Week 10
After being away from home for almost two weeks Ava Joy and I have definitely enjoyed being back in our home and spending time with Jordan/Daddy. :) Unfortunatley, Ava Joy spent the beginning of this week still feeling pretty bad with her cold. Sunday afternoon it seemed like it got really bad, she was so congested, coughing, sneezing. It was terrible. It is so hard to feel so helpless. We were using a humidifier, steaming up the bathroom, suctioning out her nose, putting saline drops in her nose, yet nothing was seeming to help. I put a call into her doctor and they told us to take her in to Peds After Hours just to make sure it hadn't gotten into her lungs. It was still just a bad cold, and there was still nothing we could really do except let her body fight it off. I was very relieved it was nothing worse. By Monday afternoon she was really starting to feel better and was getting back to her smiley self. The one big hiccup we are having as a side effect of her not feeling well is Ava Joy no longer has any interest in a bottle. She was taking it great and now... nothing. I'm hoping that since she's feeling better she'll take to it again. It makes going out in public a whole lot easier! While she was sick I also didn't put her down to sleep at night because she was choking on her spit and mucous so much I just felt much more comfortable holding her all night. Sleep deprivation was definitely worth making sure she was ok! I was worried it would interfere with her sleeping but as soon as she was feeling better she was sleeping like a champ through the night again.
Monday morning I went into school to drop off some supplies and meet my students. I didn't stay too long because I was anxious to get home to my princess since she wasn't feeling well. I did extend my maternity leave while at school to the full twelve weeks. I have no idea what I was thinking only taking part of it. Now I don't start back until November 5th which also means that Thanksgiving break and Christmas break will follow shortly after which will give me more time with my Muffin. She slept the whole time I was gone and was just waking up when I got home.
Tuesday was her 2 month check up. She weighed in at 11 pounds 5 ounces and was 23.25 inches long. She's in the 50th percentile for weight, 90th for height, and 75th for head circumference. She also got her first shots. :( She was SUCH a champ though. I cried longer than she did. Popped that boob in her mouth and she was a happy girl, even stopping to look up at me and smile.
Thursday we went grocery shopping and did a little shopping at Old Navy. Ava Joy got her first cowboy hat. It is pretty much the cutest thing ever! Friday we went to visit Daddy at work and bring him lunch.
This week I also joined Weight Watchers online. I really want to get this leftover preggo weight off but don't want my milk supply to drop. Weight watchers calculates in if you are breast feeding so I feel comfortable doing it this way. Ava Joy and I have also been jogging every night and she has started using the regular stroller seat this week. I need to pull out the jogging stroller pretty soon.
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