Wow it's been a while. It sure is true what they say, the days go slow and the weeks fly by (or whatever the saying is). Sometimes I can't believe that Charlotte is already 3 months old, a quarter of a year! Other times, I feel like she's been around for much longer.
She arrived in the most dramatic fashion on Sept 27, 2014. I haven't decided if I'm going to document her birth story or not. I had originally planned on it, but thinking about the whole thing gives me the shivers. It's the way my daughter came into the world though, so I may get around to writing it down.
I would say the first month was the hardest and most stressful, not because of the lack of sleep or healing from surgery (yup, I labored naturally for 32 hours and then had a c section), but because Charlotte lost so much weight and had trouble putting it back on. When she was born she was 8lb 15oz (big baby), and she was 8lb 4oz when we left the hospital. This wasn't bad in itself, but it took her 3 weeks to get back to 8 15 and that took a lot of work. She just didn't want to eat more than every 4 or 5 hours, and that's about half as often as her doctors wanted. There is nothing worse than hearing that she wasn't thriving like she should be. After lots of weight checks and appointments with midwives and lactation consultants we finally got the hang of things and she got back on track.
Now that her weight is where it should be things are much better. Sure it is difficult and I have no idea what I'm doing, but as long as she's a happy, healthy baby I'm a happy mama.
Anyway, I can foresee this blog changing directions, less outfits and more posts about my life with a mini me. I'm looking forward to documenting Charlotte's journey here, she's already changed so much!
Lexi
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