It has certainly been a very special summer for all of us. We've got a brand new member, Acacia, into our family. Tomorrow is the last day of Jacob's summer vacation and Daddy will also go back to work on Monday after 3 week leave. Timothy will have another week at home with me then he will start school too. I will miss them all very much, but I will have Acacia with me so I should still be very busy taking care of her.

I can't believe it's already been almost 3 weeks since I gave birth. I've almost all recovered and physically I feel very good. What I learnt from these 3 weeks with the boys is that I need to have more patience, especially now I have 3 kids to take care of, it's very easy for me to lose my patience and my temper comes out. Sometimes I caught myself too strict with the boys, I need to remind myself they are only small children and I need to give them space and time to learn and grow.

I tried cloth diapering Acacia today.. so far I am not too impressed with cloth diapers, mainly because they seem so bulky comparing to disposibles. I guess I will continue experimenting before I jump into a conclusion. I can always sell the pockect cloth diapers I bought and buy disposible ones... I just want to find out which one works better for Acacia so she won't have diaper rash.

My breastfeeding is starting to work well. For the 1st 2 weeks I leaked a lot of milk and my supply was way more than what Acacia needed so I had to pump a lot... so far I've had quite a lot of frozen breastmilk. This week I have been trying to taper down the times I pump and I only pump until I don't feel super-uncomfortable. My breasts are also learning to be "patient" and wait their turns !! It's amazing how our human body adjusts to the environment. I am surely glad I can still nourish and supply all Acacia's needs now she is out of my body. Dr. Cole said all breastmilk until she is 5 months then we will start adding some other foods. Acacia is also learning to nurse well. She a lot of times chokes because I have fast flow, and now she is more used to the way my milk comes down.  For the past few days I've been making "母奶冰棒". I froze breastmilk in little containers with honey, and Jacob likes it a lot. Timothy doesn't like it too much. But at least some of the breastmilk is being consumed. Maybe I will use all these frozen breastmilk when Acacia is ready to eat rice cereal and just mix it with whatever foods I will be making for her in a few months.

On Thursday daddy took Jacob and Timothy to MST for Jacob to meet his new teacher. I guess all his good friends will be in different classes this semester. I am sure Jacob will make some new good friends. On Monday he will also take some lunch money as well as the albuterol inhalor for his asthma in case he has wheezing after PE classes. I've faxed Dr. Cole some forms to fill out so she can fax back to the school nurse.

This time around I am able to get back to shape a lot faster. I think it's due to all the exercises I did during pregnancy(yoga, weight, trademills), as well as the "sit month" foods I am eating. My parents really wanted to make sure I have a good "sit month" this time because it's my last baby. My dad paid for all the herbs I bought, and my mom cooks all our meals. So far I've consumed about 2 dozens of Taiwan rice wine... I've asked my mom to cut down the amount of rice wine because I don't want to pass any alchohol to Acacia through breastmilk. Only 1 week left then I should be getting back to normal living and eating. My mom said she will still help me cooks some meals and even picking up the boys after school, which should be a BIG help. But I am also excited to be able to get back to normal schedule where the boys go to school and I am the main care-giver for them.

Acacia is really a super good baby! She sleeps all night, excepting nursing a few times and she even cuts down pooping during the night. During the day she would usually be awake a few times, each time from 1-3 hours, I think this is why she sleeps so well at night.

The other night this week she pooped at 4am and "on" the sheets after I took off her diaper... so daddy had to clean the sheets and change to new sheets.. a lot of work!! But after all the mess when we settled back down to sleep(well, Acacia slept through the whole event of course!!), Acacia smiled(at sleep) at Daddy and daddy felt it was worth all the work he did. Surely a daddy's little girl ! Having daddy wrapped around her finger!

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