Wow.  What a day!

It began with getting up really really tired from all the night/early morning feeds and getting Summer and I ready for our appointment at 10:30am at the hospital.  To sitting there for 2 HOURS,  only to spend a measly 6 minutes or so with the Gyno!  I can tell you this much,  I am NOT in a hurry to ever take my fat ass back there!  It wasn’t fair on Summer to have to be there for that long,  let alone me.  Then we finally got home at about 1pm and I gave Summer another small feed and then tried to have some food for the first time since yesterday and for both of us to have a bit of a nap.  Well she got a teeny weeny nap,  I got nil.  Then Rick came home.

Then we had to pack the nappy bag and Summer back into the car for our visit to the GP for all 3 of us.  Rick had an earache,  I needed a script and Summer had her 2 month vaccinations done.  And,  well….anyone who has children know that babys and needles do not make for happy campers.  Then we popped round to the MIL’s as they lived just up the road from the doctors we were at and Summer had a feed there.  Then we had to pop round to the supermarket to pick up some chicken for dinner.  So all in all it has been a MASSIVE day for her and I.  And since coming home,  she has been very very fussy.

All I can say is,  who can blame her??  She’s hardly had any decent sleep and her feeding hasn’t been so smooth either.  So now it is just after 9:30pm and I have finally just got her down to sleep,  after much crying and sooking and feeding attempts and hugs and playtime etc.  I think she was overtired.  So I am not in any hurry to put her through a day like that again!  Poor little chickaloo.

Even tho it can be annoying, I have to admit, I love it when Summer falls asleep in my arms or nuzzled in my neck/shoulder during a feed. The only reason it can be annoying is because it’s feed time and she should be eating not falling asleep. But she is so gorgeous when she is sleeping. If I could spare my arm, I would let her sleep in it all the time. But of course I can’t spare an arm so I have to put her to bed. She is starting to get to that point where, when she is crying, just me picking her up and holding her calms her right down. She was doing that last night whilst I was trying to cook the dinner.

I love her I love her I love her and I want to eat her all up!!

Oh and I took her for her appointment today at the Hospital and all is well Yay! *I knew it was tho*

Yes that is me to a T right now.
As it is for all mums with newborns.
My little Ted is spending a lot more time awake nowadays and she is quite alert. She would sleep most times in my arms if I could afford to spare them, but of course there is always so much to ‘be done’. Right now she is in my right arm whilst I type with my left.

Finding somewhere dark around here for her to sleep at is really hard, as we don’t really have anyplace that has curtains to make the room dark enough. But I am getting by. I took her to do the weekly shop today and she was a little gem and slept through most of it and didn’t cry or fuss. I have to try n get some photo’s in of her this week, but I have heaps to do and 2 appointments at the Hospital (sigh) this week. And I should prob get myself off to a doctor to collect that pill

I don’t have much else to report on….Summer is growing well and doing well and making more and more little cooing noises everyday. I love her to little bits n pieces. And want to squish her all day…but alas I am soo tired…

Today we all went to Trade Secret. I wanted to go there with the intent of buying Summer some nice clothes, possibly for now, but more likely for later when she is a bit bigger. Well much to our surprise when we got inside, they now sell OSH KOSH clothing!! AND they had lots of it and it was like half the RRP. So we came away from there with a set of 3 little romper suits for her to wear now. And of course we ended up with pink ones as the red only came in larger sizes or for premmie. I wish I had of gone there when we needed the premmie size!

I took Summer into our bed this afternoon for her first nap with me. Only lasted for about half hour, as she makes a lot of noises when sleeping and Rick was getting a bit annoyed and I was over the nap anyways, so we got up and left him to it. Right now she is asleep on my chest whilst I type this blog. I have noticed a pattern with her. She will sleep in your arms and seem like she is out like a concrete block and as soon as you lay her down in her own domain, she awakens and will NOT cooperate. Until you pick her up again and she falls asleep in your arms once more. Not a good pattern to set down the track, but for now it’s all okay. They say you can’t spoil them when they are this young.

