more lessons learned

Pushed myself to go on the breastfeeding support group's trip out to a local cafe, even though it meant getting up at 6am and stressing to get Elizabeth ready. I hadn't banked on the fact that I'd have to walk from the carpark to the cafe carrying the car seat with Elizabeth in it (downside of our pram system - too big to take into cafes really). When we got there I was presently surprised to see how alert Elizabeth was, looking around at all the goings on which made it all worthwhile. If it wasn't for this, and the nice chocolate muffin I managed to eat one-handedly, I'd have questioned whether it was worth the effort, particularly when I found myself kneeling on the floor of a very small toilet cubicle changing a very dirty nappy. It had leaked and Elizabeth's tights were promptly pulled off - but I didn't have any spare so she had to wear a sleepsuit for the rest of the morning! Mental note - take spares on future outings (thankfully I had a spare vest, sleepsuit and importantly nappy wrap).

She has been weighed - now 13lb. She's feeding so frequently so must be hungry - about every two hours at the moment, but still sleeping through the night. In fact, our attempts to bring her bed time forward have been successful - she slept from 8.50pm last night, so doing the bath earlier has worked.

Not much success trying new nappy folds, I don't think the 'poo catcher' or the 'bat fold' are up to much, both resulted in leaks at the leg. The kitefold resulted in quite a spectacular leak up the back this morning, so I'm standing by with a Jo-fold to try when Elizabeth wakes up.

She saw her first snow today, and because the nationwide blanket of snow had fallen I rang to cancel my 'talk about' appointment at the hospital where I was due to go through the finer details of my labour. I'll go next Wednesday instead.

I've just ordered the next size wrap for Elizabeth for when she's 20lb (ish). Chose another design to go with the ocean and wetland design - rainforest. Also ordered more sanitiser and calendula nappy change cream, after having searched high and low on the internet for a cheaper price opted to stick with the Nappylady.