Rosie 2.5 weeks
so here we are! she is 2 1/2 weeks old now and nursing like a champ! we had little blood blisters on the tips of my nipples for the first few days, but that healed and she is pretty good at latching on now - except sometimes she gets lazy and just latches on to the tip of my nipple and then slurps the rest of the nipple and areola into her mouth - ouch!
for the first week and a half, she was doing too much sleeping and not enough eating during the day, which left her awake and hungry all night, then i realized that i was letting her fall asleep at the breast during the day - so now i try to keep her awake and nursing by rubbing her back or feet, and if she falls asleep, i change her diaper, and that wakes her up and we switch sides and continue nursing - now she sleeps much better at night and she is finally gaining some good weight too (she was just barely back to her birthweight at her 2 week checkup)…
i feel bad cuz i am still using sposies, havent broken into my cloth diaper stash yet, mostly cuz i dont know really what i have, i was accumulating everything slowly and she was 3 weeks early, so i was soooo not prepared - i plan on going through everything this week, i think i have enough cpf’s but i need more covers…
other than that, it has been hard to find the time for me to eat, or shower, or do anything besides nurse and change diapers…
she keeps covering her mouth with her hands while trying to nurse - sooo frustrating - also, she scratches her face and then gets all surprised and upset because she doesnt understand what is happening!
and my hips are still killing me! sooo achy, and my legs and ankles are achy too…
my belly looks almost back to normal, but my hips and thighs are still way bigger than pre pregnancy and i have a ton of back fat now - ugh!
my sister Emily is getting married in a little over a month (sept 9) and i am matron of honor - and i just got my dress yesterday - i ordered a size 14 (usually an 
and thought that would be plenty big for my post prego body - uh oh - i am about 3 inches shy of getting it zipped!!!! hopefully my body will continue to shrink over the next month and whatever nature doesnt take care of, my awesome seamstress can fix!
