Thursday, June 26, 2008 Little Libby Gets Her First Party Dress...
Libby at 8-10 weeks
Libby had her first set of jabs this week. She cried just after she had them and was very cuddly all afternoon when she wasn’t sleeping. At teatime she was a bit grizzly so I gave her some Calpol and it seemed to help. No adverse reaction to the jabs so was really pleased but I felt so sorry for her when she had them. I know she needed to have them but she’s so tiny and I felt quite emotional when she was having them done. But she only cried for a few minutes so it really wasn’t that bad. She has to have her 2nd set of injections in 4 weeks and then her 3rd set in a further 4 weeks.
I had my first night out with friends and we had dinner at a lovely Japanese restaurant and I had even expressed enough milk to have a couple glasses of wine. I was only out for a few hours and was home by 11pm but it was fab to get dressed up, slap on some make up and feel attractive. Since having Libby, I normally only spend 5 minutes getting ready after a shower every day. Your priorities do totally change but I am sure that once Libby is into more of a routine things will get easier.
Going out was a hassle from the point of view of having to express and throw away my contaminated milk throughout the night. Libby usually wakes up once in the night so I had to express after I had fed her my non contaminated milk else it would have been like experiencing engorgement again. I had built up quite a supply of milk in the freezer over the last week I had expressed once a day. I had been advised that you could keep it in fridge for 24 hours or in freezer for 3 months. I defrosted the milk either in the fridge overnight or at room temperate for a few hours. I bought some sterile freezer bags but you can also freeze it in containers. I like the freezer bags as you can write the date and amount of milk you have frozen. This is so handy for knowing how much to take out of the freezer and which milk to use first.
We also had our first long car journey away for my nephew’s christening in Warrington, Cheshire. My parents live in Gloucester and we decided to split the journey up by staying up there on the way up and by stopping there on the way back to feed Libby as it is conveniently halfway to Warrington. Libby slept most of the way and was fine with the traveling. She loved all the attention at Jacob’s birthday when she got to wear her first party dress.
I cannot believe that Jacob is already one. I am really trying to appreciate every week with Libby as the time just flies. I cannot believe that she is 10 weeks already either! It was nice to spend time with my sister, Neal and Jacob. Jacob is doing so well and is nearly walking. He is a cutie. I really hope that Libby and him grow up to be as close as I am with my sisters.
I also traveled to Poole with Libby to stay with my best friend Vicki. Vicki is heavily pregnant with her second child and her daughter Abby, who is 2, absolutely loved Libby. She was helping me change Libby’s nappy so I think Vicki is going to have a real helper there. I timed leaving once I had fed Libby and she happily slept all the way. It’s only about a 2.5 hour drive so the perfect distance to travel and for Libby to sleep most of the way. I was careful not to take too many things and Vicki had quite a few things that I could borrow to save me loading the car up.
I also suffered from a bad back over the last fortnight. It started in Centre Parcs, from lifting Libby awkwardly out of the cot and I just aggravated it with lifting her and carrying shopping as well as being in the car for long journeys to both Warrington and Poole. I ended up having some much needed acupuncture and it was brilliant. The physio gave me some exercises to do and within days it felt so much better. I decided to go back to yoga once it was healed as this has always helped keep my back strong and I had not had a problem with it over the last 6 years since practicing yoga. The doctor advised that I had to take it easy and not to overstretch as the pregnancy hormone relaxin was still in my body.
Libby had her first set of jabs this week. She cried just after she had them and was very cuddly all afternoon when she wasn’t sleeping. At teatime she was a bit grizzly so I gave her some Calpol and it seemed to help. No adverse reaction to the jabs so was really pleased but I felt so sorry for her when she had them. I know she needed to have them but she’s so tiny and I felt quite emotional when she was having them done. But she only cried for a few minutes so it really wasn’t that bad. She has to have her 2nd set of injections in 4 weeks and then her 3rd set in a further 4 weeks.
I had my first night out with friends and we had dinner at a lovely Japanese restaurant and I had even expressed enough milk to have a couple glasses of wine. I was only out for a few hours and was home by 11pm but it was fab to get dressed up, slap on some make up and feel attractive. Since having Libby, I normally only spend 5 minutes getting ready after a shower every day. Your priorities do totally change but I am sure that once Libby is into more of a routine things will get easier.
Going out was a hassle from the point of view of having to express and throw away my contaminated milk throughout the night. Libby usually wakes up once in the night so I had to express after I had fed her my non contaminated milk else it would have been like experiencing engorgement again. I had built up quite a supply of milk in the freezer over the last week I had expressed once a day. I had been advised that you could keep it in fridge for 24 hours or in freezer for 3 months. I defrosted the milk either in the fridge overnight or at room temperate for a few hours. I bought some sterile freezer bags but you can also freeze it in containers. I like the freezer bags as you can write the date and amount of milk you have frozen. This is so handy for knowing how much to take out of the freezer and which milk to use first.
We also had our first long car journey away for my nephew’s christening in Warrington, Cheshire. My parents live in Gloucester and we decided to split the journey up by staying up there on the way up and by stopping there on the way back to feed Libby as it is conveniently halfway to Warrington. Libby slept most of the way and was fine with the traveling. She loved all the attention at Jacob’s birthday when she got to wear her first party dress.
I cannot believe that Jacob is already one. I am really trying to appreciate every week with Libby as the time just flies. I cannot believe that she is 10 weeks already either! It was nice to spend time with my sister, Neal and Jacob. Jacob is doing so well and is nearly walking. He is a cutie. I really hope that Libby and him grow up to be as close as I am with my sisters.
I also traveled to Poole with Libby to stay with my best friend Vicki. Vicki is heavily pregnant with her second child and her daughter Abby, who is 2, absolutely loved Libby. She was helping me change Libby’s nappy so I think Vicki is going to have a real helper there. I timed leaving once I had fed Libby and she happily slept all the way. It’s only about a 2.5 hour drive so the perfect distance to travel and for Libby to sleep most of the way. I was careful not to take too many things and Vicki had quite a few things that I could borrow to save me loading the car up.
I also suffered from a bad back over the last fortnight. It started in Centre Parcs, from lifting Libby awkwardly out of the cot and I just aggravated it with lifting her and carrying shopping as well as being in the car for long journeys to both Warrington and Poole. I ended up having some much needed acupuncture and it was brilliant. The physio gave me some exercises to do and within days it felt so much better. I decided to go back to yoga once it was healed as this has always helped keep my back strong and I had not had a problem with it over the last 6 years since practicing yoga. The doctor advised that I had to take it easy and not to overstretch as the pregnancy hormone relaxin was still in my body.
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