I know how lucky we are to have such loving and helpful parents. Not everyone has that.
I'm feeling better today. It was really hard being away from her all night, but we all made it through okay. Samantha had a follow up at the doctor's today to check her weight. She gained 6oz in just a couple days! She is 6lbs 9oz now! The doctor was pleased with that. We have been increasing her feeds a bit and basically feeding "on demand" instead of every three hours as the NICU advised. It's totally thrown off all the feeding times, but whatever makes her happy and has her gaining weight! Hopefully, this will help her sleep more and give her momma a break at night. My husband and my MIL said she was pretty good for them last night. So it looks like my daughter just likes to give me a hard time! :) Isn't she starting a little early??
My husband has been such a rock star with the baby today. He totally stepped up and was Mom AND Dad while I was sick. He even made us dinner tonight.
I'm glad every once in a while there are days like this where I'm reminded of how lucky I am. A great family, a wonderful husband, a roof over our heads, food on our table and a beautiful miracle in our arms...
Oh, by the way. AF is an evil b****!!! She is trying to kill me. I had heard that it can be bad the first time after pregnancy. But bad? More like...brutal!
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| Check it out! She's sucking her thumb!! Please forgive the shot of my boobs, the stretched out maternity shirt and my man hands... |
13 comments:
what a great team you have there! i seriously loved this post. well, not the part about you being sick (hope you're feeling better!). what a cute shot of little samantha! she is such a sweetie. i just want to cuddle her every time i see a pic of her. yay for gaining weight! go samantha! :)
You should listen to the song Lucky by Hoobastank. The chorus goes "you make me feel lucky as I can be". Your post title made me think of it. ;) I hope you are feeling better today. That sounds just awful!! Glad miss Sam is gaining such good weight! Grow baby girl, grow! And of course I will email you some new pics!! Xoxo
I was totally ignoring all of those details of the pic until you mentioned them : )
So sorry you were feeling sick but glad you have such a great support team on your side. Samantha is so cute sucking her thumb!
That's awesome that the grandparents stepped up like that! Having them close must be so nice. I hope you are over the bug you had and are back to cuddling your girl. That picture is so so sweet. :)
As you kno from my recent post, little girlies LOVE to give Momma a hard time. It's just what they do!
I know nothing about formula & premies but I always feed on demand or before we are leaving the house. It seems to have always worked well for us. She will figure out her own feeding schedule and you will catch on pretty quickly. Somedays they just want to eat more than others also. You sound like you are doing awesome. Her gain is wonderful! Hope you are feeling better.
She is so adorable!
What a great family you have!!!!
I happy to hear that you have a strong support system in your family. I hope you feel better soon.
Yes, you ARE very lucky!! You have an awesome famly (both sides) and a wonderful husband! I'm sorry you were so sick, but glad you were able to get some much needed rest :) Miss you friend! Give the lil princess kisses from Auntie Kristen!! xoxoxo
I hope you're all better soon! New moms should get a pass from being sick. Glad your hubs was able to be so helpful.
Little Samantha is just too cute!! :)
Oh poor mama! I am so glad you had help and are feeling a little better! And yay for weight gain Samantha!
She is SO FREAKIN' CUTE with that thumb in her mouth:). I know what you mean - I feel beyond blessed every day. I do not have family around to help, and that is the one big thing I wish was different for us. Oh, how nice that would be. Enjoy it! You deserve it all!
I'm so glad you have that support system. You are doing a good job, remember that.
She really is so sweet.
We really are lucky :)
So sorry AF showed up already for you...I was happy she didn't show up until A was about 7 months...but that first one was BRUTAL!!! They've gotten a little less painful (but very heavy for the first few days)...and are still not completely regular.
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