Enough of the mushy stuff and 4 weeks!

So baby girl is 4 weeks old as of yesterday...I cannot believe it. The past five weeks are a blur, beginning with all of the induction techniques and ending with a 4 week old baby. She is still awesome and we love her dearly...but enough of that...motherhood is rough! I really had no expectations for myself going into this, but I admit I have judged other mothers I have met. 'Why did they disappear after they had the baby?' 'How come they are shopping in here with that screaming baby?' 'Why can't they get that kid under control' 'Why would ANYONE sleep with their baby in the bed?'. Yeah, I am sorry, but I have thought all of those at one point and more. Well, payback is a you-know-what. I get it now...totally. 

Warning: breastfeeding talk ahead: First, baby monkey has been doing something with her tongue when she latches on. I thought I was doing something wrong, but at my 4th (!) lactation consultant appointment, they informed me that the crater-size holes she has created have nothing to do with me, and everything to do with her mouth and tornado-level suction abilities. Score one for Mom for enduring the continuous pain to do what is right for her baby, score one for baby's amazing mouth strength. So now I am pumping - all the time - to get my supply back to what it was before she diminished it with her powers, but that is better than not letting my sores heal, so I'll take it. I never knew the following:

1. Toes can pick up everything from blankets to pills if you are in a pinch while dancing your baby to sleep. 

2. I can multi-task at a level I never knew possible - will have to integrate new-found skill into new business. 

3. The human body can function on practically no sleep for days on end.

4. Getting a load of laundry sorted, washed, dried and folded can make a new mom feel like super woman.

5. Not all babies sleep all the time. Mine is perfectly content with three one-hour naps during the day, and eating the rest. Thanks a lot to the person who told me 'you'll have lots of time, newborns sleep all day'.

After about 4 days of getting out of bed 4 times a night after the c-section, I decided that we'd co-sleep until she could go a little longer between feedings. Hopefully she'll be out of our bed before high school, but it really has made life a little easier. We have not disappeared completely, but we are a little less likely to jump at the opportunity for a night out, a quiet night when I can eat dinner with both hands sounds way better.

So that is life these days, falling in love with a squishy, cuddly baby girl who is getting bigger and doing more every day, pumping, eating when possible and trying to get a load of laundry or some thank you notes done in the spare time - oh, and more business paperwork. SO glad that I have another couple weeks before I need to start thinking about getting some work done.