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My husband and I have been touched by the outpouring of love and support that has been extended to our family and our little girl.
Lily will be four weeks old on Thursday, and overall things are going pretty well. Despite being born nearly a month early, Lily presents very few challenges outside of what would be considered “typical” for a newborn. Our only real struggle is with feeding. She knows how to latch on and drink, but she has a tendency to turn her head away from where the milk is flowin’, and every feed is a struggle because she gets very frustrated with the whole situation when that happens. Also, she’s famous for thrusting her hand/fist/thumb(s) in front of her face just when she’s about to latch on, then she gets very peeved when milk doesn’t come out of the appendage she’s selected at that particular time! Because of that, feeding her requires my husband’s help, because he has to hold her arms out of the way so that she can’t do that. I’ve met with the lactation consultant at our pediatrician’s office and she’s been a tremendous help, but everyone agrees that we’ll just have to wait for Lily to work through this problem on her own. It does make me a little nervous for what’s to come in two weeks when my husband returns to work part-time, but we’ll get through it.
Other than that, Lily is starting to grow into quite the little character! She already has a whole host of funny faces that she loves to make, and she’s got grunting and snorting down pat. For the past week and a half or so, she’s been able to lift her head for longer and longer periods of time, which has been fun to watch. Her legs are getting very strong, and she’s great at using her feet to push up against things and to make herself stiff as a board if she’s not particularly happy with things. Every day she gives us something new to watch.
I have more photos of her, but they are all on my husband’s computer, so as soon as I can get them transferred over to mine, I’ll do some posting.