Time flies when you're having fun

It's been a while since I last posted, but Emilia has been keeping me busy.

She is now 4.5 weeks old and I'm absolutely in love with her and can't believe she truly is mine/ours to keep forever and ever.

She's been gaining weight steadily since birth and has outgrown her newborn clothes and size 1 nappies/diapers. Last time I had her weighed at 3.5 weeks, she was 4.2kg/9lbs 4oz, compared to her birth weight of 3.58kg/7lbs 14oz, she's a good eater ;-)

For one more week I am pretty much living as a single mum, my partner visits on weekends but during the week I'm on my own with Emilia, which can be tough as I don't get a break to have a shower or get things done around the house, but in just one more week we are finally moving in together, only took us 5.5 years :)

Sleep is so-so, she is starting to figure out the difference between day and night and has started going 3-4 hours between feeds at night.
We are doing combination feeding, breast and bottles of formula and expressed milk, bottles help her going longer between feeds and it will give my partner a chance to be involved in feeding her.
The Medela Swing pump has been a god send, though I wish I had invested in the double pump!

One of Emilia's favourite things is bathtime, she just floats and is totally relaxed, I cannot wait to start baby swimming with her.

All in all she's an amazing baby and totally worth every bit of sickness, backache, varicose vein and whatever else I experienced in my 42 week pregnancy!
Birth story still to follow

Our daughter is here!

Baby Emilia  was born on May 20th at 10:14am weighing 3580g/7lbs14oz

We feel so blessed!

Birth story and pictures to come