Just Call Me Elsie

Not to be confused with Elise :-)

Seriously, I feel like Elsie the cow. I've been trying to build a milk supply for when I go back to work and using the pump is really funny...but it works so well. I've almost mastered the pumping and have reduced the time it takes to about 15 minutes, which will be great for work. However...feeding Kate the expressed milk is another story.

We started using a newborn feeding system for her and the difference between the breast and the bottle is HUGE. Poor little thing choked and choked as the milk from the bottle was coming out way too fast. So yesterday, I went to Target and bought another bottle system for her. We gave her a bottle last night and she seemed to do much better with it. She still choked a little, but it was nothing like the other bottle. It's hard to keep up with it...the bottle feeding, but she's got to get used to getting at least one to two bottles a day within the next six weeks. This week, I'm really going to stick to giving her a bottle every other day, then by next week, it'll have to go to once a day...ugh. It's so much easier to just pop her on the breast, but like any new experience, she needs time to adjust. It wouldn't be fair to leave Jon with her on my first morning back to work and have her not take the bottle.

Speaking of feeding...she's definitely getting her nutrients! Yesterday I had to go through her closet and fish out all of the 3-6 month outfits we were saving until she was..well...3-6 months. Not our Kate! Right now, she's wearing a little warm-up one piece suit that is 3-6 months, and it fits her perfectly! Our little weed!

Ooooo, I just noticed she's sleeping! That means I need to go so I can start to re-organize my closet and take out all the maternity clothes so I can send them to my friend Katie!

Have a great Monday!