In my breastfeeding goal. 3 months is 1/6 of 18 months. Sigh...such a small chunk. At least 6 months will mark 1/3 of the way there. I should celebrate these incremental benchmarks. I am grateful for the gift of breastfeeding but it's such a mental competition. It takes tremendous commitment: pumping at work, engorgement in the middle of the night, washing/sanitizing supplies, and storage.
It's so worth it at the moment that you're breastfeeding, automatically the rest of your world stops. I used to get frustrated that Vida was a gourmet nurser (takes her time at the breast). Now, she gets down to business, and it seems to be over so quickly.
It's now a grand task to maintain my supply, she consumes 12-15 oz between 8 am and 4 pm. Just today, I started to feed her formula at every other feeding. I want to make sure my freezer stash doesn't diminish and I don't want the stress of not having enough or running out. If she continues to nap for 4 of those 8 hours, there will be sufficient milk. We're getting (2) 2-hour naps! Grateful for that.
I must increase my water intake and continue to make baked oatmeal and/or have oatmeal 1/day. Any other suggestions?
July 5th marks 3 months, wow! It seems so long ago when she was born. It's a whrilwind, someone referred to it as the baby vortex. You lose sense of time, you forget to eat or go to the bathroom. Today, I attempted an outing with a friend, a 5 hour adventure with travel time.
Never again, not on my own.
Baby clock is about 3 hours maximum. Poor thing was exhausted from yesterday's fun and feeling a little under the weather. We managed a great outing but getting home was another story. She screamed her lungs out for 25 minutes. I drove as fast as I could to get home and feed her. She looked so miserable when I unpacked her from the car seat.
Ugh, the guilt.
Moving on... 3 month old milestones:
1. Engaged in 'conversations'
2. Smiles back at you.
3. Begins to grab things with one hand
4. Uses her core to sit up
5. Learning to laugh
6. Beginning to squeal and shriek
7. Kicks in the bath tub, loving it!
8. Sleeps through the night, it's getting a little longer each week, we're averaging 8 hours. There is a diaper change and snack.
