Hi pippi and lilirose!
Ahh, it's really good to hear how you're both getting on. Sounds like all is going well!
Pippi - well done on persevering with the breast feeding, glad that's all going well and Clara is gaining good weight. I know what you mean about feeling a bit sad about them not looking so newborn anymore, these early days are so so precious, they really are to be treasured. My mum has one of those Ikea chairs, they are so comfy. We've still got our cards up top, as like you, we're still getting some given to us. We recently had a new Next superstore open up near to where we live, so we seem to be getting a lot of next clothes as gifts! I've also had to exchange some for bigger sizes as she just won't get the wear out of the smaller ones.
Lilirose - Alex sounds like she's thriving too! I tried Infacol with Isla as she was suffering with painful wind, but she would pull a face and just let it all dribble out of her mouth...God knows why they made it orange flavour...surely a milky flavour would go down better!! We've switched to Dr Browns bottles now, which are a pain to wash as they have lots of parts to them, but they really have helped with her wind and she seems a much happier baby now. So pleased to hear your sister has been enjoying spending time with Alex and helping you, it must be hard x
Islas also doing well...she was 10lb 3oz at last weigh in which was two weeks ago..I reckon she's got to be around 11lbs by now...she's a little chunk! She's only has one full feed of expressed breast milk per day now as that all I can get out, so I'm sure that won't last much longer now which makes me sad. I'm still disppointed with myself that I didn't persevere with the breast feeding. But hey ho, she's healthy and I'm thankful for that. She has about 6oz every 3-4 hours, sometimes going 5 in the night if I'm lucky! I'm getting smiles too and we've had a couple of little chuckles, just love her so much it hurts. She was on infant gaviscon for a while as she was suffering with reflux, but that seems to be a lot better now...I'm not convinced it was reflux to be honest...I still think it was a bit of colic as it seems to have improved as we've changed the bottles. Keep meaning to book our 6 week post natal check up with the doctor - I'm hoping they can give me some more information on the birthmark she has on her face...it's on her nose and runs down one side of her top lip, it's not huge, but it's a reddish colour and quite noticeable. Everyone keeps saying it will fade, but it seems to be the same so far. I have to admit, when I first saw it I was pretty upset. I had visions of her having the Mickey taken out of her at school and being teased about it. We're hoping to pop into the clinic next week with some flowers, I'd also like to find out if the lady I donated my eggs to was successful...I feel ready to find out now. I cannot believe that Isla will be 6 weeks tomorrow...I just feel so incredibly lucky to have been blessed with her, she really is a little treasure.
I hope everyone else is doing well, hopefully some more of the May/June due date crew will pop up on here soon!
Xxx