My Pull up progression

So this is it. I am very pleased that I was able to do it. :)

Here is the link to the video. I couldn't post it directly on here because it is too big.

https://youtu.be/efQJ44Mk6BM

1 Month PP

Month: 1

Babies Weight: According to my scale with me standing on it and then holding her she is almost 11 lbs. She's a little chub! I will officially weigh her soon, but I have no doubts that she is gaining daily. She eats ALL. THE. TIME. And her face and body are filling out very noticeably.  

Babies Habits: She eats all the time and sometime sleeps. Wow. SO tired! Her schedule right now looks something like this. 8 - 8:30 eat, goes to sleep generally an hour after waking.(and then there are days like today she didn't want to go back to bed and fought me for an hour.) Sleeps 1 - 1.5 hours then wakes. 11 - 11:30 eats, sleeps, 2 - 2:30 eats, sleeps, 5 - 5:30 eats, sleeps - 7:30 - 8 eats, sleeps sometimes, though recently it's a big battle to get her to sleep after this. Eats at 9:30 - 10 and then we have been fighting with her for over an hour to get her to go back to sleep. Usually 11:30 or 12. She then will sleep until 2 - 3 and then 5 - 6. It's a lot better then she was doing, but I am ready for her to actually take a "dream feed" at 10 - 11 and then drift softly  back to sleep without having to cajole her into falling asleep again. Some day.  

My Weight: 155 and then sometimes 157. I haven't been keeping a close eye on it as I'm in survival mode and don't care at all. I don't expect to actually lose any weight until after she starts sleeping more, which means I'll be sleeping more and when she starts solids. It doesn't bother me though. OK, so it does bother me a bit and I would like to skip this part when none of my close fit or look good, but alas, I can't. Oh well. I will be looking pretty good by my anniversary and so I just keep that in front of me as a goal. 

Exercise: Twice! Woohooo! :) I did a WOD yesterday and I am now very sore. I ran a tiny bit very slowly as things are still lose in there. Then did Pull ups, Deadlift and Front Squat. All with light weights, but wow, the pull ups were hard. Oh well. I knew it was going to be starting over, but wanted/hoped it would be easier. It's not. It's going to be just as difficult as before, but that's fine. I've done it twice and now this is the last time I will have to claw my way back to fitness. Hurrah!

Eating:Total crap. Sugar galore. I want to eat all the time and I am not eating much dairy or chocolate so I feel the need to fill those voids with other terrible food. I am going to behave and start improving my diet as I can this next month. That means, small amounts of sugar, more veggies, less processed snack foods. I have been stuffing anything readily available in because of the lack of time and energy to actually make something good. 

Nursing: It's going OK. I hurt, but I don't have any damage so far so that's a win. I keep reminding myself that I only have about a month left of uncomfortable nursing and then I will be much more comfortable. I really can't wait for my milk supply to stabilize and for my boobs to shrink a bit. I don't like the enormous boobs at all. Blah.   

Older Kids: They are doing fairly well. Emma is having troubles with the dethroning. But that was expected. She is super emotional and throwing little crying fits every time something happens she doesn't like: so frequently. We are on her about it so it should be OK. She likes her sister, so that helps, but it is going to be heavy going with her for a bit yet. Jackson is super sweet to Juliet. It's very cute. The only problem is him getting in her face too much and not listening when told to back off. But all in all, it's transitioning well and I think we'll be fine. :) I am really looking forward to spring when I can get them all outside a bit and take walks etc. I love spring and it should be a great one!

My Measurements: Hips: 41 Thighs: 21.25 Belly: 35.5 Waist: 32 Chest: 37

Things of Interest: We are getting Jack all moved into his room, though admittedly, pretty slowly. I need more energy and time to really get it done and organized. But it will come. I have been able to put Juliet in the room with Emma for naps at least and when she stops waking up tons during the night, I'll move her into the crib at night. I look forward to reclaiming my room just for us! 

Milestones: Juliet has already started to smile and talk a bit. What girl! She is a very sweet baby and I think her personality is going to be a great combination of fire cracker and sweet heart. :) She is also able to hold her head up quite a bit. She then flops it around which is always alarming. 

She hates having a nuk, which is a problem when she gets all wormy, squirmy when her belly it bugging her. I keep trying, but so far she'll only take it 1 time out of 20 that I offer it. Oh well. 

Pics:

And now some pics. :) 

1 Week PP

How has it been a week already? Me? I am SOOOOOOO tired. It's hard to imagine ever feeling awake again. BUT I do know from experience that it will pass and eventually the two hour stretched of sleep will lengthen little by little and I won't feel like a dead thing that crawled out from under a rock.
How are things going? Typically. She nurses and sleeps and cries and gets agitated and I hold her. All. The. Time. My back is actually killing me. Nursing is OK. Though of course the nipples hurt.
I am trying my hardest to avoid Thrush, cracks and blisters. If I can do that, I might just have a better experience then with Emma and Jackson. We'll see.

I don't have time to write much more. I have to eat, so I can clean up so I can nurse again. Blah. I am not a huge fan of the newborn phase. I keep looking down the road to like 5 months. It will be a lot easier by then! (Hopefully) She is such a cutie, though that I am trying to remember to enjoy her at this age as much as possible. Especially since this is my last little tiny baby EVER!