Weight Check Update
3/25/2014
Lilly Joyce on March 25th at 14 pounds and 8 ounces!
Today was the first weight check since we established our plan to help Lilly gain weight. A very exciting and nervous day in our household.
As some of you have read in my breastfeeding story over on Danielle's blog, I started exclusively pumping so we could supplement my breast milk. It has been a month of exclusively pumping and I am over it. Bless you mamas that have been pumping from the start!
My hopes for today were that Lilly would have caught up to where we needed her to be so we could start working out the supplemented feedings and start our next hurdle, getting her back on the breast. As usual things didn't go as I expected or we had hoped, but I still left feeling victorious. Lilly has gained roughly two pounds in the last month, and the best part is she is no longer in the 'below average' weight category. At the whopping 7th percentile, the doctor, my husband, and I are pleased. Her height still isn't quite there so the doctor and I agreed to continue what we are doing for another month, then hopefully start cutting out the supplemented feedings.
Although I have another month of being a slave to the pump I am so excited Lilly is catching up, and that is a win in my book. I am so thankful I am no longer leaving her appointments holding back tears, and to have someone advocating for her right along with Austin and I.
I know this next month will still have struggles. I loath pumping all day every day, and I will have a hard time not throwing in the towel. But I can do this, and I will do this. That's what a mama bear does right?
Sharing our journey.
3/23/2014
First, my attempt at blogging has been seriously neglected.
I am working as a nanny for a few months so I am EXTREMELY busy. This is also why my Etsy shop is currently closed. My family is my number one priority, therefor any extra time I have these days is being spent with them.
Second, I have gone back and forth, and back and forth again on how much of our life with Lilly we want to share. I am a pretty open book but when I feel like my decisions could be looked at negatively I like to keep them to myself. I have this awful habit of feeling like I need to justify the decisions I make as a mom, I know I shouldn't but I do.
As some of you know Lilly has struggled with gaining weight, and it has been an emotional roller coaster. The pressure to supplement, or not supplement has weighed so heavily on my shoulders. I am so thankful to the women who have reached out to me and offered their kind words, with them I was stronger, and I stood a little taller. In an effort to be a support system for someone else dealing with this struggle I have decided to share our story. To get caught up on where we have been, and how we got here head over to Miss Verse's Blog and read our breastfeeding story. I will be updating our journey from where I left off over on her blog.
I am working as a nanny for a few months so I am EXTREMELY busy. This is also why my Etsy shop is currently closed. My family is my number one priority, therefor any extra time I have these days is being spent with them.
Second, I have gone back and forth, and back and forth again on how much of our life with Lilly we want to share. I am a pretty open book but when I feel like my decisions could be looked at negatively I like to keep them to myself. I have this awful habit of feeling like I need to justify the decisions I make as a mom, I know I shouldn't but I do.
As some of you know Lilly has struggled with gaining weight, and it has been an emotional roller coaster. The pressure to supplement, or not supplement has weighed so heavily on my shoulders. I am so thankful to the women who have reached out to me and offered their kind words, with them I was stronger, and I stood a little taller. In an effort to be a support system for someone else dealing with this struggle I have decided to share our story. To get caught up on where we have been, and how we got here head over to Miss Verse's Blog and read our breastfeeding story. I will be updating our journey from where I left off over on her blog.
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