often though, but it never hurts to be prepared.

Lily has incredible hiccups! Madeline was holding her, and looked at her pointedly and asked, "Lily, are you a Squeak Toy??"

It was adorable.

In other news:

Baron the Dachshund is a bit jealous, but he seems to like the baby and is most inclined to sniff at her when she is in her moses basket. I keep an eye on this interaction, but I really think it is healthy for both of them. This way the dog gets used to the baby and I can be sure that he won't nip or jump in to the basket with her. The cats could care less about her, although I think Evie may have had a pee on the rug when we brought the baby home, just to show that she thinks we already had enough pets and we could take this new one back to the store for all she cared.

Tonight Justin and Jeremy are going to a huge Soccer game here in Utah. This will be my first time alone with both of our girls. I don't foresee any issues, and I figure we can sit and play games until Madeline goes to bed. She's been promised ice cream though, so we will have to do that as soon as she is out of school. She did very well at her soccer game yesterday, and we've promised her an ice cream every time she gets a goal.

Well there's our update. Hope things are well with everyone!

Introducing our Easter Lily

Lillian Caren Wootton, April 18th 2011 6 lbs 13 oz 18 inches long. Instantly the best little sister on the planet, holding the record for the most hicccups had by 5 days of life and therefore dubbed "Squeak Toy" by big sister Madeline, and the cutest sneezes in the world.

We love our Lily.

Oh the fun we had yesterday...

Today's Baby and Bump Forum Post

I'm having a scan in two hours to see where baby is positioned, and I am so excited that I can not contain myself. If it wasn't for the fact that I have to fast for the 8 hours before, I'd really be having a great time of it! So I've been keeping myself busy by cleaning and having hubby take a picture of me and my bump at 37 weeks. But first, here's 27 weeks as a comparison: Then 37 weeks. Sheesh can you tell I'm tired? I'll update this thread with pictures from the scan today once we get home! YAY Edit: So we got our ultrasound, but our little one was not really co-operating much. She is head down, and her back is towards my belly button, which they tell me is a good thing, not that it matters since she will be born via c-section on the 18th anyway. The machine said she will be 7lbs +. We didn't get any actual pictures because she was facing away from the sonographer and was NOT willing to turn for her under any circumstances. But we did get a split second shot in the video she gave us that lets us see her cute little chin, perfect little cherub lips and pudgy little cheek. If you look closely you can even see nostrils. She is laying on her side in this picture, and the top of her head is to the right, although you can not see it. We are SO excited.