2 months

Kinsley is two months old today!!! the pictures are not that great, she is pooped from a doctor's visit and being up all the time crying with a bit of colic! her appt. went great the doctor says she looks good. she is 11 lbs 9oz. (75 percentile) and 24.5 inches long (97 percentile). she got 3 shots today so she is tired and sore this evening and a bit fussy, although she is fussy alot lately!

kinsley smiles alot more now and loves when we talk to her. she talks back sometimes with ooohs and ahhs. i am pretty sure she has laughed a couple times now, just a small chuckle, i love it, can't wait for that to happen more!!! she is growing more and more each day and changing like crazy. now if we could get the colic under control and start to sleep a bit more all will be good.

asleep in her swing, she finally likes it, silly me never put it on full speed, which i have found is the only way she likes it. it doesn't always wrok but i usually get a few quiet moments out of it.



2 months old! she wasn't in the mood to smile

cute pictures

our cute little elf!!! i was pushing her ears out from behind!!!

awww....

the poop explosion shirt!!! we are officially in the club!!! brandon made this onsie for rece when he was born and all the kids have worn it, he also had one made for averie so beth's kids have all worn it also!!!

just cute!! this was at delta elementary when i went back to visit my kids. they all loved kinsley!!

tierney and kinsley, friends already!!

newport aquarium

brandon got tickets through Kroger for the newport aquarium. we drove down there the other day and meet tonia, tony and the kids. it turned out to be a really fun day. kinsley basically slept but we all had fun, and the boys seemed to like it.

me and kinsley in the mouth of a shark!!!


just a cool turtle, this thing was huge!


yes that is a real shark swimming right over my head. the aquarium had some cool tunnels to walk through and the fish and sharks swam all around you.



tonia, tony, rece, carmine, tierney

me brandon and kinsley!

updates!!!

ok i have many updates to do, here are a few to get started!


this is what happens when we do tummy time!!! i think i have a belly sleeper on my hands.


A new baby!!!! our friend beth had her little one on oct. 28...her name is colbie!
here are the girls hanging out!


beth, baylor, colbie, averie, me and kinsley!



at my six week appt. kinsley's first gyno visit!!!!! we had to change her on the table and she ended up pooping everywhere.

our midwife becky and kinsley!

my 6 week appt. was great, all is good. i got the ok to work out now if i could just get motivated!! and find time! becky asked how i was doing with breastfeeding, at the time things were still crazy, but now finally things are looking good. she also asked about post partum depression, i know for sure i had baby blues and i think i had a touch of post partum, although i was not depressed just very anxious all the time. alot of which i am sure stemmed from the feeding issues. now that things are getting better i feel alot better to, i am more easily able to get out of the house, and my confidence is higher knowing i can feed her anywhere. she still screams alot but i don't mind that, and too bad if someone else does!!!!

still standing

well we are still alive around here. i am amazed that we are at times!!!!!!

so here are a few updates...

breastfeeding, since i stopped everything, things have gotten a lot better. the burning has stopped, along with basically everything else. i am still using a nipple shield to feed kinsley but that is ok. i only have a weird tingling feeling during and after she eats for about an hour or less, and i think the shield is giving me a small rash...but compared to where we were things are much better. i am going to continue with one side feedings and using the shield for now and in a few weeks check in with the LC again. at this point i am going to continue breastfeeding, i am feeling so much better and can easily continue like this.

a run down of how it went: (more for me then anything!)
pain from the 2nd day in the hospital- should have said something then
1 week old first LC appointment
multiple pumping schedules
countless LC visits (i have seen at least 4 LCs now)
2 medications for mastitis
4 rounds of meds for thrush
2 nipple creams
acidophilus - to counter act the side effects of medications- it decreases yeast production
B6 (i have done this 2 times now, helps with nipple issues)
gentian violet- this was to try and get rid of the thrush, i had a resistant type of yeast!!!
nipple shields
hand expression when the pumping was to painful
LOTS of pain and frustration
(This spanned about 6 weeks)

and after all that, the doing nothing seems to have worked the best...go figure. although who is to say that things just didn't take awhile to kick in. who knows how or why but things are getting better!!!

