Time keeps going by so fast, my baby girl is already 3 months old. I can't believe how big she is getting. I moved her into her own room but she is still in her bassinet, it a fair bit till she grows out of it of course. She has been sleeping so well all on her own. Her and I now get a descent 5 hours sleep at night. She wakes up 4am still. The easy baby I knew is no more. It been driving me crazy because it has interrupted her daytime naps, her feeds and playtime. Instead it's no morning nap and she naps at 1pm.
Breastfeeding has been difficult because she cries and flails about when I go to feed her even when she is hungry. She shows me all the signs. Dribbling, sucking hands, air sucking, lip smacking, turning to my boob like she smelling the milk. I've had problems with oversupply so I have been block feeding and pumping a little out so she doesn't choke and miss out on my hind-milk (the high calorie fat milk). If you don't know what block feeding is it's when you feed baby on one breast for a few feeds and pump a little from other breast if it like a rock melon (really hard) then repeat again but switch breasts. Other than that breastfeeding is painless and comfortable, well, it is when my baby isn't pinching or scratching me with her cute little hands.
My baby girl has been very picking she only like feeding off my right breast and not my left boob for some reason. She only breastfeeds on my left boob when she is tired.
I rang plunket and they suggested me to do a feed & sleep blog to see what time period she is fussy. After two nights I figured out that she fussy between 6pm - 9pm. It's the worse time because it when we all want to settle down for night time and instead we have a screaming baby. It's hard when your baby cries and nothing soothes them fast so you got to try everything in the book. Night time baths is so helpful, it's the only thing that settles her enough to breastfeed her to sleep. Yes I nurse my baby to sleep else we will hear constant crying.
Three months of being mummy has been an eventful & exciting & tiring time for me but i have been enjoying seeing my girl growing up even though I want her to stay little & cute.
The milestones are the best. She can hold her head up really well. She likes sitting up and standing with me supporting her of course. She really liked the play mat with the dangling town by, she grabs & hits them (the sad thing is, is that she has grolwn bored of it) and she is alert of her surrounding by seeing & hearing. She is full of smiles and she is starting to giggle but it more of a squeak gargle sound. Whenever she cries i swear i her say mum but im not sure.
She is hitting all the milestones of a 3 month old part from rolling over because she absolutely hates tummy time i tried all i can so I give her small dozes of tummy time otherwise her arms and legs are quite strong.
She is weighing at 12lbs 5oz right now and she is fitting into some newborn and mainly 0-3 month old clothing now yay.
So I sum it up this has been a wonderful journey for me even if breastfeeding has been challenge. Life's all about learning don't cha think!