It rained today!!!! Hooray!!!!
I love it when it rains, even more so when it’s wintery weather and it rains. Tis the best! Summer is doing really really well. She is spending longer and longer each day holding her head up and looking around. It’s so cute. Oh and Yay!…I get to sleep some tonight, as Rick will be doing the early morning feed. Which is usually around the 2:30am mark. I am up with her very late every single night and to get a night off is always what I need!! I am very much a sleep needer. As much as I can get too. Summer is also a VERY gassy baby, which makes it hard as she doesn’t settle down to sleep easily (more so during the night of course) as she is trying to ‘pop’. She makes us laff our heads off tho, with all the noises she makes. She sounds like a lamb most times and she grunts a lot and does all sorts of strange noises whilst she sleeps. Which makes me wonder, how much sleep is she really getting??!!

Not much went on today. Just a bit of resting and a bit of washing. The usual Sunday routine. Rick did the early morning feeds and let me get a good nights sleep. I guess that is one of the huge pro’s of Formula Feeding. That you can share the responsibility any time of day or night. I thought that my milk had come in, but I think that unfortunately I’m wrong. I gave Summer a go at the Booby again this afternoon and she had a good go for bout 25 mins or so, but then still needed her normal feed from the bottle. She is such an easy going baby. We are so lucky!!

Nothing much to report today. Was a nice simple day. Just did a tiny bit of housework and looked after Summer. My parents came in the evening to stay the night and it was the first time that my dad met Summer. So that was nice. Mental Health called and they want to send someone around on Monday. Not really looking forward to it, but I want them off my back. So once they have been and seen for themselves that I don’t need them, they can bugger off!!

Tried a little spot of Breast Feeding today. Might keep giving it a little shot, you never know what it might lead too…..tho I think that the Hospital ruined my chances. Which makes me sad. I am tired. I will be doing the late feeds tonight and Rick will do the early morning one of about 6:30am ish. I don’t know how mothers who exclusively breast feed manage. It is something to admire!

for the baby to come out now.
Bedtime is becoming more and more undesirable, as the quality of sleep I am getting is rubbish. And I don’t even have the baby here yet. I hate it when I hear “it’s getting you prepared for when your baby is here”. That is BS. The reason I am having bad sleep is because I am pregnant and I wake up every 2-3 hours with acid reflux and the water I drink at those times is waking me up also, as I am busting to go to the bathroom. I can’t sleep on my back. I can’t sleep on my right side (my fave side) as it’s quite painful for me. And my hips are really painful every morning now too. I won’t be going through any of those things once the baby is born. I will be going through a whole new set of feelings along with tiredness.

Anyway, there really isn’t anything I can do about it. I am just very lucky that I don’t have to wake up at the crack of dawn to get ready for work. I am able to sleep in a little while to try and get a couple of hours of decent sleep in the bed alone.

I will hopefully be seeing an OB this week as well as the Diabetes Educator. I am thinking of asking for another ultrasound to get an idea of how big baby is as I am totally freaking out since my last appointment. As I was measuring quite big. I am also thinking of having some reflexology on my feet done as I have read/heard that it can help bring on labour….. so we will see.

Once Thursday is here I will be happy. I hate not knowing what is happening, when I have so much to organise. I haven’t packed my bags yet or anything, but I have most things that I need to fill them now. Once I know what is happening I will go ahead and do that. And I will get the baby’s room finished too.

I’m hoping to get my boots soled on the weekend maybe as I want to be able to wear them soon. And there is no way I am going to wear them with the possibility of slipping over again….spesh now I am heading for 36 weeks along. I want to take the last couple of weeks easy as it’s going to be the last I will get to myself for a VERY long time and I want to be refreshed and ready to go (as much as is possible).

I find myself going into the baby’s room, just to look at things and to stand in there and imagine our baby in there and to touch her things. I can’t really believe it’s all happening. It wasn’t that long ago that I thought having a baby would be the last thing that would happen for a looong time…..and now it’s just around the corner practically. It’s just so damn freaky.

I am out of breath constantly too now. And sleeping….well what IS sleep exactly?? I can’t sleep on my left side as it hurts me and so I end up on my back half the time and then of course wake up because of it at 2:30am with indigestion/heartburn. TUMS is my best friend now. I’m sick to death of taking blood levels and injecting insulin now too.