Kinsley update:
she is doing very well, she eats like a champ and i think she is growing. she is no longer smooshy :( she looks like a kid now and not a newborn anymore. ( i will do a large picture post soon) we think she may have some colic. basically if she is awake she is screaming. it hasn't been like this the whole time but for the last week or so it has been non stop. we will see how that goes for now, and may try some gripe water to see if it helps. also she seems to have some trouble passing gas and pooping, she grunts and pushes for along time sometimes an hour or more before she gets it out. i will be asking the doctor about that one.

other then that she sleeps well at night, usually up once in the middle of the night, we are very lucky with that. Kinsley likes belly time when she is not screaming!!! she was loving her bouncy seat but that has faded for a bit, i am sure she will like it again. when we put her on her back she tends to roll to her side. maybe she will roll over soon!!! but who knows!

11-10-09 she cooed for the first time!!! of course it was to daddy, she only screams at mommy!!! but she is definitely cooing and talking in the few non screaming moments we have.

mommy and daddy update:
mommy is still feeling rather overwhelmed with everything. we took a trip to toledo that went very well. i had a lot of help which was great. i am sure i will feel better soon, it is just hard to have one thing after the next go wrong and then have your baby just scream at you all day. luckily i have good friends and family. i just need to get better at asking for help and getting away for a bit. tonia is keeping a close eye on me and will make sure i am doing good!!! Brandon is of course taking great care of me too!!
as for the toledo trip we met colbie, my friend beths new baby. she is super cute and tiny!! i also went to visit my kids at school. they were so excited to see me and i was so excited to see them. they are all so special to me. they loved kinsley!!! i spent the whole day with them, and kelsey came along to help. she was a great help all week, she changed diapers and everything! i was so sad to leave my kids again, i may have to go back before the year is over. we also saw alot of family and friends at the grandparents house. it was nice to share her with everyone and show her off to those who have not seen her yet!

daddy:
daddy is doing good. he still gets up at night with me and changes the diaper while i prepare to feed kinsley. when she is done he swaddles her back up and puts her back to sleep. he has changed stores again and is getting used to the new people, he seems to like them so far. i know he misses us like crazy at work and comes home to even more work, but he is doing great and is so wonderful to me. (not to say he doesn't have his moments!! but then so do i!)
brandon did not get to go to toledo with us. he really missed his little girl. he was so happy when we got home.

we will be making a trip to PA in about 2 weeks. we will see some family and friends. again brandon will have to stay here and work. it is hard to be without him. i am sure i will have a lot of help at home though and it will go fine.

callie and stella are still doing well with kinsley, callie is her protector and stella is just recently aware of kinsleys presence in the house, she is a special cat!

on an up swing!

i feel like the breast feeding issue is on an u swing. on friday i decided i was done with all pumping, medications, creams, etc. none f them were working so i decided since nothing was working we were going to try nothing and see if that works. the burning is basically gone, i had a few moments today but nothing like i was, i am still itchy and sore but both seem better. not sure why these things have gotten better but i am glad we are moving in the right direction. i am feeding only on one side at a time in hopes to regulate my supply and so i know one side is getting empty so i will hopefully keep from getting blocked ducts. after reading some articles found by tonia (my doctor!!!!!!) i really think i have an over supply issue combined with over active let down which both are causing Kinsleys choking, gagging, tough feeding, and burping issues. she does all of this a lot and has a hard time getting burps out, as well as will refuse to eat but is hungry minutes later. i wouldn't want to eat either if i choked every time. so the one side feeding should help this issue.

we will see how it goes, i am trying all of this for one week, and reanalyzing then. i need to work on getting rid of the nipple shield if i get the other issues under control!

cross all fingers and toes please that this is the end of this bumpy road.