You might be wondering where we have been. We have had a very rough last week or so. First there was what we think was a growth spurt, for whatever reason Little Sir went back to waking up every 1-2 hours every night for about 4-5 days, and had one day where he was fussy all day long. The fussy day just happened to be the day we were originally planning a date night because some friends of ours were going to babysit. Needless to say, that didn't happen.
** Warning: I am about to talk about breastfeeding. **
I was trying to bottle feed expressed milk this whole time to make sure he was getting enough (the only way I could tell how much he was getting was to express and put it in the bottle...). The pump is not as efficient as the baby, perhaps, and I was getting no sleep. One day I didn't eat breakfast until 11 AM. Those of you who know me know that is not like me at all.
In addition, Little Sir's "Popsie" --my grandfather and his great-grandfather-- passed away on Monday. I would post pictures but unfortunately we never got any pictures of them together. We will be traveling to the funeral very early and back the same day. For whatever reason or a combination of the above, I stopped producing milk late Monday evening. After talking with the pediatrician, 3 kind friends, and finally a lactation consultant, I ended up having to give him formula that night before bed.
Although the lactation consultant does not know about the formula -- and shhhhhh! -- she does not need to know! I am sure not going to tell her.
We are working on getting my milk production back up but it turns out that what we have is a combination of nipple confusion (Little Sir will no longer nurse at all, he will only take a bottle) and a bad breast pump that isn't really expressing anything. I am driving out to Garland today to rent a hospital-grade pump before we leave for East Texas to see if that helps.
We might be in for a few more rough days with all the traveling (did I mention he still hates the car? and we that we will be driving around 6 hours in one day?) and the failed feedings.
I will try to keep updating as I can but right now I am doing good to be able make it to work. I am not going to pretend I am doing a very good job there, either. It is possible that I did fall asleep multiple times today while someone was talking to me.
We haven't really had any really food that I have cooked in about a week. I have all the supplies for several meals but I just can't get them together in the evenings, considering I can't put Little Sir down and he is even refusing to be worn in the slings or wraps...long story.
I think we might have some pictures but I can't find the time to figure out where they are and upload them.
Also it occurred to me that our floors are filthy and I can't figure out when I would possibly be able to vacuum.
So yeah, that is how it is going over here. Maybe I will post again, say, next week.
2 comments:
I am so sad to hear how choppy things have been/are lately. I know the Boy had a lot of not-optimal health his first months of life and I quite producing around 3 or 4 mos. I didn't have a lactation consultant so hopefully the new pump and ideas she can give you will help. Will certainly continue to pray, including that the trip tomorrow will be unbelievably good. Don't worry about eating ready-to-go food--consider it house-help. Also, let your nanny help in cleaning, if she's willing to. It isn't something she'll always have to do but she can help when needed, I would think!
And I thought I was having a bad week! I'm so sorry to hear about your grandfather and all of the nursing issues, too. I know you are doing everything you can to fix it- Asher is lucky to have a mommy that is working so hard for him!!
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