Brie and Me

TIME Activity 6:00 AM FEED Still asleep. 6:30 AM Mommy gets up to take shower and fix breakfast for Daddy. Baby WAKES UP. Sometimes she'll wake up earlier or a bit later but we make sure she's up by 7am to keep with the schedule. She also usually wakes up babbling and gearing herself up to POOP. 7:00 AM Daddy gives Baby a bath. This is daddy's quality time with Baby. He gives her a bath, dresses her up, plays with her, and talks to her while he eats his breakfast. We started to introduce solids so Baby gets a taste of whatever she has for the week. Only about 1/4 teaspoon, which she doesn't always finish. After eating Mommy cleans her tongue (we've been doing this daily since she was 2 months old, and then she takes her daily dose of 1ml Vitamin D) 8:00 AM Baby is terribly tired by now. So it's time to FEED and SLEEP. NAP #1 Daddy gets ready for work and leaves while Baby is asleep. 9:00 AM Baby WAKES UP. FEED if she wants to, I always offer when s...

Brie is almost 5 months old. When she was 3 months old, she displayed some level of preference on the right breast. She didn't reject the left boob out right, but there would be instances when I try to nurse her but she would turn away unless I give her the right breast instead of the left one. I read about it and online articles said that's normal. What I don't understand (yet?) is why it only happens sometimes ? And why is it worse for the past couple few days? Today is the worst yet, it came to the point where I thought I'd have to pump just to make sure I don't get too engorged. I've already suffered plugged ducts and mastitis so I'm careful with giving each breast equal opportunity and making sure we don't miss feedings. Luckily I found a window of opportunity! I tricked Brie to taking the left boob when she woke up too early from her nap. I rocked her to get her drowsy and when I laid her on the bed I offered it to her and she took it! I did ha...

Schedule at 3 months? Non-existent based on my experience. I actually tried to write it down once but on the very next day, only morning wake up time and night sleep time was consistent and that's because at 3 months, she practically established it for us. I was feeding her non-stop then. I made it a point to feed her every 1.5 hours when we're at home where she has unlimited access to the boobies. That means I might end up feeding her half an hour after previous feeding if it looks like she wants to nurse. When we're out, usually during the weekends, 1.5 hour was my normal guide. I couldn't understand how mommies ended up waiting for 2 hours before the baby's next feed when Brie seemed to want to/need to nurse way before the 2 hour mark. The only time she'd stretch to 2 hours is during night sleep.

Brie will be 5 months in a week and from our last pedia visit, she gave us the green light to start solids. We are so excited! We got this OXO Tot Feeding Set from Amazon but we'll only be using the spoons and the bib for the first week. I want to introduce bananas first. And only a little at a time. Just a taste. She doesn't really need to eat solids for nutrition since we're still breastfeeding.

Finally got to fixing Brie's clothes! We got a shower curtain from the hardware store and took out one shelf to get the desired height. Put both together and there you have it! Her very own space for her pretty, tiny clothes! These are for the "nice" clothes and dresses so it's easy to choose which one she'll wear for the weekend. The onesies stay in the drawers :) When the dresses get longer (as she grows taller), we'll probably have to take out the bottom shelf as well. I'm still figuring out the best way to organize her leggings and shoes... I don't want to just put them on the bottom shelf because the dog would surely snoop there.