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!