I made an appointment for another haircut, tomorrow. Going to get it cut shorter, something like this. Easy to take care of, and cute. I wish I could describe the cut I got last week… it’s just so wrong. I’m slightly pissed off about it, but hey, I only paid $80 for cut, color, and brow wax, so I can pretend the haircut was free.
It has been freezing cold here lately, hi temps not exceeding 30 degrees. This means no taking the baby out, or even myself.
Which sucks so much because I am bored and ready to exercise and start burning my baby weight off. It’s awful to be *very* motivated to exercise and just be unable to do it. Right now Freya still wants to be held a lot, so I can’t really do the TV workouts until later in the day when Brian can take over. So ideally I would just take a long walk with her, but really I don’t want to do this when it’s 29F outside.
I’m still 27 pounds from my goal weight. My target date is April 12. It’s going to be freezing cold out for much of the time until then. Bleah. Maybe I will just get up super early, leaving the baby asleep, exercise downstairs, then nurse her right after. I dunno.
Last night she was awesome, went to sleep with us in the living room some time around 8:30, then we carried her up to bed just after 10 and she stayed asleep until feeding time at midnight. Of course after that she had to screw around a while before going to sleep again…
I have found that for me, nursing in bed is really, really uncomfortable. Like, tortuously uncomfortable — mainly on my tailbone and butt. Just sitting up against a pillow, supporting the baby awkwardly, legs in front of me, it’s hard to describe but it’s just hell. I dread the nighttime feedings and I wish we could afford a nice glider rocking chair. I’d get out of bed to use that. I know a bunch of you will say: have you tried nursing laying down on your side, and yes, of course I have, and that didn’t work well, either. I don’t know what to do. The nighttime feedings are going to go on for a while longer. Anyone want to buy us a comfy glider chair?
Speaking of feeding, it is of course now time to feed her again! It’s just endless. Here is a photo of Freya in her bear outfit, which she finally fits into. Slowly but surely, she is growing.
awww! cutie bear!
Maybe you could find a glider rocker on craigslist?
I bet you could find a glider on craigslist. I’m trying to search sites to see if I can find a better position for you. I had immediately thought of the side lying position but that won’t work for you. Here is a good website in general for nursing. http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/index.html
I hope it gets easier. I know it will, I shouldn’t say hope. Love the little bear!
six weeks old
God. Learning how to nurse is BANE-of-existence tough. For everyone concerned. Even after you get it all worked out, it’s sometimes still tricksy. It took me months piled onto other months to figure out how to nurse lying on my side, which was awesome dipped in a bucket of awesome, but it wasn’t easy. I couldn’t do it until my son was old enough to give me confidence that I wouldn’t roll onto him in the night (massive fear, however possibly unrealistic, though not necessarily).
Am so psyched to see you have a baby – I haven’t read your blog in well over a year but the last time I checked, you were trying. And there she is. Rad.
(Am not ashamed to say I’ve been reading since around 1999.)
(Okay. Am a little ashamed. But! not enough to not reveal it.)
p.s. Freya is beyond gorgeous. So happy for you.
Debbie
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Re: six weeks old
Thanks! Yeah I think it took maybe 8 weeks to really get comfortable with nursing. And we are still getting better. I think it would have been sooner if the damn LC at the hospital hadn’t been so swift to give me a nipple shield, which is very hard to wean from. Fortunately Freya hated it even more than I did.
We always nurse laying down at night, and every once in a while we lay in bed to nurse during the day if she is being all distracted. It’s so great… often we both fall asleep that way.
Thanks so much for the comment, it inspired me to get off my butt and update!