How do women do back to working after only six weeks? We are so backwards in this country when it comes to maternity leave. Speaking of other countries and the awesome people that live there, my Canadian buddy, Carolynne just welcome her little girl into the world, congrats!
So, six weeks. Owen started social smiling which is just about the cutest thing ever. He’s imitating faces too and gets a kick out of it when he sticks his tongue out and then I do it. He’s also a very cranky baby. Fourth trimester, gas, sleepiness, who knows, but there’s no problem that can’t be solved by the boob. No idea what will happen when I go back to work. Pumping is still a problem, mostly because he eats all day. He’s finally sleeping now, so I’m pumping as I write this.
What else… He can roll over onto his back sometimes. He didn’t cry when we gave him a bath yesterday. I think he liked the fact he had an audience. He likes to entertain.
He has blocked tear ducts and developed a but of an eye infection last week’s, but he got drops and now he’s all better. Poor little guy, he’s had jaundice, reflux, baby acne, blocked tear ducts. At least all minor stuff. No wonder he’s so cranky though.
The pictures of him that you’ve been posting are SOOO adorable! I’m glad that mother and son are doing so well! :) It kind of sucks that you have to go back to work, though. I really don’t know how it feels, since I’ve never gone through this before. But I hope the transition went well!!
I haven’t quite got the hang of the pumping thing. Okay, that’s not quite right. I can pump just fine, but it’s the feeding part that scares the crap out of me. Yes, I know Ezri is only 12 days old, but I just can’t figure out when it will be okay to give her a bottle. I have Tommee Tippee bottles and I hope they will be fine. I really don’t want any nipple confusion. My midwife said to use newborn nipples on a bottle, but I have no idea what those would be like. Ah. Maybe I should head to Toys R Us and get some more info. Any advice on when to start some bottle feeding? Also, how do you defrost your milk from the freezer?