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@Jennimac: What a great stretch of sleep! I hope the drive goes well and that MM does okay during Christmas Eve Mass.

We're on our way home from my in laws house now. Hyla got a stuffed dog that is honestly taller than I am (I'm 5'5"). We strapped it into the front seat since I'm in the back. We are getting a lot of funny looks.

How was everyone's Christmas? Ours was great. Amazing how fun it is with a baby that has no idea what's happening - I can only imagine how fun the years to come will be. Her favorite gift by far was the Kick & Play piano - I have never seen her content for that long!

In other news, my milk supply has been up with all the calories I have been eating, but LO has been fussier & fussier while nursing. I can't remember a nursing session where she has stayed latched & not fussed other than nighttime. I get so frustrated because I know she leaves milk behind which is terrible for my supply. I keep saying I won't obsess about nursing & let things end peacefully but I am having a really hard time following through

@daniellemybelle: Holy cow, my milk supply has been way up too, to the point that I HAVE to pump at night or if she skips a feeding napping. I think eating real, home cooked food is helping, along with mainlining the water. It's so much easier to take care of myself when there are other people cooking, cleaning, and holding the baby.

We had a good Christmas! Hyla did really well being passed around to all the relatives. Her cousins loved her. I felt bad when my MIL cried as we left..she had fun at my parents house as well and met her great-grandma DeLois. We are all glad to be home having a low key day. I go back to work a week from today and I don't wanna! I want to snuggle my baby all day.

Here's a picture from our family nap today. It melts my heart.

@kjpugs: OMG the blowout pics are hilarious. They look so proud of themselves when they do it too, it's kind of hard to be mad at them. Hyla got tons of presents too, to the point that I'm not sure where I am going to put all of them. Especially Clarence. He's a beast. I wish I could get rid of him but it would break MIL's heart. He's too big for my house.

@evansjamie: Yeah, my mom thinks she is just getting distracted. Good to know I am not the only one. I am just so sensitive about this nursing thing. And I hate when she makes noise on the boob because I know she'll end up swallowing air which only worsens her gas!

@Jennimac: We had two almost blow-outs this morning. Stinky!

Hyla has been talking a lot more the past two days, and this morning she reached for and grabbed her rattle on the activity gym! I've never seen her like a toy so much!

@daniellemybelle: It's not a kick and play (I wish!). It has butterflies and unicorns and she LOVES it. Hyla eats between 6 and 8 times but does not STTN.

I never thought poop and boogers would be so entertaining. My how things change when you are a parent!

@daniellemybelle: um yeah...right there with you. It hurts my heart that I have to leave her on Thursday. I'm looking for a part-time job in my field so I can semi-SAH with her. It's not fair.

@Zbug: I was just about to invite you over from my other thread! Welcome welcome! Tell us a little about your LO, your pregnancy & birth to get us caught up

Let's see. My pregnancy was fairly standard, I guess. First trimester equalled nausea and tiredness, felt pretty great second trimester and was a little uncomfortable but luckily not miserable by the end. DD was born three days before my due date. I started having contractions the day before, they got pretty intense that night, strangely calmed down the next morning but then picked back up and I had her that night. I had a natural birth in a hospital and had a second degree tear. The thing I was least prepared for was recovering! I tried to go on a walk a week later and made it maybe half a block.

She was 6 lb 11 oz and 18 inches at birth and now weighs about 13 lbs. I need to measure her bc I swear she grew a lot longer overnight! Night sleep has been improving a lot, but we struggle with naps. Walking works every time, but I feel like I should be getting her to nap at home soon!

Looking forward to getting to know you all!

@Zbug: congrats and welcome! Are you sharing her name? So glad you're joining us, and congrats on the natural birth! I had 2nd degree tears (interior and exterior, which I didn't know was possible) too, ZOMG, cannot imagine it without at least some pain meds. Recovery was shocking for me too. For weeks, any walking just meant intense pressure/pain down there. I was also not prepared for that!

@Jennimac: omg how terrifying! I HATE stuff like that. I nearly lost my mind the time Effie projectiled. Glad your dad is a doctor and could check her out.

YOU GUYS... Effie slept 10-6 and then again 6:30- 9:45!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hubs is a HAPPY HAPPY MAN (since I'm working he is on duty!)

@Zbug: Welcome! I had a 2nd degree tear too so I know exactly what you went through.

@Jennimac: @evansjamie: @daniellemybelle: I go back to work on Jan 6th also. I have a flexible schedule which is great but I keep having these nightmares that DD is hysterical when I'm gone and I ugly cry at work and then when I get back from work she freaks out when I pick her up because she forgot who I am.

@Jennimac: Hyla has been coughing and choking some too and it scares me to death. As soon as I sit her up, she's fine, but it is scary.

@MapleMoose: I'm basically in denial that I have to go back on Thursday. I wish I could push it back until Monday, but at least it will be a short week before I'm home with her again. My husband is off until the 6th, so she's only doing half-days at daycare this week. He's so worried about her. I am too, but I'm trying to put on a brave face, when truthfully I'm holding back tears thinking about it right now.

@kjpugs: my MIL once mentioned hellobee, so now I'm paranoid. It's ridiculous, I know. I'm sure I will get over it and share her name eventually.

@Zbug: @kjpugs: Thankfully my MIl barely knows how to use a computer and I haven't told my mom about it. HB is my safe space.

@evansjamie: @Zbug: my hubs was face timing his mom and said something about me having a bunch of pics from Christmas on Instagram and I was behind the phone (where she couldn't see) motioning NO NO NO because OMG Instagram is my safe place. She comments on EVRYTHIG on Facebook- if any of her kids posts something- COMMENT. She also friended B's cousins (on her ex's side) and all his friends. She's on limited profile so she can't see things unless I tag her. I talked to my SIL because apparently MIl mentioned getting Instagram and SIL was like uh YEA none of us will help her hahahhaha. NO THANK YOU.

@kjpugs: Yah, Instagram is my safe space too. My mom has a Blackberry and my MIL does not even know how to use a regular cell phone, let alone an iPhone, so she'll never have Instagram. She does have an iPad, but only so she can FaceTime with Hyla.

@kjpugs: Two words: Wonder Week. Hyla has been eating tons and fussy.

@kjpugs: Hyla started hers early. She's been a fussy pants since a couple of days past Christmas.

@Zbug: exactly. In college FB was more something I wouldn't want my mom to see but now with employers, etc, I keep it real PC and don't post super often. IG? I post #effiegrams by the dozen! But I'm private on there.