Jennalee is 2 weeks old

So at the 2week appointment she weighed 6lbs 13oz... gained a whole 1 oz... but that's because of the nursing issues below. She was measured at 19 3/4inches long. :) Still 25% for her whole body. It was a pretty boring appointment, he did say that she should be recognizing faces and smiling at people she recognizes, that's fun to know. She dose smile a lot.

Her belly button is all done, it needs a little more alcohol to dry it out, but it's looks like Addie's button so no more cord hanging on. She snorts a lot less than she used to, and she is pretty darn good at the NUK binky when she wants it. She is seriously very strong and rolls nearly completely over, she rolls onto her right side and its so fast she scares me. She has blonde roots growing already and her eyes are very blueish grey... so I think again she will be blonde and blue eyed like her daddy. She has been sleeping pretty good she does wake up once or twice now each night instead of having a every other night waking 3-4 times... so thats nice, during the day there is a few hours she is awake and awnry.. LOL She doesn't like to be in the bouncer like Addie used to love, she DOES however like the swing and Adlanna never liked the swing until she was like 9months. LOL

At the dr. office a little girl was playing in the waiting room with Adlanna and asked her what her name was and adlanna never answered. We usually ask her who this is and point to her, so in the car I asked her what her name was in case she didn't know what a name was, and she shouted Addie... so I guess she was just shy. but it was cute.

The trip was very pleasant and I would have ran a second errand but it was Adlanna's nap time so we just went home.

She had her heel poked for the second half of the PKU test and MAN she screamed like she was dying it was a new cry I had never heard and just broke my heart. :(

The joys of nursing...

yes I will admit, the title is sarcastic, I have yet to be able to enjoy nursing yet. I know it will come and wouldn't have it any other way... but right now its a trial in my life and OH SO FRUSTERATING!

So if your not into reading about breastfeeding or my nipples stop reading this post now and just scroll down for the latest cute pics!

So apparently Jennalee has a SMALL mouth and cannot get my nipple in her mouth correctly... 1. I was holding her too high, and 2. she's not opening wide enough. So this results in tongue flicking on my actual nipple instead of under it and that leads to cracked bloody nipples... yeah that's right grab yourself in pain just thinking about it, because I do! OUCH, Once or twice I pulled her off and just cried it hurt so bad. I figured I didn't know if I could heal while nursing or If I would have to pump until i healed and i wasn't sure exactly what caused it and so I took action. I called one lady and left her a message on the phone, then I emailed a different lady because the first didn't call back, that lady said she was going out of town for 3 days to try this 3rd lady, so I did but she was based in SLC so she could only talk or type and by this time I was determined that someone needed to come see what the problem was to diagnose instead of saying it could be this or this or this... GRRRRRRRRRr...... So then I finally got a call back from the first lady 3 days after I left the message and she directed me to someone here local cause i guess she was in St. George to talk to. I called her immediatly and she said she wanted to come over RIGHT THEN thank goodness someone was really willing to help me.

She arrived perfect timing we woke the baby up and went to town. She moved the baby down lower so my nipple pointed at the roof of her mouth more and get the tongue further away, then said i needed to use a nipple shield for 3-5 days until i healed and then to try just one session without it, then upgrade the next day to two and so forth. So the shield is amazing, seriously it took my pain levels from a 8.5-9 down to a 2 GREAT news! Also I had to swith to nursing only one side at a time to give each side a lot more time to heal and to relax, the pain causes the milk to stop or slow... well that explains why she would eat and be hungry 30min later. WHEW! (I had tried the shield myself the night before but Jennalee wanted nothing to do with it and just made me cry because she was screaming so MAD because she didn't want the shield... anyway It was hard) the nurse had a syringe with my pumped milk in it to shoot in her mouth at the same time as the shield to tell her it was ok this was new but had milk for her too. She took onto it right away!

The lady also said that she could and would learn to get her whole meal in 30min so no camping out i'm not a national park, she said the first time I pop her off after 30min she would be hungry but by the time the next side came around it would be compensating. AND let me tell you it did... i was ready to burst... OUCH in a whole new way. Anyway very interesting.

So i will admit i can't seem to get her full in 30 min the lady said she should learn to get it all in , but i'm telling you she just can't she isn't done, i'm not near empty and she is hungry way moe frequently. So I know the sheild doesn't send out as much milk, so maybe after the shield is gone this will work better.

We went up the canyon with Sherie this past weekend and I forgot my shield...(that story to follow) well o'well can't let the baby starve,, i was more concerned the baby wouldn't know what to do without the shield because the shield is like a madonna boob sticking WAY out there LOL but she latched and went to town and I will also say that it was only like a 3 on the painscale so maybe she is opening up wider practicing with the shield. *shrug*

Also the lady said I should be soaking 3-4 times daily in a 1/2 tsp salt to 1 cup water solution... I did once and soaked myself and keep forgetting since LOL but I should it will help me heal faster and will kill any bacteria so nothing gets infected... but its hard to find time to think about it let alone soak for 10mins 3-4 times a day.

Ok, that's my nursing rant. I am glad we have figured out the problem and hopefully i'm onto recovery so nursing can be enjoyable and not just a source of high frusteration!!!

XOXO

Some random cute pics!

Don't forget to scroll down to the next post and vote for my girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE VOTE AND HELP ME WIN

One of my favorite blogs is running a fundraiser for March of Dimes she has TONS of prizes and get entered to win when you make a donation to the cause. She also promises a prize to anyone who donates over $15.00. Among this fun she is running a Cute baby, kid and pet contest to also support the cause and spread the word.
I have entered Adlanna and Jennalee into this contest and wanted to share it with you so you could RUN VOTE FOR MY GIRLS

The baby contest is HERE and Jennalee is #3

The Kid contest is HERE and Adlanna is #15

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Picture fun

So the story behind this picture:
Yesterday I walked in to get Adlanna from her bed in the morning, and she wasn't in her bed. She wasn't playing with toys, she wasn't on the top bunk, or in the closet... I couldn't find her. I could hear her breathing... but could not physically see her. It was so strange so know she was there but couldn't find her, I bent down to look under the slide but nothing... Then she giggled because I said "you who Adlanna" and she was on that shelf circled, sitting indian style and bent over her legs, I ran to get the camera and told her to sit still so I could take a pic, (which normally works) but she was down before I returned. :(
I had a good laugh.

anyone remember this outfit? I love love love Carters matching outfits I wish that's all I owned for both kids everyday! LOVE THEM!

The other King family update

So I have to periodically update the familys and people I want in my scrapbook and there is a lot of adorable pics of our neice bailey lately that I have to show you all. She just started a dance class, OH MY! She couldn't get cuter! Now we need video Josie!

I am sorry but I think Cliff's face is so so stinking funny!

Check out the cute pumpkin hat josie made and her new ETSY shop here because my girls are models there and so they are famous!!!


Seriously I am not sure if Josie made this dress, but I want one if she did. It's it adorable!!!
gotta love the cheese face!

An update for the Loden family

So Joane posted (MY BFF) new pics of the boys and Connors blessing weekend and since I can't be there I am going to blog it so it's in the blog book :)
YEAH!!! WAY cute family pics J!









If I can't have boys.. (YET) then I can admire Joane's!