Well the entire week was pretty uneventful up until last night.  My days seem as though they're beginning to run together so I can't very well keep track of what happened on which day this week.  Earlier in the week we tried to do a photo shoot with Grandma and Grandpa and that has turned into an ongoing process.  It's hard to keep babies content and sleepy to take newborn pictures.  In the midst of all the outfit changes we had to change a dirty diaper too so we thought it was the best time to work on the cute naked baby photos.... Turns out Lily thought it was the best time to PEE ON MOMMY!  I have been around tons of babies most of my life so it was nothing new, just one of those rites of passage every parent gets to go through with their children. 

After her bath yesterday I noticed that Lily's hair is beginning to get a little kinky.  Maybe it will turn into some kinda curls, but I doubt it.  Either way I think she'll have perfect hair.  :)  I've been trying to conquer her dry skin too lately and I think I finally found my saving grace. Johnson's baby lotion with shea and cocoa butter.  It smells so so good and works wonders on her soft baby skin.  Also yesterday after her bath and first late night feeding I discovered that Lily's umbilical cord had fallen off.  Currently she's got an outie, but I've been told that it very well could change to an innie.  Super excited for her to be able to take a real bath and to go swimming.  I hope that I get cleared by my doctor for swimming soon too so that we can go together! 

As far as my own personal healing goes I think I'm doing well.  Some days I'm more tired than others but I think that just comes with the breastfeeding territory and Lily hasn't exactly found her way into an eating schedule yet either.  During labor I tore just a little bit and ended up with 5 stitches and they're my only true complaint.  They're so uncomfortable, itchy, and just a pain in my rear.  Literally.  Breastfeeding is going great as far as I can tell too.  The only issue we've come across is Lily's inability to stay awake through the entire feeding.  So, instead of 20 minutes on each breast we have to switch back and forth twice after 10 minutes on each side so that she can be reawakened in between.  Takes a little longer to get her belly full, but I know that it's soooo worth it.  After getting a feeding rhythm down I have discovered why so many women choose not to breast feed.  It takes an insane amount of dedication, time, and perseverance.  I don't think I've experienced the worst kind of engorgement yet, but I'm getting there.  Sometimes I really feel like my chest is going to explode if Lily sleeps for longer than 4 hours without waking to eat.  Nipple soreness dissipated to basically nothing after the first few days and has stayed pretty painless.  I think a lot of that is due to constant moisturizing with lanolin in between feedings and then directly after each feeding I have applied a lanolin free nipple butter to relieve the soreness.  It works wonders and will be a product that I will recommend to every new mommy in the future.

Two days ago Lily tried out her motorized swing for the first time.  I had just been a little nervous about the angle of the back and Lily's ability to keep her head stable so I hadn't tried it out yet.  Turns out my baby girl is stronger than I had thought and she loved the swing.  Lights and sounds are still kind of pointless as she's completely unaware of them I think, but she loved the swinging motion.

 Last night was the first night she slept in her crib.  I know, I know, I read all about SIDS and co-sleeping and told myself I wouldn't do it.  But then she was born, and I held her, and never wanted to let her go.  So for the first two weeks, I didn't.  She spent the last few nights sleeping right next to my bed in her bassinet and she did great so I decided to leave the bassinet in the living room so she has a place to sleep through the day without being forced to put her in her crib in the very back of the house.  (Maybe a little overprotective but I just don't want her that far away from me and I can't let myself trust baby monitors)  First night in her crib was a success though and we will continue to sleep in our separate beds no matter how badly Mommy wants to cuddle.  I will save the snuggling for the daytime naps she takes.  

Tomorrow, after I get some much needed laundry done, I think we'll try out the baby sling thingamajig.  It will probably be a comical experience for me as I've never used one before so we'll have pictures to document our adventure. :)