All About Emmi - 4 Month Update

AGE: 4 months/17 weeks old

WEIGHT: 13 pounds

HEIGHT: 61cm long!!

SLEEPING: Emilee doesn't really nap, she more catnaps for twenty/thirty minutes and then she's up for 30mins-1hour and catnaps again, if i bring her to bed with me, she'll sleep for a good two-three hours until kayden wakes up. She's also sleeping through the night, maybe wakes once for her dodo. but will sleep from 9pm-9am!

TEETH: talk about dribbles!! this girl is teething like crazy, constantly chewing her little hands and fingers but doesn't like teething toys! i think from teething uses gone off the dodo as it doesn't help! 

PLAYING: She's just starting to play with toys, starting to touch and feel them, maybe squeeze them if they make noises!! but she does get bored and would rather sit up and look around rather than lie down and play with toys!! she loves talking to Kayden, and loves when Kayden talks to her!!

PERSONALITY: She's a diva. no doubt will be such a drama queen when she's older!! She wants everyone to look and talk to her and the moment you don't, she will yell at you LOL!!

CURRENT CLOTHING SIZE: in 3-6 months clothes but most of her 0-3 month clothes still fit!! but I'm starting to pack away her 0-3 and put her in 3-6 months.

DIAPER SIZE: in size 2/3 depending on what we have when we go look for nappies LOL. both fit well and haven't had any leaks/blowouts. YET!

WORDS: constant baby talk, only time its quiet is when she's asleep LOL! loves the sound of her voice and loves it even more when you copy her sounds!!

RECENT MILESTONES: playing with toys, staring at them and going to reach, noticing more around her, especially Kayden! Laughs so much now! has such a hearty laugh that i just want to hear it ALL the time! starting to turn on her side and staying there and then will roll onto other side. Can now hold her own bottle and feed herself YAY! sometimes she won't, but that because il be holding her.

Her 4 month injections are on Monday, which i just dread. Its horrible.

Health nurse check up went great, she was super happy with Emilees growth/milestones etc. She was very surprised with how Emilee could hold her head so well and very steady. Her charts are on point! and we've given the go ahead to start solids but I'm holding off as much as i can, until i feel like she really needs it!

6 months she will be on solids either way, but for right now i think she's ok with the bottle!

Ive ordered Amber beads for her, so hoping they help her!

Other than that Emilee is doing great, She's loving life :)

Thanks for reading :)

Aisling xo

All About Emmi: 3 Month Update

Emilee isn't quite yet 3 months, but she just turned 12 weeks so all in all, she's around 3 months old :)

AGE: 12 weeks/3 months

WEIGHT: I've no idea how much she weights :( 

HEIGHT: 57cm!! shes so long!!

SLEEPING: Catnapping during the day, not quite in a routine nap time but falls asleep after her bottle for one-two hours! sleep7-8 hours at night, and then another 4 hours after her morning bottle!

TEETH: Ive such a feeling she's starting to teeth! Red cheeks and dribbling like mad, may not have teeth for another good while but it may be the start! :( 

PLAYING: Loves attention from anyone!! as soon as she knows your close, she will talk away and just wants your full attention :) she loves watching everything so closely, the tele, kayden playing/running around, us talking! she's very aware of everything!

PERSONALITY: She's a cheeky little Diva! Loves to mess with her bottle when she's full! Loves to give out to get attention! once your talking to her she's just as smiley as can be! a grin from ear to ear!! So adorable!! 

CURRENT CLOTHING SIZE: still in 0-3 months clothes, but id say she will soon be out of them and into 3-6 months!

