today maria is 5 weeks old!friday morning i took my first 'solo' walk with maria and daisy. we went about a half-mile and maria was awake for about 200 feet of that walk. on friday afternoon, my friend sara stopped by and brought lunch. she watched maria for a little bit while i took a shower.
on saturday i (amelia) mowed the yard and cut down some annoying vines that grow over the fence from our neighbor's yard. chris was super great about taking care of maria overnight and all day saturday and sunday. on saturday she got a bath. she is getting more comfortable with bath time and we are getting better about not drowning her. we took a little walk sunday afternoon so chris could use the baby bjorn that my brother gave us. chris was pretty excited about using the bjorn. he's been waiting years to carry a baby in front of him. it was the most spontaneous thing we have done in 5 weeks. so spontaneous that we didn't have the camera.
i haven't entirely given up on breastfeeding but i had to make the executive decision that i just can't provide anywhere near enough for maria. we've been giving her more and more formula. more formula has led to less poop but the poop that comes out is amazingly gross!! i'm doing my best to give her as much breastmilk as i can in hopes that her poo gets better. it probably won't. i haven't been grossed out by her poop until last night. it was really bad. it was the first time i wanted to wear scrubs and a surgical mask and gloves to change her. she was smiling the entire time. that little stinker.
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