Random Thoughts From a Mommy

I don't know how I missed week 7. Sorry. The nurses told me in the beginning that things are pretty rough until about 6-8 weeks when me and Mackenzie get to know each other more. They were right. At week 6, miraculously, things got a little easier. Then by week 7, her crying didn't even phase me anymore. She also started spitting up quite a bit. And this is how I feel about spit up: WHAT A WASTE! I feel like my body works uber hard for this breastmilk, and here she is, spitting what seems like her whole feeding up! So it's no surprise then, that she just gained 2 lbs since birth on week 8. Slowest gain ever, but I'm not worried about it anymore. I realized that it took me 9 months to gain 12 lbs during pregnancy, so I have to remember that she's just going to gain slowly that way. She also started being quite a bit more alert this week. So alert in fact, that she's way too distracted to sleep during the day. Which results in overtiredness, which results ...

There's nothing quite like getting test results back. Mackenzie had her hearing test at the hospital 12 hours after she was born and she didn't pass it. They say it's common. Probably because there was still fluid in her ears and such. So we had to wait 6 weeks before they would retest her. Not that I was ever worried that she would be hard of hearing, and even if so, we would embrace it, but you know, the unknown is never really comfortable. They also did a PKU (a test where they poke the baby's foot for blood and test of different diseases) at the hospital. They say we will only hear from them if the test came back abnormal. Well, we heard from them. Mackenzie's cystic fibrosis test came back inconclusive. The doctor said that didn't mean she had it. It just meant that it came back umm...inconclusive. She told us not to worry (and not to cry). I wasn't all that worried, until she told us not to. We had to go for another PKU. So with two tests up in t...

We're moving next weekend. With our 47 boxes, bedroom set, and a few bags of clothes. Then it dawned on me, we just gave away our whole house. Then I asked Bryan - why in the world did you let me give away our whole house? He said it was because I was 37 weeks pregnant at the time, and you don't argue with a pregnant woman. So now, we have to get dishes, utensils, hangers, coffee table, couches, desk, BBQ, and stuff like that. We are literally starting all over again. Mackenzie has finally surpassed the 7 lb mark. I know this is still really really small compared to other 5-week olds, but it's a huge feat considering weight was such an issue from the beginning. We're aiming to be at 9-10 lbs by the end of the month. We'll see how her feeding frenzy go! We are now exclusively breastfeeding. Did I already write that in the last post? This is very good news - we don't have to pump as often anymore, thank goodness. It was taking all of my time, and also took...

So throughout my pregnancy, I was lucky enough not to get any stretchmarks at all. Mostly because my belly was so small! A week after Mackenzie was born, these little red marks appeared around my tummy. Turned out, I wasn't immune to stretchmarks afterall! Is it weird that umm...I love them? I was actually pretty excited about them. They're reminders of my pregnancy and I don't want to get rid of them at all! What can I say? I guess I'm finally embracing everything about my body! It's been a month of ups and downs. People and books will tell you about them, but nothing will prepare you anyway. So it didn't matter that I only read half a book, at the end, no logic can help you with the emotional roller coaster ride! First off, Mackenzie stayed the same weight for 2 weeks. When we finally went to the doctor's - she told us it was time to supplement. So we alternate formula and breastmilk every other feed. Well, wouldn't you know it, after half a day,...