Back to school

So I am going back to school to get my MSW (masters in social work) and I started classes this past Thursday, and I had my orientation the day before. The best part of my day during orientation was when I got to raise my hand and say I had a kid ... and I have to admit that I was extremely excited to talk about her when I introduced myself in one of my classes. I want to show her off to anyone and everyone. It's funny how much I enjoy talking about her... it literally made my whole day better.

Teeth

Laila has her first teeth! Her bottom two front teeth are just starting to come in - they have broken through and now just need to finish coming in. They came within a day or two of each other - which made sleep, well, not very restful. Despite this, I am so excited! I am going to have to stop her from nibbling my chin now, which should be interesting... the other day she was pulling my hair really hard when I was trying to put her to bed and I told her 'no' in a firm voice and she gave me this look of complete confusion and then did it again, so again I told her no... but her face was so funny that I started laughing. I apparently can say no to other peoples' children, no problem, but not so with my own daughter. Her face was just so cute and funny that I couldn't help myself from laughing. I guess that is just something that I will have to learn how to do without laughing. I'm sure at some point it will get easy because I will actually be angry or annoyed with her... but as of right now it will take some work.

Treat Yourself to This

So it's been almost two months or so since I stopped breastfeeding and I decided that I wanted to get fitted or measured for some bras. In the past the most I ever did was have someone in a store measure me with a measuring tape and tell me my size ...  I did this at Victoria's Secret and then at Motherhood Maternity or whatever that place is called. I didn't trust Victoria's Secret because they told me I was a B cup which I knew there was no way in hell I was. ANYWAY - my cousin Isabel brought me to this store in Manhattan called Town Shop that was absolutely amazing. You go into a fitting room and they look at the way your current bra fits you and its size, and from there they go out and bring back bras and literally put them on you and make sure that they fit correctly. I went in thinking they would tell me my current bra was fitting me perfectly and was the right size but nope. I was completely wearing the wrong size (I had been wearing a 32DD and I am not in a 30E or DD depending - or a a 28E if I am going strapless). It's amazing how differently the bras fit - I'm so happy! I was never before able to wear a strapless bra, and now I can.
So, go treat yourself to a bra fitting to make sure you are in the right size. I think I remember hearing a statistic that was something like 70% of women are in the wrong bra size. So even if you think you are wearing the right size, if you haven't been fit for bras go and do it, because I thought I was in the right size and I wasn't.

7 Month Checkup

The other day Laila had her 7 month checkup! I can't believe how old she is getting. I feel like time has been going so much faster since I stopped breastfeeding. Probably because I am less stressed... but I think that it also helps that Laila is now able to really play on her own. I can put her on her little rug (we bought one for the living room because Enzio didn't want her sucking on the floor after we mopped it, etc) and she will play with her box of toys for about two hours happily (if she is in a good mood that is). It's amazing!
ANYWAY - so Laila is apparently 2'2.4" (26.4 inches) long (interesting, since she was longer than that last month, but she wiggles around a lot and her legs were out to the side when she was measured, so it isn't particularly exact). In other words - I don't know how long she is, but that's fine. She is also 16.15 pounds - putting her in the 47th percentile!!! That's almost average! I'm very excited about this since she had been in the 9th percentile not all that long ago. As for her head circumference - it is 17 inches (putting her in the 55th percentile).
The only issue is that her labia adhesion is apparently a bit worse now than it is before. Now I have to put hydrocortisone cream on the area twice a day, applying with some pressure. We are going to try the over the counter stuff before going up to something stronger. I am happy to say that it already seems to be working a little bit... so hopefully we will never have to use more powerful stuff.