It's hard to find time to update this blog, as you see, but I try. Madelyn is six weeks old Wednesday and a little butterball! She is growing so fast. At her One Month checkup, she weighed 8lbs 8oz and was 21.5in long. Goodness! She has the cutest chubby cheeks and fat rolls. She now smiles at you on purpose, so precious. Madelyn is extremely smart, too. She can hold her head up by herself, put weight on her legs, scoot on her tummy, and she drools. Her doctor saw her doing that and said she is way young to be doing all of that. One smart baby! She is such a good, content baby. I must say, though, Madelyn is SPOILED already (opps)... She just loves human contact and Nonna refuses to let her cry for more than a minute. She is still solely breastfeeding, we are champs at it. She has outgrown the nursing boppy pillow so we're having to use a regular pillow. She usually eats every 2-3 hours. Madelyn no longer sleeps her bassinet at night... She has to be against me and she uses me as a human pacifier. I'm trying to teach her to take a paci but it's not working. I love her sleeping with me and it is easier to feed her during the night; however, it is quite difficult for me to sleep. She has a fit if I put her in the bassinet at night though. I hope to gradually get her back in her bed... within the next 5 years, haha. And I miss snuggling up to my man at night. Speaking of David, he is such a wonderful daddy and Madelyn adores him already. I love my baby daddy! I have my six weeks checkup Thursday, ugh... I am pretty much healed up, my incision still feels tender if I hit it on something but no pain. I cannot wait to start exercising and getting in and out of my chair by myself. Last Wednesday, I started running a fever, aching all over, and my breast was red, very swollen and sore. So we called the doctor Thursday morning and they were certain I had Mastitis, which is a breast infection that is common during the first three months of breastfeeding. My doctor called me in antibiotics- Keflex 2,000mg daily for 10 days. My fever broke late Thursday night and I felt better Friday afternoon. But man, Mastitis is painful and you're supposed to let the baby feed off of the infected breast. I cried during the whole feedings Thursday. Whew! The antibiotics makes Madelyn gassy and irritable, too. Ugh! I have about a week left on them..... I am beyond blessed and honored to be Madelyn's mommy! When she looks at me with those big blue eyes and smiles, my heart just melts more. I LOVE my little family! This is what life's about. Enjoy the slideshow of Easter pictures (taken by my niece, Dee) and other random pics!
