Fussy

Yesterday Emery was 3 weeks old! Go Emery! Her eyes are changing and she looks bigger already. I think her eyes are going to be hazel.

The last few days I have had some stomach issues...so needless to say so has Emery. Poor little thing has diarrea and gas like no other. She gets frustrated when she can't get it out and gets very upset. It's really hard to watch b/c there is so little we can do for her. I got two hours of sleep for two nights in a row, so last night I went to bed at 9:00 and had left a bottle in the fridge. Dave stayed with her until 2:00AM so i could sleep. It was glorious! I was out cold.

Today we have part two of our Kayla shoot! We are heading over there soon and I'm wondering if Em is going to cooperate. She's sleeping in her swing right now, but is making all kinds of funny sounds.

The first Tuesday after I had her we went to a lactation support group at the hospital. There is a lactation consultant there and she answers questions and gives tips. Well I thought that since I really wasn't having that much trouble I really didn't need to go. So i skipped the next week. On Monday I talked to my friend Brook who was having some issues with breastfeeding so I told her about the group. I said we'd go together, and we did. I really had a nice time. There were more girls this time and it was nice to be with other new moms with small babies. Emery was no longer the youngest in the class. (in fact she was double the age of one baby) haha. I learned that some of Emery's gas might be b/c i wasn't pumping for a few days and my supply is very good. So she was getting too much milk at once causing her to eat to quick and get gas. So i'm back to pumping every day. Yesterday I got 5oz from one and 4 from the other. Apparently this is rare but very good. So no shortage here.

ok she's getting fussy. gota go

OH, I have been taking dozens of photos of her with the camera and my iphone. I've been uploading them to my site if your interested: http://picasaweb.google.com/melyssaferber/EmeryApril2010May2010#