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Melody is 5 weeks 4 days old and weighs 12.5 lbs now!! she is also 22 inches long.
She now mimics me and my hubby when we stick our tongues out at her and she smiles more at me

My only struggle is waiting for my 6 week check up next week so that I can be cleared to have sex which I missed dearly.
This week I think I am going to go and get my hair cut, that will be my brief me time lol
For sure feeling Fall here in WI it's been getting down in the 30's at nightView Thread

I heard her first coo last night and it was soo sweet I cannot wait for her to start doing it more.
My only struggle is I went back to work today ( I know kinda of early for it but we need the income ) and so I am working on weaning off of pumping and so my boobs are slightly sore from dropping minutes off of my pumping time.
This week I am going to enjoy going to bed early with Melody so we can snuggle and I can get more sleep and then after my midnight pumping session snuggling with my hubby and hearing about his day at school.
The weather is a bit all over the place here in WI it can be in the 70-80's during the day but then it drops to the high 40's at night which feels sooo cold to me.View Thread

not saying it works every time but it does work here and thereView Thread

My main concern is how do I get my milk to slowly dry up with having to deal with engorged breasts?
any advice or tips would be great, I also have a lot of breast milk frozen so that as I am switching her completely over she will still have milkView Thread


It's been 3 weeks since I had my baby and I only have 3lbs left to lose to hit my pre-pregnancy weight.
I don't like my tummy right now as it's all lose and my belly button still hasn't gone back to being an innie and I wonder if it ever will.View Thread



Little Melody is 2 weeks old today, she is eating every 1 1/2-2 hours so I think she is going through a growing spurt.
She is also able to hold her head up all by herself for 10 seconds

Monday moans: I am sooo sick of pumping!!!! Melody won't latch on so we have been strictly pumping and bottle feeding but I feel like I am constantly pumping and that I have no life.
This week I am taking a long hot shower and nobody is allowed to interrupt me lol
The weather here in WI is hot again we are in the 90's todayView Thread


as of right now we sort of sleep through the night, Melody wakes up every 2 1/2 -3 hours has a bottle and then goes right back to sleep but she sleeps 10pm-10am so I am at least getting some sleep.
My perfect date night is going out for dinner with the hubby and then back to a hotel room with a whirlpool in the room and then we just have a glass of whatever we are int he mood for soak in the tub and then sleep til we wake up without the alarm going off.
I think our next date night like that will be the beginning of OctoberView Thread
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