Time flew by...
Mia is such a good baby.... very alert and likes to smile all the time! She nurses a lot... on average, she'll nurse every 2 hours if not every hour and a half. She's so chubby now! At 3 weeks she weighed near 9 pounds! Yes, it's exhausting feeding her so often, but so worth it and I'm really enjoying it. It's amazing how much more confidence a mother has with the second child compared with the first. Of course, with Lila it was hectic since the very beginning and the experience we had with her gave me a certain sense of insecurity which took a while for me to let go of. However, I wouldn't change a thing about it because I learned a lot from it and how to relinquish control of some things.
Sadly, Mia also has a lot of colic and cries a lot. I feel helpless because there's really NOTHING a mom can do to help alleviate the pain except wait until she's about 3 months old when it naturally stops. I've done my share of researching and changed my diet but I guess waiting is the best medicine right now. I never wished for time to go by fast until now.
Her umbilical cord stump hasn't fallen off yet... yes...that's right. I was worried at first but, since there's no infection, I guess there's really nothing to worry about. It's actually weird that I think it's sort of neat that her umbilical cord stump is still intact because I feel it's the little symbol of both of us being connected and when I look at it I smile... :)
So, not much to report this month. We'll be back next month!
STATS:
weight: 8.6 lbs
height: 21 inches
MILESTONES:
First smile: 7/31/2010
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