DIAPER SIZE: When i was pregnant, we bought loads of nappies, like id say ten or more packs in different sizes, and we've just ran out of size 2, so instead of buying more we started using some 3, they are big on her but she's not having any leaks or that so its all good :) 

WORDS: still coo'ing like crazy! as soon as your near, she starts talking to you telling her little stories, whether they are good or bad stories. she's a little chatter box already :)

RECENT MILESTONES: Emilee had her first chuckle last week :D, she was in the bath and i had no idea what I was doing but she just broke out in laughter and I just cried LOL! I might of tickled her or something! Pietro even heard it from the other room it was that loud lol! Hasn't chuckled since then, i am trying my hardest to get her to laugh but no use LOL she'll laugh in her own time :)

Her two month injections were a nightmare, she roared through them, but it didn't effect her mood the next few days so everything went okay :)

She has a appointment at the end of october for a development/weight check up with the health nurse so ill know her weight for her 4 month update :)

She's a happy bubbly little girl :)

Thanks for reading :)
Aisling xo

Emilee's 2 month update

Can I just take a minute to acknowledge that Emilee is TWO months old!! TWO MONTHS?!
where has the time gone :( 

AGE: 8 weeks

WEIGHT: 12 pounds! She's a big Girl :)

HEIGHT: 54cm, she's grown 4cm since birth!

SLEEPING: sleeps for 4 hours at a time, sometimes will go a little longer at nighttime. Night feds are starting to get exhausting, its just starting to hit me now LOL

TEETH: No teeth! Thank god ;) 

PLAYING: Is starting to notice Mobile thingy (Not sure what its called) but starting to coo and gas at the little toys!!

PERSONALITY: Emilee's personality is definitely starting to show, she's such a happy baby! Loves the attention and whats to be talked too all day! She loves to be sat up and looking whats around her, will only lie down for napping! loves to stick out her tongue! She will smile if you kiss her on her mouth! 

CURRENT CLOTHING SIZE: So now she's completely out of newborn clothes (Some vests still fit her) Still getting wear out of some Up To One Month clothes, But mainly in 0-3month clothes!

DIAPER SIZE: In size 2 nappies! still has a good bit of room for them!

WORDS: Coo'ing like crazy! Trying her hardest to talk back at you!

RECENT MILESTONES: Starting smiling at around 6 weeks at my voice but now is smiling ear to ear seeing mammy, daddy and kayden! Smiled at her Auntie Sinead last week! Sinead was delighted! She has also found her hands! Mad into trying to suck her fingers or thumbs! She will follow anything you put in front of her :)

She has a appointment next week for her two month injections and I'm honestly terrified for her! I hate them so much, and to see her cry is going to kill me :(

She's doing great and I'm so blessed to have a happy and healthy baba :)

 *Isn't her top so cute! All the way from Australia*

Thanks for reading :)
Aisling xo

Emilee's One Month Update

I can't even come to terms that my little girl is already One Month old :(

She currently is weighting 9pounds 10oz! 

And I haven't measured her length yet :)

She is still being breastfed plus the odd top-up with formula!

Breastfeeding is going well, I breastfed in public for the first time this week. It was a little bit daunting but it was a success! I used a cover given to me by a friend, so i was well covered up. But to me coving up makes it so more noticeable and people stare more! but I wouldn't go bare breast on show haha! 

Im currently trying to increase my supply so i can't cancel out formula altogether! 

She has fussy hours between 11-half 1 at night, I think this is due to wind gathering during the day and her being over tired! but once she settles she sleeps until 7 in the morning. 

She loves staring at lights or the windows, And she has starting to focus more on my face during feds.

AND.. She smiled at me :D Proud momma moment :)

Emilee loves being close, so I'm planning on baby wearing! Ive researched lots of baby wraps, but most are from the US and the shipping charge costs as much as the wrap. So i've found a wrap in Boots which it looks like I will get it. Its called the Caboo carrier and the reviews are looking good :) 

She is currently in up to one month clothes, but still fitting into newborn vests. 

Not else much to say as she just sleeps, eats, poops and repeats :P !!

My recovery is slowing down a bit.

Ive been experiencing very bad back pain. Its mainly in the lower part of my back. 

I thought this was due to after effects of the epidural, but I've been told its because I'm on my feet all day and my back id still very weak that it is being strained. So from that I'm trying to rest a little more. Not pick up anything heavier that Emilee!

