Yay! New thread! Happy Memorial Day!
We're doing pretty good at two weeks PP. Chloe is adorable and mostly a pretty "good" baby. Our only problem so far seems to be that she's super sensitive to everything I eat and my torrential letdown. I'm slowly figuring out what foods to eliminate, starting w/ EVERYTHING that bothered DD1 and then some (my chocolate ice cream. boo!!!). I also have to pump a couple ounces before feeding her to slow down my let down, otherwise she gets way too much foremilk and then gassy. Plus, the choking on too much milk...
But she's a good little eater and sleeps great.
I think I"m healing fine physically...I definitely have moments where I feel like I'm doing too much and I hate this stupid bleed-not-bleed-bleed thing that's going on. One hour there's completely nothing and the next I might as well be hemorraghing (okay, maybe an exaggeration...but the gushing is there). I really want to start working out again, but feel like I should wait until the bleeding slows down for real. I can't even really go out for a walk because we've decided to basically keep the baby indoors for the first four weeks...there are people in our neighborhood walking around w/ masks because apparently the swine flu struck somewhere on our block. A little paranoid, yes...but we've kind of like sheltering our babies during the first month.
And speaking of sheltering...the family drama surrounding that is irritating. My mom called the day after I got home from the hospital (so, 2 days pp) to ball me out for not inviting her up to visit. Major guilt trips about "the grandparents" etc...we have a ridiculously small apartment and I hate having visitors, especially while recovering from childbirth. >>Why no, I don't want to get out of my pajamas and clear a path to the door so you can walk in and sit on our tiny futon and breath all over my newborn.<< I get that it's wildly unorthodox to not have visitors during the first month of life with a newborn, but I am so exhausted with people being so gosh-darned judgemental about it...And I'm always surprised by the source - my mom had 5 kids, doesn't she remember this part?? I just want to have some sheltered bonding time with my newly expanded family before letting everyone else in...and it's not like she's even offering to help around the house! She just wants to see Chloe so she can brag to all her friends about her new grandbaby. Grr...Yes...hormonally-influenced short fuse, I know.
Alicia - sorry about little Ezra's rash...I wonder if he's allergic to something in the fabric of the cloth diapers (wild guess). Chloe's in CD's during the day, they're cotton prefolds from a diaper service, and we haven't had any rash issues yet. Or maybe it's just chaffing...?? Babies are great...all these rashes and skin things and no owner's manual.
Chloe's peeling like she had a bad sunburn and has cracks around her ankles despite obsessive applications of Aquaphor. I think it's just a product of her being cooked a bit longer...
Oh - and Alicia, I read somewhere you were using coconut oil on Ezra...what for? And what kind of coconut oil? Just the food-grade stuff from the store? We're just entering the pizza face phase with baby acne...wondering if anything will help it.
I also have to say - I bought a Moby wrap because I cannot stand my New Native sling (I always have one hand on baby because I"m afraid she'll fall out in that thing!), and I love it! It's a bit complicated to get on (think putting on samurai robes), but I've been using it since Friday and now that I have the hang of it, it's not that bad. She's so cozy in it and it's completely handsfree. I'm typing w/ her in it right now and I've been able to cook meals and wash dishes too. Exactly what I need since I can't leave her alone in the room w/ DD1 who's fond of giving her little love pokes.
Hope you ladies have a great week! Does anyone know how much longer our DDC will be open? I'm sort of sad to think about it closing...