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My Breastfeeding Journey: Delayed Milk, Teething, Pumping, and More

May 28, 2021 by MeredithH 1 Comment

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✨ 7 months old ✨ . This has been my favorite s

✨ 7 months old ✨
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This has been my favorite stage with him so far 💙 He is hilarious and interacts with us so much.
• His favorite thing is to stick out his tongue and make noises and squeal.
• He loves to play while sitting up which makes play time a lot of fun.
• He has 6 teeth fully through and 3 more showing just below the gums. It’s been a wild ride of teething nonstop the past few months 😅
• He is taking 2 naps per day and sleeps through the night but wakes up around 5:30am every morning so mom has become a forced early bird 🐦😜
• He loves to scratch and feel alllll the textures and anything he can get his hands on. He also loves to pull out my hair while feeding and has a very strong grip! 💪🏻
• he still loves his bouncer but has moved on to also loving toys he can interact with
• he smiles constantly and is so happy even if he hasn’t slept enough
• he gets a little overwhelmed when meeting new people which I’m sure has to do with being a covid baby 🙃
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@luke.helm and I love our sweet boy so much and are so thankful for the gift that he is 💙

Looking forward to many more days spent outside ex

Looking forward to many more days spent outside exploring this summer 😍☀️ I’m making a “bucket list” of all the things I want to do with Noah. What’s your favorite outdoor activity when the weather is warm (with or without kids)? 😎

“Somethings gotta give” . If I were to sum up

“Somethings gotta give”
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If I were to sum up the past almost 7 months of being a new mom to Noah, thats what comes to mind. There are just simply not enough hours in a day to accomplish everything I’d like to (or when I do find the time I’m too exhausted to do anything but sit and just not be needed for a minute 😂) and I’m becoming more and more okay with that. Noah will not stay this small forever. And I looooove having a squishy sweet baby to love on. So instead of pushing myself to accomplish more and stressing myself out when I’m already mentally and physically exhausted, I’m choosing to enjoy these moments with Noah and let him and my family be my first priority. If you can resonate, this is me encouraging you to slow down. As my pastor preached about last Sunday, being too busy and stressing ourselves out because of it is not what God wants for us. He wants *you* above all else.
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Happy Friday everyone! Enjoy your weekend ☀️

Happy half birthday to my sweet baby Noah! 🎉💙👶🏼 (only 1 day late this time, I’m getting better 😅)
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Noah can now sit up with little to no support, LOVES to eat solids, babbles and squeals all day long, is still obsessed with bouncing, and has 4 teeth 🦷. He’s been biting a lot while nursing so I’ve been exclusively pumping for about a month now. It’s taken a longggg time for his top 2 teeth to come in (I’ve seen them below the gums and poking through the gums for about 3 weeks now) so I’m praying that once they’re all the way through he will stop biting. He doesn’t do it on purpose or think it’s funny. It’s been a struggle for both him and myself, lots of tears and frustration on both ends which breaks my heart. But aside from that, everything has been soo good with our sweet boy and life is just so fun (and exhausting if I’m being honest 🤪) with him! I love being his mommy 😊💙👶🏼

Guys.. these past 6 months have been challenging!

Guys.. these past 6 months have been challenging! I want to do a sit down chat soon on my YouTube and share what’s been going on in our lives as a family and how my motherhood journey has been going with Noah, so stay tuned because I’m going to hold myself to it! I know I haven’t been very present on here since becoming pregnant with Noah. Part of me misses staying connected here on ig but the other part of me appreciates not being too attached to my phone because my time with Noah and Luke takes priority. I haven’t been able to keep up with my blog or YouTube nearly as much as I had envisioned either, and I’ll share why in my upcoming life update video. But I do love checking in with y’all! So let’s do that.
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Tell me one high and one low from your day (or week, whichever you want!). I’ll start - my high is it’s been soo sunny and warm this past week! We’ve been outside every day and it’s felt like summer. I’m sooo ready for it. ☀️ My low is Noah has been biting while nursing and it’s been a struggle 😅
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Your turn! 👇🏻 What’s your high and low from today or this week?

This little man brings us so much joy 😊💙 He

This little man brings us so much joy 😊💙 He has been learning so many new things lately, each day brings new discoveries and it’s so fun to watch. I love being his mommy! It’s hard work being a mom, but it’s the best work I could ask for 💗

2 weeks late on this one 😅 but little man is 5

2 weeks late on this one 😅 but little man is 5 months old!
During his 5th month he:
-got a bouncer and is obsessed with bouncing, we call him tigger 🐯
-still has two teeth but we’ll see when he gets his top two teeth, he’s been drooling like crazy and gnawing on everything. He’s also started biting during nursing so that’s been a fun time 😳
-loves to smile, giggle, and “talk”
-still sleeps through the night like a champ and takes great naps now that we’ve lengthened his wake windows
-loves his routine and doesn’t do well when we skip a nap or try to nap on the go
-Finally fell asleep in the car three times this past month when he had fought car naps and stroller naps like crazy for a few months no matter how long after naptime it was
-absolutely lights up when daddy gets home from work
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We love you so much little man! We thank God for you every day 💙

First day of spring is tomorrow! 🌱🌸🌧☀️ I can’t wait for warmer weather, longer days, and adventures outside with this little one. Summer will always be my favorite, but spring means we’re getting closer! What are you looking forward to doing during the spring months? 👇🏻
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