My First Bottle

Today was a big day for Kinsley. She had her first bottle of breast milk. I was so nervous and scared about her taking to the bottle but she did really well. Mostly my fear was mine, I was so nervous about her eating out of bottle and than rejecting me. That didn't happen though and I will not be feeding her from the bottle for a while so she has no association of the bottle and I together.

We asked Auntie Heather to come over and help with the feeding her. We both are new at this and really had no clue how to handle it. Heather helped us so much and I loved sitting back and seeing her feed Kinsley. It was beautiful.

The bottle that I chose to test her on is the Breast Flow bottles made by the First Years. Last week I meet with my baby group mom's and a few of them told me that they were using the bottle because it made the baby work for food and they control the flow like a real breast. It is cool because it requires suction and compression for the milk to come out. I was so happy to find something that works because in no time I will be back to work and she will need to drink from the bottle.

Enjoying Life

Fun pictures of Miss Kinsley enjoying life and mommy enjoying her.

Kinsley loves her Grandma

Kinsley loves her grandma so much. When my mom comes over and visits Kinsley laughs and smiles so much. I know it is because of my mom's laugh. It just makes her so happy and that includes grandma.

Got Places To Go

Kinsley made a big milestone tonight, she is bearing weight on her legs. The last couple of days she hs been really trying to stand while I was trying to burp her but tonight she showed mommy. She got all her strength and stood. She was difficult to burp since she is standing during it. I have to hold her head close to me because it goes all over since she does not have much neck control.

On other news the doctor believes she might have a small amount of colic. Every night from 11pm till about 1am she is fussy and has a hard time sleeping or calming down. I feel like a terrible mother because their is not much I can do for her except hold her, nurse her non stop and put her in the swing. Daddy helps also by holding her and trying to "shh" in her ear but she just won't have it.

We also discovered that she is a gassy girl and that she needs to be burped a bunch after eating. We are doing the bicycle legs and cupping of the hand while patting her back. Tonight was better than the night before she nursed, burped, changed her diaper several times and now she is in her swing sleeping.

I still can't believe she is changing so much. See below some pictures of her standing with assistance of course.

Moby Wrap

Kinsley and I tested the Moby Wrap. She was ok with it we will keep working on it.

5 week Pictures

Thank you Esther for doing 5 week pictures with Emily because it reminded me that I needed to do the same thing to remember these moments. Kinsley is going to grow up so quickly and I will forgot these moments if I don't take the pictures now.

This picture below is from last night. Kinsley fell alseep in my arms.

Taking her to bed, she still curls up in a ball when she is sleepy.

I did forgot to put a piece of paper in the picture saying what week it was but the pictures are so sweet that I couldn't resist posting them.

This is my favorite one. She is leaning on her teddy for support. My mom got her this Teddy Bear and it is perfect for taking pictures because it has a beaded bottom that makes it sit straight up.

So far what is happening with Kinsley:

• She is getting better at sleeping. She is fussy from 11pm to 1am but it is not anything bad enough that I cannot soothe her or the swing soothe her. She just knows that it is bed time and she is grumpy about it.

• She sleeps in the co-sleeper between us at night, thank you Aunt Heather. She loves to sleep on her side. She wakes up more on her back and seems very content on her side. I go in the bedroom at night and stare at her. She sleeps like her daddy, she has her daddy's profile when she is sleeping. If I can sneak a picture without a flash I would but I know it would wake them up.

• She is smiling much more now and having so much fun. She enjoys looking around and see what is happening in the house. She loves her daddy especially, she is big grins when he comes around.

• Her hematoma has gone down completely and I am so happy.

1 month for Miss Kinsley

Miss Kinsley has been in our world for 1 month now and even though I barely sleep anymore and I feel like I am always breastfeeding, I love and adore my baby girl.

Yesterday was a big day for Kinsley. She had a very quick nap in her crib yesterday. It was a total of 5 minutes before she started to cry but I tried at least. The rolled up blankets are only there because I need to buy the mesh bumper still.

I have discovered that she likes her bouncy seat. She doesn't like to be in it for too long but she does love the vibration.

Even though it is blurry a little bit a smile makes the lack of sleep worth it.