Jessica certainly has recovered from her illness – I took her to the health visitor’s clinic today to weigh her again and she’s back on track and a bit above, weighing 6.38 kilos (14 lbs 1 oz). Obviously me breastfeeding her again isn’t doing her any harm. But it’s strange to not have a clue again of how much she’s actually eating. I just have to trust her to take care of that herself and also trust that I can read her signs for when she is hungry.
At ten weeks, I think she might be having a bit of a growth spurt, as she was feeding pretty much every hour for a few hours yesterday evening and also this morning. The latter was a bit inconvenient for me, as I had my post-natal Pilates class today: Jessica fell asleep nicely in the pram on the way there but about five minutes into the class, she decided she wanted food and I spent the rest of the class at the back, breastfeeding her… So that was a bit of a waste of getting all changed into my exercise clothes, rushing to get ready and out this morning. Well, I guess it can’t run smoothly every time. At least that gave me my first experience of breastfeeding in a public place (which was fine, of course, as the class consisted of other mums and a very baby-friendly tutor). When Jessica was nicely full she sat on my lap giggling for a bit and completely charmed the Pilates tutor by smiling lots at her. So at least she scored herself some points in the general PR area…!
Gabriella