6 weeks.

Leia is 6 weeks old today. :)
We wish it was 6 months.. :D



Mummy baby. After a walk with Pappa today.

She sleeps for most of the time on her walks, but she always wakes up as soon as we arrive home.. :/ So, it almost isn't worth the effort of going on a walk since she doesn't sleep, and then mamma and pappa just waste more energy by walking so much.. :/ :) (without getting a nap after getting home).



Typical Leia behavior. She wasn't very happy to be in the baby carrier, but we have to get her used to it for airport use.

The Flying Baby.She usually keeps her limbs this stiff, and it makes it very difficult to feed her.. :/ At least she can hold her head well..

Yesterday was a pretty good day - today wasn't as good.. :/ :)
She woke up around the same time during the night, at 03.30, and whined a little but slept some with Pappa for 1½ hour. And then we tag-teamed and I had her from 5-8 this morning on the pull-out downstairs. Trying to keep her satisfied with food (which is getting more and more difficult), and trying to get her to sleep some.

She was unhappy because of her tummy.. :/ (the same thing as yesterday). She is grumpy and crying until she passes lots of gas, and then she poos and then she is fine.. :/ I don't think it is as much gas as it is constipation (I didn't think that breastfed babies could get constipated)... :/

She is fighting with feeding on the breast.. :/
And even though she eats constantly, my breast milk just is not coming in very well at all any more. :(

I fed her between breasts from 10-12 today, let her take her time, and just eat. An then at 12 she at 160 ml (6 oz) of formula. And then at 14.15, she wanted to eat again.. :/ There is just NO way I can keep up with her.. :/ You would think that with as much as she eats and quickly takes milk from me, that it would be constantly flowing from my body..... :/

So, today Fredrik and I discussed giving her only formula (modersmjölksersättning).. :/ I don't want to.. :( It is soo much better for her to receive the breastmilk, but I can not keep up with her demand, and my nipples are bruised and have sores on them, and they constantly burn.. :/ Because she is constantly attached.

I am going to try as hard as possible to keep it up at least until we go to the US, so that she has the option of comfort sucking on the airplane, which we hope will keep her quiet. :/ Fredrik doesn't think she will sleep at all during the whole trip to the US. I think she might sleep some on the plane, but I do think that she will be a big hassle.. :/ And I do think that everyone on the plane is going to plot against us and throw us off mid-Atlantic.. :/ :))

But that IS still 2 weeks away, and that is a lot of time in the World of Babies. She could be 100x better or even 100x worse..

But last night she slept from 16.30-19.30 (3hr), and then from 21.00-01.30 (4½hr), and then from 02.30-03.30 (1hr).

She slept only a short time during the day today when Fredrik took her for a walk, and then she fell asleep around 15.40 and is still asleep now.

I can deal with her sleeping little, I graduated from University - I didn't sleep for 4 year straight, :D but that mixed with the now troubled eating and her bad temperment (from wanting food all the time, being tired, and upset tummy), is trying at times.. :/ :)

But we still love her. ;)