KHAAAAAAANN's Friends

Mostly a breastfeeding post. (I warned you)
Breastfeeding is really taxing these first couple weeks. I don't really get a lot of 'me' time... not that I ever need any 'me' time. A shower once or twice a week and I am happy. haha.

Amelia is eating really well. Every three hours like clockwork. The other night she was up to 6 pounds exactly.
I was told by 3 separate lactation consultants that I need to be waking her up and forcing her to eat every 2 hours. This doesn't happen. It can't happen. First of all, she won't wake up and eat... or she'll wake up and then fall asleep at the breast so she's not even eating anyhow. Secondly... if I feed her every two hours and feeding takes an hour, when do we sleep? Yeah.
She's gaining weight and outputting plenty of dirty diapers so I'm not worried.

I called the La Leche League yesterday because I am concerned about Amelia's poop. It's the normal color of breastfed baby poop but it's formed into little balls. They aren't hard... they're kind of spongy and she grunts a lot when she's pooping.
I was told that my milk is "really rich" but I can't find anything online to figure out how to make it less rich. My guess is just to cut out as much fat as I can in my diet. I'm attempting this and we'll see what happens.

Other than some exhaustion from this new schedule things are going great. She's super quiet and simply adorable. She makes the cutest faces ever. I plan on getting pictures of all of her little expressions. Especially the face she makes after she sneezes. She'll sneeze a couple times and then like... yell at the sneezes and make this little old man face. It's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen.

The cats are still a little weary of her, and they've taken the liberty to start using the bedroom as a litterbox again. I think that they are warming up to her now though and I'm finding less pee in the bedroom. Needy little kitties.

I wish more people would come visit! We don't get out much because it's so cold and we're still getting into the groove.

And for your viewing pleasure... pictures of ( Amelia! )
If we're friends on Facebook (which we should be) you've already seen these pictures. Haha.

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