October was an amazing, yet difficult month all at once. Being her first month on Earth, I'm sure it was even more difficult for her; learning new sights, smells, tastes, and touches. It was a month filled with many sleepless nights, pain, and frustrations but also a month filled with unconditional love, service from others, and excitement. We are so blessed to have experienced these new things with Brynn during October.
In terms of her growth and development, Brynn basically slept through October. She had her moments when she was quite fussy and we couldn't figure out why. We visited a family friend, Joan Emery, who is a naturopath and is great at helping you figure out what's going on in your body with as little as a touch of her hand. She helped us determine it could be digestion issues causing her to fuss so we were given some herbs and that seemed to help.
Another thing we struggled with was breastfeeding. Until later in October, we didn't find out that one of the reason we were struggling was because Brynn had a tongue tie that was preventing her from eating properly resulting in a frustrated and pained Mama. Due to the pain I had, my milk supply also decreased which added to Brynn's unhappiness because she, unknowns to us, wasn't getting enough food. That began our journey in visiting public health nurses and lactation consultants. At the peak of trying to get things back to normal, I was nursing, pumping, taking herbs and medications, and trying to get enough sleep to keep me sane. This was definitely not how I saw my nursing experience going.
One awesome thing about October is that my mom was able to stay with me for a couple weeks and help out. I didn't realize how much of a help she would be but I definitely don't think I would have been able to do it without her. She helped with meals, grocery shopping, laundry, and stayed up during the wee hours of the night to get Brynn to go to sleep. I am so blessed to have a mom like I do.
Of course, I also couldn't have done it without the help that I got from Jared. Once Brynn was born, he turned into a new man. He helped with dishes, cleaned the house, and watched Brynn so I could get some sleep. He really is a wonderful Dad.
Here are some pictures of our first month with Brynn. A month I will ALWAYS remember.
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| Brynn and her friend Ava (Mom is Chelsea) |
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| Brynn and Ava |
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| Brynn's first bath at home |
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| Brynn's first bath at home |
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| Brynn's first bath at home |
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| Perfecting the "Duck Face" |
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| Brynn and Nana Olsen |
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| Laura and I at a Halloween Party. Brynn and Sophia met for the first time. |
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| Destined to be best buds: Brynn and Sophia |
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| 1 month old |
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