Mommy Stress

I think the two things mommies worry about most is food and sleep for their baby! With Breast feeding you can't measure the ounces your baby consumes. Thank goodness for the lactation class..I could weigh Micaela before a feed then after to see how much she ate. Although it was always so hard to time it perfectly to have her meal be at 10am. Bfeeding babies eat more frequently... In Micki's case try all day! I enjoy it so much that I don't mind. I mean it is inconvenient to go to the mall but this will only be for a short time. I have tried to find activities that I can do where I can easily lift up my shirt and nurse her. Mommy and me, baby yoga, Bfeeding group, walks to the pier and trips to Grand parents house fill my week. When we have gone out on weekends I have had to bf in the car. When Micaela turned Two months I felt like I had a pretty good grasp on nursing. Now at three months its amazing..I don't even need bottles. Micaela and I have become pretty attached..I don't want to give her a bottle and she likes to nurse and sleep after she does. Which brings me to my next topic sleep! I've been reading a lot on sleep because Micaela is the lightest Napper. She falls asleep on me but the minute I lay her down she wakes up. I've read that the first three months you can't spoil a baby but by four months they are aware of the routines and get used to things. Naps are important for brain and physical development so of course I worry about her getting Enough zzz in the day. Don't get me wrong I would live to have her sleep on my all day but I have to eat, shower, clean too. That's hard to do when she's up! So lately I've been laying her down on my robe. It smells like me and she loves it! Nights have been good. We have an amazing little routine! Daddy gets her ready while I prep the bath. Then we give her a long bath. She smiles and talks to Dennis the whole time! Then Daddy gets her out and gives her a good massage and gets her pjs on. Then we go downstairs where he flys her to me. It's the cutest thing when she sees me sitting the rocking chair. She opens her mouth as wide as can be and shakes her little head side to side. After she eats I sway her to sleep. She goes down until about 3 then wakes up again around 7.