Thanks for reading :)

Aisling xo

3weeks postpartum

I can't believe Emilee is nearly three weeks old already!

Isn't that crazy?!

I might just add, That Emilee is pronounced Emily. I just changed the spelling to be different ;) 

So this coming Wednesday Emilee will be three weeks old, and honestly it feel like she's been here way longer!!! 

She is still 50cm long, Same from birth. 

And is now weighting 9pounds!!!! 

Which is great, as I'm breastfeeding and its just a good feeling to know she's getting enough milk from me.

I am topping her up with formula but she seems to be getting enough from me mostly and i just have to top her up before we go to bed.

She feeds every 2-4hours. 

Still fits most newborn clothes, but 'Up to 1 month' gives more room and seems nicely fitted!!

In size 2 nappies :) Size 1 do fit but leaves marks on her chubby thighs ;) 

She searches for Kayden when he's talking! It so cute :) 

With my recovery, I'm feeling great! I do tend to need a nap during the day (As I'm up with night feeds :P)

Im currently down 10kg in weight! Which I think the Breastfeeding is helping with that too. As i didn't gain any weight during the pregnancy, I'm actually losing pre-pregnancy weight!

Im so thirsty during the day, that I'm pretty sure I'm drinking even more than the daily amount.

With my diabetes, I haven't been checking my bloods but then again I haven't eaten any sugar (Apart from a Jam Doughnut that I've been craving for months!)

But I will need to retest in September/October!

Im still in maternity jeans/leggings! As I've no clothes what so ever! So il need to get a new wardrobe soon :D! 

Kaydens adjustment to being a big brother has gone so smoothly! He literally clicked into his new role! Absolutely loves Emilee!

Always wanting to hold her and kiss her, which is great :) !! He is still learning to be careful around her though.. Which is understandable as he is only two (Three next week) and he doesn't quite understand!

Pietro had two weeks off so with me doing night feeds, he would get up with Kayden in the morning and let me sleep abit longer. But with him going back to work today! Ill be getting up with both babies, so i am expecting to be a bit more tired and lazy for a week or two!

But yeah, everything is going good :) Im so happy to be in my own place enjoying my babies :) 

Emilee will grow up so fast that I'm trying to take in the newborn stage as much as i can!

Thanks for reading!

Aisling xo

My Induction Story!

As today mark's my due date..

Im over the moon to say Emilee Grace made her grand appearance on the 8th July, at 13:41pm. Weighting 8pounds 3oz!

I know many won't really care about my birth story, but to me it's such an experience that I don't want to forget what happened, so blogging my story will let me read over and over as many times as i want ;)

At my 38 week hospital appointment, the doctor told me they were going to induce me due to having pregnancy diabetes. I was told I would be induced at 39weeks but they never gave me a date at that appointment, they told me that I would find out at my next hospital appointment, which was the 8th july... and to me it seemed a bit too late to be induced if I was meant to be at 39weeks.

So I rang the office and asked if I was given a date or was it even written down, the doctor than rang me back a few hours later saying I would be brought in on the 7th July at 8am to be induced.

So the morning of 7th July, myself & Pietro headed to the hospital to be induced. Not knowing what to expect. I was very nervous, I didn't know how the induction would go or how long/short it would be! 

I was then brought into a room to be examined and for the midwives to check the baby, take blood, insert an cannula. Then was brought into the labour ward to wait for the doctor to come in and talk to us. He explained how the induction would work. It turned out that i was already 2cm dilated but he couldn't break my waters (TMI) so i was given gel to help soften and dilate a bit more. 

They left me for 6hours. which surprisingly went very fast!! I was then brought back into the labour ward, but didn't progress so I was given gel again and told they would see me at 11pm that night :(

In that time, I was getting mild contractions which were getting stronger. I was able to breathe through each one and sometimes talk! I was praying they were doing something anyway!

