First Days

It’s been nearly a week since Naomi’s arrival and I think we’ve all settled down nicely. Lil Naomi has — thus far — proven to be quite the fuss-free baby. Even in the hospital, the nurses called her a little angel cos she barely cried and was contented to keep snoozing away or looking at things in wide-eyed wonder.

She’s continued with that good behaviour at home. In fact, these few days, we barely notice that she’s around since she’s always sleeping. I realise, looking back that I had described Noey in the early days as being good-natured and easy, but I know now that that’s because we didn’t have Naomi first. Where Noey was high-strung and jumpy, she’s been placcid and calm. I hope this is really a reflection of her nature and character! She’s thus far taken all her Gor Gor’s noise and man-handling in her stride and can be counted on to drift off to sleep on her own in her cot. How amazing is that.

The only real difficulty I’ve been having is waking her to feed. Unlike Noey who was a voracious feeder from the word go, Naomi has been a much daintier drinker. She’s no baraccuda baby. For one, she seems to prefer to sleep rather than drink. And when she’s asleep, it’s impossible to make her open her mouth to take the nipple. Same thing when she’s had her fill. All these wouldn’t be so bad if my body didn’t go into overdrive and start producing substantial amounts of milk from the get-go. I feel guilty complaining about oversupply — which is really a happy problem — but seriously, OW. I feel engorged a lot and have been forced to pump a lot more than I thought would be necessary, considering I’m latching her for every feed. After the last feed and in pain, I astonished myself by managing to pump 200ml. And I didn’t even drain my breasts entirely for fear that it would stimulate more production.

I REALLY hope my body starts to regulate the supply soon, or Naomi had better pick up her pace!
 
Anyway, about my otherwise well-behaved baby, while I’m hopeful that this would continue, I do recognise that this is probably just symptoms of the initial few weeks. The real test will come when we hit the 3 week growth spurt. Then we will see her true colours!

In the meantime, I am enjoying this calm before the storm. And fully enjoying our little sweetheart.