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A month!
Can you believe it? I can't. Zoë is one month old today! It feels like just last week I gave birth to her. She is so unbelievably precious and sweet-natured (unless she is hungry... then get out of her way!). I am exclusively BFing her and it's going really well considering I did not have success with my other daughters.
She mainly sleeps but everyday she seems to be awake a little longer. She really enjoys sitting at the dinner table with us. We co-sleep and that's well. I really believe babies need that "fourth trimester". It's so hard for them to transition from being warm, cuddled and near enough to hear your heartbeat to being left to lay there alone (though some babies, like my Abigail, prefer it that way).
Her eyes appear to be very blue so far. They're a cornflower blue right now. That's such a change from my brown-eyed beauties! I wonder if they'll stay blue or become green like mine.
I uploaded a few newborn pictures I took of her (labeled as such) and then a few I took of her today! I love Picnik. I used it to make the pictures look more snazzy. She has a horrible case of newborn acne on her face but you can't tell to look at the edited pictures.
She mainly sleeps but everyday she seems to be awake a little longer. She really enjoys sitting at the dinner table with us. We co-sleep and that's well. I really believe babies need that "fourth trimester". It's so hard for them to transition from being warm, cuddled and near enough to hear your heartbeat to being left to lay there alone (though some babies, like my Abigail, prefer it that way).
Her eyes appear to be very blue so far. They're a cornflower blue right now. That's such a change from my brown-eyed beauties! I wonder if they'll stay blue or become green like mine.
I uploaded a few newborn pictures I took of her (labeled as such) and then a few I took of her today! I love Picnik. I used it to make the pictures look more snazzy. She has a horrible case of newborn acne on her face but you can't tell to look at the edited pictures.
Oh and here's a fun link to my blog (no soliciting and it's my own personal site so I am giving myself permission to post... LOL!):
http://whendoesdaddycomehome2.blogspot.com/2009/11/can-you-guess.html
It's a picture of all three of my girls at one-month-old in the same outfit and pose. Can you guess who is who?! LOL! They look so similar!
http://whendoesdaddycomehome2.blogspot.com/2009/11/can-you-guess.html
It's a picture of all three of my girls at one-month-old in the same outfit and pose. Can you guess who is who?! LOL! They look so similar!
mrspookie- not sure! We'll see what happens. I know Daddy has his heart set on a boy but he's also happy with the girls we have.
faye- different reasons. I didn't know what I was doing with my other two and didn't have support in the hospital. The nurses didn't seem to know anything about how to help me BF and the lactation consultant wasn't there (it was the weekend both births). Ended up using a nipple shield and just couldn't get them to nurse after that. Zoë refuses binkies and bottles. All she wants is momma! It makes me really, really proud! Not to say anything bad about my other girls because we had our own special things with them.
faye- different reasons. I didn't know what I was doing with my other two and didn't have support in the hospital. The nurses didn't seem to know anything about how to help me BF and the lactation consultant wasn't there (it was the weekend both births). Ended up using a nipple shield and just couldn't get them to nurse after that. Zoë refuses binkies and bottles. All she wants is momma! It makes me really, really proud! Not to say anything bad about my other girls because we had our own special things with them.
Michelle- here is a good pic of what her eye color looks like (some pics tend to make them look muted/grey but this is exactly what they look like):
http://www.medhelp.org/user_photos/show/113958?personal_page_id=8503
Let me know what you think!
http://www.medhelp.org/user_photos/show/113958?personal_page_id=8503
Let me know what you think!
oh that's awesome! I hope I can do that too with my baby. Why were you having problems with the other two? The only thing I'm worried about is that my nipples will still be sore by then :S
Hey Joy! Wow a month!!! I know it does go by fast!!! Mary will be 11 weeks old on Thanksgiving already. I can't believe it. She seems to have brown eyes. Up till now, only my oldest daughter had the brown eyes so she is glad to have a brown eyed sister :) As for Zoe's eyes.....From my experience, if their eyes are a really dark blue when they are born, their eyes tend to turn brown. But when they are a tad bit lighter at birth, they tend to go the blue or green route. Like I said, that has been my experience. I could tell w/ Sara and Mary pretty much at birth that their eyes would turn brown and they did. Now my 7 year old....She had super beautiful blue eyes for about 3 1/2 years and then all of a sudden they changed to green. But it is rare to have eye color change that late.
Oh, and I am so happy for you that BF is going so well for you this time around. It is a wonderful thing and can be a great experience. So I am happy for you!!!
Oh, and I am so happy for you that BF is going so well for you this time around. It is a wonderful thing and can be a great experience. So I am happy for you!!!
she is a baby doll she is so cute i know that you are proud of her as well as your others.
Faye- that is right. I don't use bottles/formula at all. I had to use formula with my other girls so I'm quite proud that it's going well this time around!
She's so cute! A month goes so fast nowadays (its going way too fast for me at least lol)
When you say you exclusively breastfeed her, do you mean you never ever use formula?
When you say you exclusively breastfeed her, do you mean you never ever use formula?
OMG she's precious!! it's like when they hit a year....where did the time go?? I want my little bundle of snuggle back!!! But it's all so magical....congrats on her 1 month birthday :D...all your little princesses have brown eyes, but she has blue? that's so cute!! what a rebel, hehe :).
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