5 Weeks Old!

My amazing baby is 5 weeks today and getting so big and so beautiful! The health visitor came yesterday morning to do her 6 week check (she's going to be on vacation for the next 2 weeks so she wanted to get it done before she left). Jessica now weighs 9lbs 12oz and is 21 inches long. That up from her birth weight of 8lbs (which fell to 7lbs 5oz after she came home) and 19 inches. Her muscle tone is great and she's starting to lift her head like a pro! She's growing so well and we're still exclusively breast feeding. I feel so blessed that it actually works for us. I hear and read so many stories of women who have incredible problems with breast feeding. Either baby won't latch correctly or they have supply issues... other than some soreness (to be expected!) and getting the hang of things, it's gone brilliantly for us!

She's starting to outgrow her newborn clothes (which is fine by us since those are the ones she had the fewest of!) It's amazing to watch her start to develop a little personality. Her eyes follow you and she's so much more alert now.

I made life difficult for myself the other day though. I went to make some coffee and accidentally grabbed the normal coffee rather than the decaffeinated. I had no idea why my normally calm baby refused to nap at all and was crying her head off if I tried to put her down at all. After 24 hours of very little sleep for either of us, I finally realized what I had done... oops. I won't be making that mistake again!

She's been sleeping on my chest making little baby snoring noises as I write but it looks like she's waking up, so I'd better go! If I don't get a chance to update sooner then you'll definitely be hearing from me around April 6th when she goes to the doctor for her 6 week medical checkup.