Update

Robert went back to work yesterday, leaving Sofia and me to fend for ourselves. We do okay. I am happy to say that my hormones no longer feel like they're raging. I always thought the baby blues were a bunch of B.S.. Nope, they are the real deal! I can't believe how freaked out I was just a few days ago. I felt like I was getting anxiety attacks. The self-doubt and magnitude of everything kept hitting me, and I just felt like I couldn't deal with it. Even yesterday after a successful doctor's visit on Wednesday, I started slightly freaking out because Sofia wasn't latching on and was only breastfeeding for ten minutes at a time. But she kept having good diapers through today, and I read that if your infant starts nursing for smaller amounts of time, it may be because he/she has learned to get the milk more efficiently. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding has proven to be one of my best buys. It really has a ton of good information, including all the reasons why breastmilk is so great. It makes you feel really good about breastfeeding. Today, my wee Sofie been eating pretty regularly, and I was in good spirits. Overall, yesterday and today went very well. I'm starting to feel like a real, live mom.

One of my friends from work came to visit me today. He's such a sweetie. He brought me all kinds of goodies like a huge bottle of Dreft, and diapers and wipes and US Weekly to read, and some candy.

We let the cats back in our room about a week ago because not only was Buxy scratching and crying at the door, he was ripping the carpet by the door. So we caved and let him in. He's been very good too. He's very respectful of the baby. He doesn't like it when she cries though. His ears go back. Trouble comes around too to lounge on our bed. She is very curious about the baby but is scared too. She got real close the other day and licked Sofia's hair. Robert and I had a good laugh about that. Whiskers has kept her distance and has been sleeping on the futon in one of the other bedrooms.

I'm looking forward to my mother-in-law's visit tomorrow. She'll be all about holding Sofia and oohing and ahing. This is all fine by me. I love it when people make a big deal over my baby because I think she's beautiful and perfect too!