So 11pm came. they put me on a monitor to see if i was getting contractions and to check baby's heartbeat. On the monitor you could clearly see I was getting contractions... but they weren't regular!! :( which meant I was in false labour pretty much!!

Around 12am Pietro went home to rest while I of course had to stay in the hospital. I could barely rest due to the contractions. Thankfully I fell asleep about 5am but then was woken up at half 7 to go back to the labour ward to get examined again.

And SUCCESS!! I was 3.5cm and they could break my waters!! They basically said to me that the contractions I am getting is only the gel trying to work, that if they break my waters.. it could send me into active labour or could do nothing at all and I would have to be put on a drip to kick start it.

Well, as soon as I walked out of that room (around 9am) that contraction hit hard! I paced up and down my room breathing through the pain. Decided to ring Pietro about half 9 to tell him to come in to me, explaining what was happening.

Pietro arrived just after ten, in the meantime I was a little vocal through my contractions! As soon as Pietro arrive I told him to get someone because I needed something for the pain.

The midwife came in and seen I was a bit distressed, and asked if I wanted to know were the contractions doing anything. I said yes and found out I was dilated to a 4!!!!

Another midwife came in and said she has a room ready for us to make our way to the delivery room.

The contractions were about 2-3 minutes apart and I was defiantly vocal (Pietro said you could only hear me if you were in the room with us, but to me I seemed louder LOL) !!

I was given gas and air.. Which I didn't like at all! I was very dizzy after each contraction and it just didn't seem to work. The midwife knew I wanted the epidural so in process of moving rooms and settling in she rang for the epidural. 

The doctor came to do the epidural around 11am. It took a very long while. I think I had about 5 contractions from start to finish! after it was done, I felt relief straight away (THANK GOD!!)

So about half 11, my midwife went on her lunch and another midwife took over from her. We were laughing around and just basically waiting for things to progress! 

Half 12 she came back from her lunch and the rest of the midwives went on break.

I was starting to feel some amount of pressure in my bum, which was hurting me. the nurse upped my epidural and examined me.. I was 7cm!! I couldn't believe it! 

I told Pietro that she will definitely be here by 3pm!

The midwife messed with me telling me that I was not to have a baby while everyone else was on lunch haha! as she was minding the other woman in labour for the other midwives.

A little after 1, I was breathing through the contraction and had such an intense feeling to push. It was so intense that I was basically pushing but trying not to!! I told Pietro to get the midwife that I need to push, she came running in.. examined me and I was 9cm! I told her that I really needed to push, she then explained that I had a bit of cervix there that a few more contraction then I will be ready.

literally one contraction later.. I was ready to push!

skipping the gory bit.. ten minutes later...

Emilee Grace came into the world at 13:41pm :)

I cried my heart out seeing her! It was such an intense feeling and emotion that its a bit of a blur!

We did skin to skin for about an hour, and I breastfed her in which she latched on really well :)!!

Near to 3pm we were then transferred into the antenatal ward where we would spend the next two nights there!!!

So, with the midwife telling me I wasn't allowed to give birth while the others were on lunch, Emilee was just born as they were coming back. I only had one midwife and Pietro in the room while giving birth. I was meant to have a student midwife but she didn't make it! 

The whole experience was amazing! I was in active labour for about 4 hours!! Pushed for ten minutes! and my recovery is going great! 

After the epidural I was up and walking 2 hours after. 

I am currently breastfeeding Emilee, which is going good! She's doing amazing and Im so in love with her!! her going home weight was 7pounds 14oz.

I'm so happy to be home, in my own bed!! It's going to take a little while to get used to day to day life again :) haha! My Iron is low so I've no energy and night feeds have me wrecked anyways! So I'm resting and taking my time with tasks, and just enjoying being a mommy of two :)

Kayden is so in love with Emilee. He's constantly checking on her, asking if she's okay! Wanting to hold and cuddle her, kissing her! Hes just an amazing big brother :)

Thank you for reading :)

Aisling xo