My Cup of Tea

Getting to know you...

...getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me...

Joseline and I have had an adventurous first week. It began with me being a little too sure of myself in latching her on... and being completely wrong, resulting in cracking and bleeding on my left side - ouch. Once I humbled myself and admitted to myself that maybe I wasn't latching her on just right, I was able to adjust things, and now our latch is much better, and my poor abused nipples are healing.

Joseline is a great sleeper - we very much like that about her. A few nights ago, it seemed like she would have slept all night had I let her, but I was worried about waking her up to feed her in the middle of the night. She has also been a little jaundiced, and the pediatrician said to make sure she nurses every 2-3 hours to help her little body get rid of the jaundice. So I woke her up. But the next day I started reading about when people let their newborn sleep through the night. Most people said "never wake a sleeping baby at night" and I think I completely agree with that philosophy (except if they're sick or something, but of course there are always exceptions). Last night we put her to sleep at midnight (after a nice evening of nursing nursing nursing) and she slept until just after 6am. It was beautiful. Then she nursed for about an hour, then went back to sleep until around 10am. We'll see how her sleeping habits continue to form. I hope she enjoys sleeping at night... I sure do.

She's very active when she's awake and not wanting to nurse. Active and very happy. She mostly just kicks around and wiggles, looking around at stuff. 

She loves her Papai's voice - loves to listen to him talk to her and sing to her.

She enjoys Vincente's antics, which is good, because sometimes I can't handle his craziness - but she reminds me that he's not really that bad.

...getting to know you, putting it my way...

...but nicely...

...you are precisely...

... my cup of tea...