We are settling in to life with a new baby. So far things are going great! Nora had her 3 day check up with Dr. Evers and she was already 8 lbs 3.5 oz. He was surprised–she didn’t even go down from her birthweight. I wasn’t surprised–all she wants to do is nurse I talked to him about the tongue-tie, and he didn’t seem to think it was any big deal. I still want to have it clipped. I made an appointment with a pediatric dentist to have him look at it. Hopefully he will agree that it is really easy, and will just clip it.

The kids have been doing great! They are both so nice to their new sister, and they don’t seem to be jealous at all. Emma asks to hold her a lot, and they both ask to see “Baby Nora” all the time. I am so happy that it hasn’t been too hard for them so far. Scott has really spent a lot of time with both of them, especially Ian. Yesterday he took Ian to his music class and then to the toy store. He bought him a set of planets to hang in his room. Ian loves them, and Scott spent a long time in there with him hanging them up, and teaching him about the names of the planets. Ian was thrilled!

I am doing really well too. I am adjusting to having all 3 kids. Yesterday was my most “back to normal” day. Emma had school and Ian had music class. So I had to get up and get them both fed and dressed and out of the house by 8:30am, all while holding and juggling Nora. It worked out fine, and I did great Luckily Scott took Emma to school, and then went to Ian’s music class. I stayed home with Nora. Then in the evening, Scott had a hockey game so I had to put everyone to bed by myself. It worked out, except Emma ended up getting sick and throwing up in her room. I felt so bad for her. I had to hold Nora while I cuddled and soothed Emma. But, Emma was such a trooper. She is so good natured when it comes to throwing up. She does it, and then she is fine.

My emotions have been pretty good. I have had moments each day where I feel a bit weepy, and needy. I feel like I need Scott around a lot, and I don’t like him to be gone. I was glad that his meeting got cancelled yesterday, I didn’t want him to go out of town already! But, everyday things are getting better. Yesterday I really felt great almost all day–just like my regular self. Then in the evening I felt a little bad again. It seems to be worse in the late afternoon/evening. But, I am feeling positive and I know that with each day it is getting better and better. Soon everything will be back to normal!

I have been working on getting Nora to sleep in the bassinet. Yesterday she did really well with it! I put the sleep positioner in there, and she took 2 naps for about 2 hours each in there. I was thrilled. I still haven’t been able to get her to sleep there at night, but I know that will come. So far the nights have been pretty good. She has been sleeping next to me, and I have been getting quite a bit of sleep. She wakes to nurse, but I really have no idea how many times. My goal, though, is to have her sleeping in her bassinet.

I think that breastfeeding is going well. Yesterday she didn’t seem to nurse quite as much, but she was still about every 2 hours. The evening is the worst–she seems to want to nurse constantly. I am a little concerned because she doesn’t seem to be pooping as much as she should. Yesterday she had one really good sized poop, and one or two really small ones, more like stains on the diaper. I think that by now she should be having 4-5 good sized ones a day. I hope she starts going more. She doesn’t seem to stay active at the breast for more than 5 minutes or so–I wonder if that has to do with her tongue-tie? I hope she is getting enough–I will weigh her in a few more days, and then I should know for sure.