Week 2 - 3

Monday

It was Dave’s birthday. We went to a local Italian restaurant for dinner. I spent most of the meal worried she’d wake up and need a feed but we managed to sneak in two delicious courses before she started to stir. 

Happy birthday, daddy! 

Tuesday 

We went to the Yoga for Pregnancy class. The teacher invited me back to share Indigo’s birth story. I’d enjoyed hearing other new mums’ stories and was excited to talk about my experience. In the evening the community midwife stopped by the house for another visit. Indie continued to gain weight. 

Wednesday 

Dave took his seventh day of paternity leave. I left Indigo briefly for the first time since she was born to quickly get my bangs trimmed and pick up some diapers at the store. In the afternoon a professional photographer came to take some photos for us. She was here several hours and Indie was such a trooper. The whole experience was quite stimulating and she was very tired and a bit grumpy by the end. Fair enough! 

Thursday 

Eunwha and Maya came over. We had some coffee and pastries from Waitrose.

Over the weekend we took Indigo to Victoria Park. 

Relaxing together

Milestones and reflections

This was the week where the lack of sleep really caught up with me. At this point I was feeding Indigo on the left side and pumping the right side to keep my supply up. I froze the milk after each expressing session, even overnight. So, the routine was to change her, breastfeed on the left, pump on the right, take the milk downstairs, bag it, date it, freeze it, and go back to bed. She ate every 2- 2.5 hours at night so I wasn't getting much rest. One night, I slipped and fell down the stairs with a bottle of what I'd expressed in my hand. Yes, the fall hurt but I couldn't help but laugh as I sat there surrounded by the wet walls and floor, drenched in milk myself. Dave came to my aid and helped me clean up. It was a good reminder that I would need to be extra careful when I felt that exhausted and still had to care for Indigo. 

Indie had her first full body bath this week. Nerdily, we watched a YouTube video about how to wash a baby before our first attempt. The best suggestion they gave was to put a wash cloth on the baby's chest to keep her warm and make her feel more secure. She didn't like the transitions in or out of the bath but Indigo did enjoy being in the water. 

Bath time!  

 

This week Indigo made some funny faces…  

slept…

read… 

made an "o" with her mouth...

looked cute...

...and cuddled with mummy and daddy.

Week 1 - 2

Dave returned to work on the Monday. Although we coped just fine while he was gone, we sure did miss him! 

The week was spent obsessing over increasing Indie’s weight and meeting with various health professionals. I met Katie at a breastfeeding support clinic on the Monday to have her weighed. She was gaining. The community midwife came on Tuesday but decided to come back again on Thursday since Indie had just been weighed the previous day. Dave took a paternity day on the Wednesday when the health visitor came. By the Thursday weigh in Indie had gained even more and things were looking up. 

Milestones and reflections

I took Indigo on the bus by myself for the first time. Although I was a little bit nervous, it was totally fine.

Hour after hour we sat in our spot on the right hand side of the sofa next to a window that was opened a crack. I fed her and watch the outside world go by. We rarely left that nook. In fact, I often kept my keys close by so when a guest arrived I could hand them through the open window so they could let themselves in while I continued to nurse. I did forget them once and was stuck in boobie lockdown (as we jokingly call it) when Dave arrived home without his key (poor sleep deprived daddy!). He had to wait outside until she finished eating. Ha!

The first two weeks were really quiet. We were so busy and enchanted with our wee one that we barely turned on the TV. 

This is possibly too much information but the funniest moment of the week (which could have ended very badly) was when I learned nursing and electronics shouldn't mix. I was using my laptop and Indie started to cry. So, in the rush to feed her I dripped milk onto the touch pad! The cursor started jumping all over the place and windows opened and closed randomly. I powered it down and put it by a fan to dry out. Thankfully it came back to life. Imagine trying to explain that predicament to Geeks on Wheels!

I can't get enough of this girl...

Neither can her dad!

Our little family

Miss Indie Boo